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Repetition for the fireworks of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games...

I don't get out much...but when I do, I head to China Law Blog

I am guaranteed an intelligently written, thoroughly researched blog with plenty to ...

Learning Chinese is becoming more and more popular in the Western nations. However we can see that China's visa policy becomes stricter every year. Are these people learning a language of a country they might not be allowed to enter in the future?

Blog Your Dream. The form is now up enabling you to blog your dream or one you might have for someone else. The site will feature the dreams of ordinary citizens and will look to fulfill as many as is feasible.

All the ad proceeds on the site benefit The Library Project, The Reading Tub and health and literary initiatives.

The Hao Hao Report has been added to the latest version of the excellent WordPress plugin - Sociable. The plugin allows blog owners to easily add a collection of icons to their posts making the addition of their articles to various social bookmarking sites (such as this) a breeze.

To see this in action - check out any of the posts at the Lost Laowai Blog.

To help celebrate National Day here in China, the Lost Laowai Blog proudly presents a comedic look at significant events in China over the last 57 years of CPC rule. Tongue in cheek doesn't cover it. Parts are just downright stupid - and I wrote it.

This doubles as the official announcement that Lost Laowai (and in turn, Hao Hao Report) now has a blog. Let us know what you think.

Ben Ross takes a pot shot at the Time Blog and stirs up some opinions.

Microsoft was already generating criticism last summer, not long after the launch of its portal, because MSN Spaces users frequently experienced restrictions when they used certain words prohibited by the government. Until the beginning of this year, Zhao -- also known by his blog pseudonym Michael Anti -- was able to skirt complete censorship by Microsoft. Zhao told AsiaMedia on July 19, 2005 that he was able to avoid online censorship by knowing and avoiding using sensitive words.

The long approval process for foreign investments and the China stock market have struck again, foiling yet another foreign investor with ambitious plans to enter the China market. This time, the victim was not a private equity firm, but DaimlerChrysler, a global industry leader in vehicles and trucks whose money and participation China would have been welcomed with open arms five years ago.