Chinese Kid Sells a Kidney for an iPad2

And I bet he didn’t even get the one with the 3G built in. And he also managed to get a laptop out of the deal, but who needs two kidneys anyways? Not this guy.

From the GlobalTimes here:

A teenager in Huaishan, Anhui Province has sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPad2 tablet computer.

The 17-year-old man surnamed Zheng, a freshman in high school, got connected with a kidney-selling agent through the internet, who pledged to pay him 20,000 yuan ($3,084.45 ) for one of his kidneys. On April 28 of this year, Zheng went to Chenzhou, Hunan Province to have his kidney removed under the supervision of three so-called middlemen, and received 22,000 yuan ($3,392.97). Then he returned home with a laptop and an iPad2.

Zheng’s mother discovered her son’s new electronic products and forced him to reveal how he came to afford them. Then she took Zheng to Chenzhou and reported the matter to local police. The three agents’ telephones have not been answered since that time.

Ah! Young commies trying to become evil capitalist consumers no matter the cost! That brings a tear to my eye. Steve Jobs below describes how many feet of Chinese human intestine it would take to get an Apple TV.