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Imagethief warns PR practitioners about the hazards of not inviting blogging journalists to press conferences, citing Ogilvy's snub of Tim Johnson as an example.

These were real questions. Here is a small sampling. You answer them:
–“Why do you call it ‘owning a house’ in America if the government can take it away from you if you do not pay your taxes? Isn’t that just renting a house?”

China gives in to criticism from Olympic officials, foreign journalists and Western political leaders, lifts some restrictions blocking Web sites at the Main Press Center for the Summer Games.

A former professor beamed us into her Intercultural Communication class this week for a little Q&A session. They had great questions, and it was tons of fun… thought I’m not sure how much we’ll remember, seeing as how we were tanked up on coffee and didn’t sign off ’til 3am. They e-mailed some questions beforehand, and we’ve posted brief answers to some of them below.

Hey, I've been trying to put together a humorous compilation of China driving related phots and Driver's Exam type questions...I have it up in crude form now and will polish it up once I get to about 50 questions or so....hope you enjoy it....

"We pray that a Chinese Martin Luther King will arise from the church in China," say Christian leaders of the new Human Rights Protection Movement (HRPM).

These lawyers, pastors, journalists, and human rights leaders across China are trying out the strategies of the historic American civil rights movement, using litigation, media publicity, and nonviolent protests.

Following the death of former Chilean dictator GEN Augusto Pinochet, American journalist Tim Johnson warns China that economic prosperity is not enough.

Charlie experiences internet censorship in China when he posts a question to Premier Wen Jiabao about democracy and press freedom.

China's President Hu Jintao had a brief online chat with members of the People's Daily's 'Strong Country' online forum this morning.

The whole chat lasted about four minutes. President Hu answered three questions asked by three netizens. The three questions were:

1. Do you use the Internet?
2. What do you do on the Internet?
3. Netizens have put up a lot of suggestions about the country; do you read them?