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Technical glitch? Government crackdown? As always with the Web in China, it’s very hard to say. Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. China’s censors don’t discuss which sites they target – or, for that matter, the fact that they block sites at all. Indeed, users in at least some other parts of the country were able to access Facebook Tuesday, even as some in Beijing couldn’t.

Hey all, just an announcement that Hao Hao Report has jumped on the Facebook bandwagon and now has its very own Facebook App.

The fairly straight-forward app simply displays the four top stories from the front page here at Hao Hao Report. Main links go directly to the original story's page, while a small link under the submissions description leads to the Hao Hao page for voting and commenting.

This is still very much in the testing phases, but as everyone LOVES to put "beta" after their Web projects (somewhat indefinitely, it seems), here ya are.

Facebook looks China-bound. RConversation asks: How will Chinese and English versions and users mesh? And will it be censored like other social media?

Kaiser Kuo over at Ogilvy China Digital Watch reports that Facebook is looking to break into the Chinese market with the purchase of a pre-existing social networking service.

Looks like the popular Prime Minister of China, Wen Jiabao has made it on to Facebook - notes Chinese Literature and baseball as his interests.

Lost Laowai now has its own official group on Facebook. If you’re a member of the popular social networking site, be sure to join the group of fellow lost laowai!

Come see who else is a member, put faces to names around the China blogsphere (yikes!), ask questions if you’re new to China, or post complaints if you’re not.

101 Useful Weblink/Online Tools for Chinese Study: Podcasts, Online Dictionaries, Flashcards, Software, even Chinese Study Facebook Apps.

I happened upon a podcast interview over at Thomas Crampton’s blog of Duncan Hewitt, veteran China correspondent and best-selling author of Getting Rich First, who thinks that money and angry people will play a growing role in the battle against China’s Great Firewall. Though I agree with his commentary, I think the biggest thing he neglects to mention is how technology could really change the outcome of Chinese Internet censorship (USBs are already a favorite in Cuba to spread information).

China Machete takes a look at Facebook access in China - why it is slow and/or inaccessible and what its (lack of) future in China may be.