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Made several trips into what was left of Tianjin's infamous "no-man's-land" during the final two months before the move-out deadline. I spent time talking with the remaining residents and taking photos as the hutongs and lowrise apartments were literally demolished before our eyes.

LaoLao of Sinocidal has been on Fark.com too often.

Sinocidal asks commentators to answer this question:

If you could tell your younger self ONE thing, before moving to China, what would it be?

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China has banned fire department officials from receiving sexual favors as bribes from companies seeking their business, local media reported on Friday.

Li Yinhe, China's first female sociologist on sex issues, was born in Beijing in 1952.

She was once listed as one of China's 50 Most Influential People by Asian Weekly. Summarizing her research in the past decade, Li says that a sexual revolution is silently going on in China.

Gordon Farquhar writes about the gamesmanship that occurred in the baseball match between China and the United States at the Beijing Olympics.

Two of China's gymnasts could be younger than 16, the minimum age for Olympic competition.

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.

A tall story about a Thai woman who as a child, was sent to live with Zhou Enlai during the 1950s, only to experience the Cultural Revolution as a teenager.

Sexual encouragement is one reason. Check out this humorous but true top ten list. From a podcast.