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Paramount has become the newest movie studio to make efforts to compete with pirates by offering low-cost, legitimate DVDs in China. New movie titles will go on sale some two months after their theater debut in the US, and for only $3. Paramount will also be joining forces with an unlikely partner in order to combat piracy: competitor Warner Bros., which already has outlets set up in China to sell DVDs.

Steven over at Suzhou-Atlas has some good advice for anyone that's not checked out Skype recently. He gives a bit of a review and cost comparison between using Skype to call home and using the tradition man-on-the-street IP cards. Give it a look.

A group of six US movie studios have launched legal action against two Beijing shops accused of selling pirated DVDs. (Talk about trying to move a desert with a teaspoon)

Here is a post from the Free Hao Wu site. Though a little late (posted July 12th), it's not to be missed. A wonderful ending to what looked for a long time to be a horrible tragedy. Welcome home Hao! Truely HAO HAO!

Helping grown-ups crap themselves in style is a booming business. Add this to the growling list of reasons to stay home during China's week-long holidays.

One of the biggest changes of China’s recent opening up has been the number of Chinese returning home after time abroad. For years it was nearly impossible to live or study outside of the country, and those who did were unlikely to come home.

The first doping casualty for the home team in the Beijing Olympics is a swimmer. Backstroker Ouyang Kunpeng failed drug tests in May and is banned for life by the Chinese Swimming Association.

The US track team have the dreadded 拉肚子 also known as Diarrhea. Here's a quick run down of why when in China you should take your shoes off when at home, why to drink from the bottle and why to always wash those hands. And a picture never to forget.

A new version of the "Comfort Women Motion 291" has dropped the word "compensation" in order to win support from the Conservative Party. The motion is expected to be voted on Wednesday (Nov 28), a day after four former "comfort women" tell the story to all MPs on Tuesday (Nov 27).