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US film maker Steven Spielberg said he was abandoning his artistic role in the Beijing Olympics, accusing China of not doing enough to press its ally Sudan to end devastating violence in Darfur.

Zhang Yimou is in charge of the 2008 Beijing Games opening and closing ceremonies.

Ceremonies such as those that go on before and after Olympic games need more talent and creativity than one person can provide.

A span of 90 unsportsmanlike seconds that is exceptional even in the long history of such dishonorable behavior. Shame on you, Chinese women's soccer team!

Now I know why every time I'm in HK or China, I see people that look like they've been run over by Chanel. Some folks put rappers to shame with the number of LV, G and RL logos branded all over them. Remember, comrades, just because it's name-brand and expensive, don't mean it looks good.

A Next Weekly (in translation via ESWN) article by Steven N.S. Cheung, where he gives a bit of depth to some of Beijing's reasons for supression of free speech, and why in the end it will stop knowledge development - and in turn Chinese social development.

Steven over at Suzhou-Atlas has a good post about some re-designs BMW has done to their 5-series (with Chinese characteristics) to better suit the "I wanna be an emperor" market that is so prevalent among China's upper-crust.

Steven over at Suzhou-Atlas has some good advice for anyone that's not checked out Skype recently. He gives a bit of a review and cost comparison between using Skype to call home and using the tradition man-on-the-street IP cards. Give it a look.

From Mia Farrow's Website.

Here's an interview I recently did with Neocha SEO Sean Leow. Sean gives us the low-down on the changing Chinese creative landscape as well as talking about his company, Neocha - a social network of creative Chinese who upload everything from pictures to music.

Also in the article are links to Neocha's cool NEXT player, which streams non-stop independent Chinese music free for all to listen to. Let it never be said again that China doesn't have any "good" music.