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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.

China's badminton coach admits that a semi-final between Zhang Ning and Zhou Mi at the 2004 Athens Olympics was fixed.

We've started a group writing project over at Lost Laowai that is asking all China blogsphere bloggers to list an equal number of things they both love and hate about China, and in so doing create a well-rounded view of the country.

We welcome everyone with a blog to check it out and participate.

I had doubted that China's domestic spying could go this far but this excellent blog reveals a story in the Chinese press that admits that all of Beijings taxis are bugged.

I took this two shots with my Yashica T3 during 2006 when i was on my way to the Shanghai Museum in summer. It was in the late afternoon, there was a lot of people crossing the busy streets around Nanjing Road, People's Square and Xizang Road. This old lady sat down near a cross junction attracting lots of attention from passer-bys. She was not performing or basking. She was apparently outcrying to the public for some wrongs done to her, seeking justice and attention. There were a couple of street police and traffic police trying to clear the crowd. I took the shots quickly and left.

As China advances on the West, Eastern values get left behind. The unfortunate consequence of urban migration by China's working adults is the detrimental effect on the rural elderly. Don't forget ?? and ??!

The opening salvo in a debate over the romanization of road signs. A scrappy debate in the comments, too.

"Writing Chinese words with the Latin character set and neglecting tone marks is the equivalent of writing English words with dots in place of the vowels."

Ren Chaoqi, the Nanyang resident who was fined 1,900 yuan when police discovered an adult film stored on his computer, has been given a reprieve. Following an uproar among netizens and considerable attention from the media, police have reconsidered his punishment and have cancelled his fine

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