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Recently in China there has been fierce debate about "universal value." Some "scholars", officials, Never forget class struggle "educational officials," and others oppose China's development toward democracy, freedom, constitutionalism, and human rights by opposing universal values.

So much for Baidu getting preferential treatment as I mentioned before as Universal, SonyBMG, and Warner are now suing Baidu for violating copyright laws.

Philip Pan slightly disagrees with Minxin Pei's analysis that even though the party-state has successfully resisted change so far, pressure on the system for political liberalization is building.

SourceJuice article on Guanxi discusses the history, present and future value of having Guanxi in China. References other articles to support theme that Guanxi is still important in China, but not as important as in the past.

Hey fellow HHReporters, just wanted to mention something that is likely strikingly obvious - we've upgraded/updated a few things around here. Changes include...

1) A new design. I wobbled over whether to change the design, but in the end, this layout has a lot more to offer. Check out the sidebar (now each menu is movable and collapsible).

Pollution lawsuits are a new concept in China, where a public-interest lawyer faces many challenges in her quest to educate people about their rights.

ESWN gives his opinion on the relevance of Hong Kong's July 1st march for democracy/universal suffrage. The post goes off of the insightful commentary of Chinese blogger Charles Mok (reprinted in translation) that illustrates how the march has become a dilluted mess of social interest groups all trying to be heard.

That's right folks, we've got our very own dot com (www.haohaoreport.com)! I feel like a parent who's only child has just moved out and got their own apartment. My little baby's all growns up!

I had always promised myself that if the China blogging/news reading community embraced the concept of the Hao Hao Report, I'd take this from being a sub-section of my site and give it its own home.

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, one of the world's richest men, said Tuesday that China should lead rescue efforts for the US financial crisis, and that worldwide stock markets needed better rules.