Extra! Extra! Another fast train, Disney and fake Xmas trees

• We love high-speed trains. A Shanghai-Beijing line was just approved -- and it will use "homemade technologies."
• China is helping the environment ... in the U.S. ... with fake Christmas trees.
• Shanghai's mayor: "Shanghai has been hoping to build a Disneyland for a long time." Disney: "There is nothing new to report on the progress of Shanghai discussions. If we were to reach an agreement for a second park in China, it would not open before 2010."
• Yahoo's got more China trouble. This time it is illegal music files and ringtones. Just like Baidu.
• When you throw out old shoes in Shanghai, Mrs. Liu picks them up -- and sells the rubber to raise her family.
• Ever wonder why you hear so much crying on Wanping Lu?
• A thoughtful, Chinese take on the new Rolling Stone ... by a blogger who just got blocked.
• You don't have to be old enough to drink to shill for a bai jiu company.

Photo of Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng from Shanghai Daily.