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- Some Chinese activists on hunger strikes have gone missing. Wonder if it was these "activists" who helped lead the foreign press to the story.
- In the Washington Post: "The soul of Freezing Point has been extinguished. Only an empty shell remains."
- China is now home to 10 billionaires, up from three last year. Forbes lists China's 400 richest.
- U.S. to "push China hard on piracy." Meanwhile, fake emissions stickers are now available to Shanghai car owners for about 380 RMB. And four Shanghai residents were arrested for selling RMB 40 million worth of fake car parts.
- Want to be a surrogate mother in China? You could get 100,000 yuan if you are "healthy, under age 32 and at least 1.57 meters (about 5 feet) tall."
- All you ever wanted to know about eating penis.
- It's not exactly American Idol -- thankfully -- but "tens of thousands of teenagers, along with their parents, who have come to Beijing to take a series of auditions for enrolment into performing arts programmes at leading arts colleges in the country."
- Remember the name Wang Meng -- because you are about to hear it over and over and over again.
- Worst headline of the day: "Ax murderer of 9 gets the ax in Sichuan"
- Shanghai needs more one-way streets. Or does it? Regardless, 20 more are on their way.
- For RMB 30,000, you too could be an "academician."
- Bars aren't "profit-oriented"? Anyway, they can stay open after 2 am.
- "Everyone needs toilets but no one wants to live beside one."
- Wow: "[A]n average of more than 100 husbands and wives in Shanghai split each day in 2005."
- More signs that Chinese sperm is bad.
- Do you know who the president of Togo is?
- Google has launched a Chinese language corporate blog "to better communicate the company's intentions to Chinese-language users." Here it is: googlechinablog.com
- Finally, state news mouthpiece Xinhua offers us this story: "Actress Xiao Qiang (Englsih name: Stephanie), reputedly the most beautiful woman in Taiwan, has been entangled in numrous affairs with wealthy bussinessmen since she first made her way into the circles of entertainment in Taiwan. Now rumors again circulate on the Internet, saying that Xiao was once contracted by a Taiwan businessman to be his mistress. Xiao's agent denies the rumor. He is quoted as saying that beautiful women do not have to be rish men's mistresses." Then, naturally, they provide nine sexy photos of Miss Xiao ... for research purposes only, of course.
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