Extra! Extra! White House gaffes and more friggin' Google

• Oops. At the Hu-Bush White House press conference yesterday, China was announced as the "Republic of China." One problem: The "Republic of China" is Taiwan. Just when you think they can't get more stupid ...
• Imagethief tried to live blog the press conference ... but his TV screen kept going black. Wonder why.
• Shanghai police have no patience for hemophiliacs or people who write about them.
• If you are like Shanghaiist, you are tired of reading about Google in China. If you aren't like us, check out this huge New York Times Magazine story on Google in China. Afterwards, sing along to Google's new Chinese theme song!
• This fall, Air China will become the first Chinese airline to offer only electronic tickets for its flights. Anyone who has lugged around pages upon pages of tickets and receipts while flying through China appreciates how remarkable this is. Great news ... but we feel bad for the people with red ink stamps at the airports -- what will they stamp now?
• 330,000 reasons we like Shanghai better than Beijing.
• Let's all agree to never again use the phrase "China's next Yao Ming"!
• When is the last time you heard good news about Yahoo?
• You might want to go see Yunnan's Nu River while it still exists.
• From Danwei: 'Increase your Sina blog hitcount for pennies a day!'
• A Sky News video about the "sinister secrets behind China’s booming economy." Are these really secrets?
• If you have 2 million yuan, you can open your own KFC in China.
• Wang Jian Shuo went to Yangshan Deep Water Port ... and lived to blog about it.

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