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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.

Blogger Matthew Stinson gets some advice from Sinosplice's John Pasden and fellow Shanghai expat Micah Sittig on some must-see and must-do things when visiting Shanghai for the first time.

The Hao Hao Report has been added to the latest version of the excellent WordPress plugin - Sociable. The plugin allows blog owners to easily add a collection of icons to their posts making the addition of their articles to various social bookmarking sites (such as this) a breeze.

To see this in action - check out any of the posts at the Lost Laowai Blog.

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Hey, just wanted to let everyone know that we've now got Blogmaster Tools for Blogger and WordPress users. If you've got a blog - why not make it easy for people to submit your posts to the Hao Hao Report?

Not super suave with HTML? Mei ta ma de wen ti! Simply follow the step-by-step instructions and you'll be rockin' in no time.

LifesterBlog (http://cn.lifesterblog.com) is a blogging and social networking site all in one, targeting users in China and Hong Kong. It allows users to customize their blogs, share posts, photos, videos, music and books, and connect with friends.

Thomas Crampton interviews ex-CNN Beijing bureau chief and the driving force behind Global Voices Online, Rebecca MacKinnon, about advice she has for journalists coming to China during the Beijing Olympics. Her advice echos loudly for other visitors or long-term residents as well.

Hi, sorry for the inconvenience, but anyone that is experiencing weirdness in their HHR RSS feeds, please just update the feed. The links are:

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Tomorrow's Afternoon Tea is a collection of 10 songs by female artists (or groups with female vocalists) distributed by China's premier online creative network - Neocha - under there Netlabel label. If you want some good Chinese indie music, be sure to check out this free download (about 40 MB).