Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

Philip J. Cunningham at Informed Comment Global Affairs has a great post about Chinese State TV and their Dialogue commentary program. I’m just going to excerpt the funny and historical bit below the fold, but the rest of the discussion, hopeful and realistic, is quite worthwhile. The focus is actually on the collaboration/mutual exploitation relationship between CCTV and Japan’s NHK.

Sandwiched between two Brazilian airports, Beijing ranks at number two on Forbes' World's Most Delayed Airports list.

I'm not particularly fond of Beijing airport myself...

The results are in, tallies totalled, and once again China claims the top spot as "Worst In Asia"... for spam! This post at Angry Chinese Blogger gives all the details of how China is pluggin' up the net's inboxes.

Forbes releases their 25 most powerful Mainland Chinese celebrities list. Perhaps unsurprisingly Yao Ming was top of the list - followed by fellow athlete Liu Xiang in the number 2 spot and action star Jet Li in third. (h/t to Hotpoter)

This deep and moving article is a must read for anyone that feels China is a quick fix away from being perfect. Zha Jianying's account of her pro-democracy brother's imprisonment shows a breadth of comprehension rarely found in analysis about China.

Hat tip to The Granite Studio for pointing it out and providing a great summary.

Imagethief's article about the current status of China's internet connection.

Even if you can't stand any more information about this pathetic situation, Wil's writing is at least entertaining enough to keep your attention on the facts. The full article is also cross-posted at CNET.

Danwei reports on China's first online meme of 2008 - "Very yellow, very violent,". The article offers up a translation of Mai Tian's post entitled: "The Mop culture behind 'Very yellow, very violent'" - an interesting article about China's rather "mob-like" BBS culture.

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The Asia Society compiled a nicely presented video of policy leaders from across Asia saying which US presidential candidate is viewed most favorably in their part of the world.

Barack Obama won hands down in countries across the region.