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Well, the redesign is done. Hopefully everything works. Let me know if you notice any problems.

I'm still working on a solution for the constant spam that gets on here. It's a tough battle, as HHR is set up only to allow users to submit (to help stop spam), and also has a captcha security feature to stop robots... but people are persistent. I'm pretty quick about cleaning it up, but if I'm taking too long - hit the contact button in the sidebar and let me know.

This is a pretty funny take on the manliness of Chinese bikes.

A guy helps his pretty female colleague look for a husband on the internet by posting her picture and her requirements. Many guys were interested, some were not.

A 23 year old pretty Shanghai girl posts her pictures on the Chinese Liba Forum looking for an honest husband, with double eyelids, that can take care of her.

If you're not carefully when shopping in China you can end up with some pretty weird stuff.

The Milwaukee Bucks avoided enormous embarrassment when they signed Yi Jianlian this week. The Chinese basketball player has been reluctant to move to Wisconsin. Even though the considerations are reasonable, it nevertheless seems pretty clear that this guy is a jerk.

Recently the Economist put out its Democracy Index which is always interesting reading. Pretty much anytime you start fairly arbitrarily ranking things, I’m in. There were a few interesting points that I noticed.

Beijing expat Jeremiah runs through a few of the things he loves about Beijing. A good list that reminds us that despite what the microscope wielders are reporting about air quality and traffic - the city is still pretty damn cool.

Danwei reports a new book has been rushed to completion that lays bare the "truth" behind the Lhasa riots last month. The book "Lies and the Truth" cites such reliable and truth-worthy sources as People's Daily, Guangming Daily, China News, and Xinhuanet... handy at a road-side pitstop I'm sure.