Extra! Extra! Car rentals, SunYatSenjamens and the language of God

Rent a car in Shanghai, drop it off in Beijing a couple days later -- all for RMB 1,200. We have our doubts whether this deal is available to foreigners, but right now it is only open to Shouqi Car Leasing Co.'s 10,000 members. Why? They don't want people driving off with their cars: "The high proportion of people who rent cars but fail to return them has been a major hurdle in China. About 6 percent of the entire Beijing rental fleet of 20,000 were stolen last year." Ouch.
The Masters Cup Tennis Tournament will stay in Shanghai until at least 2008.
Maybe someday it won't be all about the Maojamens. Replacing Mao's image on Chinese banknotes with Sun Yatsen and Deng Xiaoping, and other CPPCC proposals of interest.
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao: Chinese websites should "refrain from misleading the general public or exerting negative impacts on social order." The quote comes from a press conference in which Wen also admitted China has a "high concentration of all kinds of acute problems."
Christian Science Monitor: "Who should own the good earth of China"
Fight piracy and help the environment ... at the same time.
Is Chinese the language of God?

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