Extra! Extra! President Bush, Brokeback Mountain and Tang

• Authorities to Shanghai woman petitioning the government over a property rights dispute: "You're crazy!"
• That President Bush enjoyed Jung Chang's 814-page biography of Mao does not surprise us. That he actually read an 814-page book does. Bush reportedly liked the book because "it 'really shows how brutal a tyrant he was' and that 'he was much more brutal than people assumed.'"
• What's the second most popular video clip on Toodou.com? A band called Beautiful Pharmacy performing in Shanghai. (The most popular clip, naturally, is of a girl dancing in a bar.)
• For those of you who always wanted the phone number of an English-speaking taxi driver in Shanghai.
• Did anyone ever think "epic gay romance" Brokeback Mountain would play in Chinese theaters? This story treats the idea as a legitimate subject. “Although Brokeback Mountain won international acclaim, it does not mean its box office will be successful on the mainland,” one Chinese film distributor said before, we assume, calling the interviewer an "idiot."
• Hurray! There is a now a website for all of China's migrant workers who surf the internet. We think we saw one migrant worker accessing the site on his Blackberry yesterday outside Plaza 66. (UPDATE: China's migrant workers actually don't have much money.)
• More girls-only schools are opening in Shanghai ... and students learn valuable skills like "flower art, tea art and needlecraft, basics of cooking, nutrition and health care, interior decoration basics, image design and temperament training." Glass ceiling, watch out!
• Dreaming of a "Tang-filled life." (The drink, not the dynasty.)
• The New York Times interviewed ubiquitous Chinese television personality Li Yong. Watching him over the the past few years, we always thought he looked like someone who reeked of cigarettes. Now we know we were wrong -- he smells like cigars.
• No surprise: That old map we told you about last week is probably fake.
• Let's just face it: China invented everything. This time it is skiing.
• Dinosaur bones will be on display at Shanghai Science and Technology Museum through March. (If you believe in crap like that.)

Image of old Tang ad from The Museum of Beverage Containers and Advertising.