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Rupert Murdoch, chairman and CEO of News Corp., is visiting Beijing this week with his wife Wendy, as Danwei reports. Thoughts are that he might be in China to see about bringing the hugely popular Myspace to the Middle Kingdom. Danwei's advice is for Mr. Murdoch to take a look at Tudou, Sina, Bokee and the likes.

"If you want to know how powerful Rupert Murdoch is, read the reviews of Bruce Dover's book, Rupert's Adventures in China. Well, go on, read them. You can't find any? I rest my case." says Monbiot in this article about a book that sounds fascinating, so why haven't you heard about it?

Wikipedia has some good gossip about Wendi Deng, the wife of Rupert Murdoch. Provided by Danwei.

Like seemingly everything else in China prefaced with ‘The World’s…Biggest, Longest, Most Populace, etc.,’ the Beijing Subway is presently the world’s fastest growing rapid transit network. By Tom Carter for Air Macau infight magazine.

Pictures of two Chinese men who tattooed their entire body to support the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Most Chinese think they are crazy and stupid.

Dui Hua asks what's the rush for Hu Jia's virdict. The writer hypotesis is that the Chinese Government wanted to get rid of this business before August and the Olympics. Furthermore it demonstrate that there was no lenience in handling the case.
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Everything has been prepared, all tickets have been sold, yet Beijing is not ready for the games. The majors issues, air pollution, freedom of speech and journalistic freedom as well as the whole visa thing cast a dark shadow above these Olympics. What will the Olympics be under these circumstances? Doing a review later is easy... therefore I do a preview. What will happen during the Olympics, what will be the outcome?

Chinese government will provide 100,000 free condoms for the athletes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Village. Chinese online speculate how they will be used...

"Take, for instance, the politicization of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. How incredibly aggravating it is to see the Chinese and the Chinese government demand that the rest of the world not politicize their cherished coming-out party, only to see..."