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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.

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Why high school students are getting cosmetic surgery as a reward - including labial reconstruction!

English-language China bloggers unite! The China Blog Network has arrived.

In an effort to tie together all us sinobloggers, we’re launching the China Blog Network, a (appropriately enough) network of China blogs that all link together in a ring-around-the-rosie style (we’re praying we don’t all fall down).

Sandwiched between two Brazilian airports, Beijing ranks at number two on Forbes' World's Most Delayed Airports list.

I'm not particularly fond of Beijing airport myself...

Danwei.org's annual listing of the best Chinese and English blogs about China is out - and we're more than just a little bit proud that Hao Hao Report made the list!

News article from India explores how darn well covered China is in blogs. Some mention of the recent ChinaBounder scandal...

One of the players who played in the match that featured the great brawl between the Chinese Olympic team and Queen's Park Rangers has been suspended for asking an army officer whether he had slept with a prostitute. H/T to Richard Spencer.

On September 22nd I listed what I thought were the 12 Best Blogs About Business in China.

I asked for and received feedback, dug deeper, searched other rankings, lists, and compared Technorati and Alexa rankings.

To date, these are the 20 best blogs I can ...