Hao Hao ReportThe best China news and blog posts

Due to a family emergency the much anticipated speech of ESWN's Roland Soong at CNBloggercon was canceled. Fortunately, he's made the speech available on his blog. Interesting and insightful stuff.

Australia has upset Chinese delegates at the Climate Change Conference in Nairobi with claims the Asian giant is set to become the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases.

This smart and witty post at peer-see gives some great background links for the whole myth about Chinese people eating late-term fetuses. It also delves into a rather funny belief out of Korea about death if you leave your fan on all night.

With a media blackout on reporting about the "Nail House" - a piece of property that refuses to surrender to developers, and has been surrounded by a massive development pit - it's tough to know if it's still standing.

One Chinese blogger has dared to find out...

Zola, a Chinese blogger who professes himself to be an "Untypical Angry Youth" has set out from Hunan to see if what has quickly become Chongqing's most famous landmark still stands. Keep posted at Ya, I Yee.

This post from Angry Chinese Blogger details the Chinese response (and a good deal of related history) to the British government's recent report "encouraging" Beijing to step up and make good on its promises to introduce full democracy in the UK's former colony of Hong Kong. A good backgrounder for anyone curious about HK affairs.

Photographer Ed Burtynsky talks about sustainable development at the TedTalks conference, and presents an amazing slide-show of his photos - the majority of which were taken in China.

China Daily says "abnormal weather tells us we must protect our environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."

The World Health Organization (WHO) says:

1. Humans are seriously affected by climate change

2. climate change is a global threat

At a press conference on Saturday to discuss what went wrong with the shipment of turkeys, Wuhan officials revealed that the birds had been fed an experimental combination of birdseed, lead pellets, and date-rape drugs.

"Going forward, we're going to skip the lead pellets," said Qiu Liangyong, the company's public relations director.

Rick's got a few good links for anyone with money invested in the Chinese stock market, or for anyone who is planning to James Dean their finances.