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From Starbucks in Dalian: A bit of cake, a bit of coffee, a swastika . . . well, this one is just plain weird.

Thank you, come again.

“We wanted the cadres to have energy for work.” Indeed, service is not always a priority for government workers after a few hours of slugging down shots.

Danwei.org is looking for commentary from the educated masses that traverse the paths of the blogosphere.

Not sure how mush it pays though.

Computer games in China the new opium of the masses...Great expose on a troubling problem....

China claims that it will crack down on pirated goods around the country with 24-hour surveillance.

Dark as soy sauce, perfumed with a chemical stench, the liquid waste from two paper mills overwhelmed the tiny village of Sugai. Villagers tried to construct a makeshift dike, but the toxic water swept it away. Fifty-seven homes sank into a black, polluted lake.

I was at work when suddenly a mass of people moved along the street at the foot of our building. Here are the impressions I caught during a 5 minutes coffee break.

Need to get away? Want some solitude? Would you like to be left alone?

How about a challenge to 'crack' the impossible?

The National Education Examination Authority (NEEA) under the Ministry of Education, has a

This great post over at Sam Flemming's China Word of Mouth Blog details how the fad of Open Source Marketing (whereby big companies save tonnes of coin getting the masses to do work they should be paying professionals for) has extended to the Chinese pirate DVD market.