Extra! Extra! Super highways, pandas and more Google links

Some random Google/China links we have come upon: "Google Is Destined To Fail In China" from ChinaTechNews.com; "How Much Did Google Agree to Censor?" from Google Blogscoped; "An Open Letter to Google" from Andrew Shieh; and "How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors" from The New York Times.
The lift of the fireworks ban in Beijing is "redeeming people's excitement and appetite for the New Year." Meanwhile, at least 16 were killed and hundreds were injured in fireworks accidents over the weekend.
The pandas the Mainland is trying to give to Taiwan have been given Chinese names that mean "reunion." Wonder how that will go over on the island.
How many text messages will be sent in China during Spring Festival? If you guessed 5 billion ... you were off by 7 billion.
Good news for Chinese women trying to keep their skin white: Less and less sunlight is hitting the country. This could be due to a haze caused by man-made pollution. Good thing China is building the world's first "artificial sun."
Kashgar or bust! The days of the cross-country Chinese road-trip may not be too far away. "No other country can compete with China when it comes to the expansion speed of road building," brags Wang Yuanqing, a professor at the Highway College of Chang'an University in Xian. (Highway College graduates are always pompous asses.) We have to admit, the thought of RVs on Chinese roads scares the shit out of us.

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