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China Air Force Airlines has replaced those old Tupolev 154s that have a nasty habit of falling apart in midair with more reliable Boeing 737-300s. I was even able to determine from the interior of the plane that it had previously been used by Continental Airlines in the US. Remember those old shag-carpet logos on the divider between first class and economy?

Following my first post a couple of days ago, I wanted to post some of the responses I received a couple of weeks ago when I posted this question Linkedin.

It is by no means scientific, but some of the answers were really well thought out, interesting, and thought provoking.

ChinaRedux has a great post on the dangerous trade dance between China and the United States, following a move last Friday to put tariffs on glossy paper from China:

Economic conflict breeds military conflict. The stakes of trade override the ideological power of the Taiwan issue. China’s ability to continue growing at a rapid rate takes precedence, since there can be no sovereignty for China without economic growth. The United States’ role as the world’s superpower is dependent on its ability to lead economically.

China set two more ambitious goals for its space program this week, announcing it will launch an unmanned lunar orbiter in the second half of 2007 and a probe to Mars by 2009, according to reports from the Xinhua news agency.

The lunar orbiter, scheduled to launch later this year, will take 3-D images of the moon's surface. If successful, it will pave the way for a lunar landing mission, Xinhua quoted National Space Administration director Sun Laiyan as saying Sunday in a speech at Beijing Jiaotong University.

Henry Cejudo of the United States has won the gold medal in the men’s freestyle wrestling 55kg class at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Cejudo defeated Japanese Matsunaga Tomohiro on points.
Besik Kudukhov of Russia and Radoslav Vel

BEIJING - Chinese leaders have promised to make next year's Summer Olympic Games in Beijing non-smoking - ambitious for this country of 360 million smokers. Never has the event that celebrates physical fitness been held in a country more hooked on tobacco and more afflicted by smoking-related diseases.

A heart-warming story about love conquering height differences, this is a scrumptious summer treat that came early this year.

Or, it's another weird semi-news story from Asia.

The second summary to "The rise of China into the world?s agenda - Challenges and Implications" seminar held at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel.

World researchers discuss China's uprising economic dominance and the relations with the United States with a lecture titled "China Bashing".