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"So far, the world has heard from the young man and the cameraman in the famous Bus Uncle episode. But who cares about them? The world wants to know about the Bus Uncle himself.

It used to be said that if America got a cold, Japan would sneeze.

How about, if America comes up with a good business idea, China will soak it for all it's worth?

ImageThief reports that the CCP are beginning to take PR training to help deal with the media. He hilariously recounts what one of these possible training seminars might look like.

China's ongoing cooperation with the Sudanese government is hampering international peacekeeping efforts in Darfur.

When China blew their aging satellite out of the sky last year, the US bellowed about their displeasure. Now, barely a year later, the US has done the same thing - Lost Laowai's Steven tackles the hypocrisy of it all.

Hundreds, possibly thousands of children have been snatched from their families in China, a Sky News investigation has found.

And families who have had children taken claim the authorities are covering up the abductions.
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Part III of expat Turner Sparks' journey into the relief effort underway in Sichuan. In this post Turner talks about the contrast between what the media is saying and what the feeling on the ground is. Includes a number of photos from the front lines.

Li Datong, former editor of The Freezing Point, gives his thoughts on how media censorship in China is on its last leg. In translation (via the awesome ESWN blog), the commentary is insightful and gives hope towards media in the Middle Kingdom.

Asian media sucks. Imagethief raps about just why that is.