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Over a thousand Chinese activists, lawyers and scholars have written an open letter to President Hu Jintao to ask for the release of political prisoners and for greater media freedoms.

In other news, Greenland's petitioning for the Summer Olympics.... right.

"I just read a forum post where several expats in Shanghai were saying that 10,000 RMB per month is not enough for an expat to live here comfortably. That 10K RMB pay is on top of what’s typically included in an expat package (rent and flights home paid for, sometimes more).

So I did a bit of calculation of my own to see what my monthly cost of living is like. Here’s a breakdown."

Very funny post about a letter posted in the office of "a famous international company" urging people not to sleep at work.

Professor Lonnie B. Hodge writes an open letter to his students about what he hopes they will learn from being in his classes and about the conditions of education his students will face in the future.

In this episode, Sufei takes a trip back to 1930s Shanghai, when her psychoanalyst father shows up for a visit. Sufei's father and his family fled Nazi Germany when he was a baby, so he spent the first few years of his life in China. Together, Sufei and her father return to Shanghai in search of his childhood home.

For expats living in China, every month feels like the last day of summer camp. Even though we know that many of our foreign friends are unlikely to stay around a long time, it is still tough to see people whisked out of our lives to different corners of the world.

(CNN) -- Fifteen U.S. House members asked President Bush Tuesday not to attend the Olympic Games in Beijing to protest China's human rights records.

The call follows comments from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who earlier said Bush should boycott the August 8 opening ceremony.

President Bush has said he intends to meet China's president during a trip to see the Olympics. Bush didn't elaborate on what issues he might bring up, but his administration has accused China, a major U.S. trade partner, of human rights abuses.

China Law Blog says registering a company/getting a Z visa is the only solid business solution for staying in China. For an ephemeral moment in China time, we beg to differ

A funny thing happened just before Beijing was scheduled to test their anti-air pollution campaign: they canceled it. if Beijing is not even willing to execute an extended practice run for air pollution reduction, you must question the political will needed to make a positive impression on the world