Extra! Extra! Journalists, dogs and prostitutes

• We apologize for letting mainland China's Journalists' Day (yesterday) pass with nary a mention on this site. Reuters (via Xinhua) celebrated by reminding us that being a reporter is the "third most dangerous job in China." Xinhua said: "An increasing number of reporters are obstructed, scolded, even beaten during interviews." ESWN posts about one such experience. But reporters are still better off than miners or policemen. China Media Project has a nice piece on Journalists' Day.
• There is discussion on the internet about some Chinese email services possibly blocking Gmail.
• New WHO head, from Hong Kong, pledges to "stand up to China."
• Not everyone is celebrating the Democrats' big wins this week in the US elections -- like China, for example. Jin Canrong, an America watcher at Renmin University in Beijing, on Nancy Pelosi: "This old woman has a great bias against China, possibly creating some static in China-U.S. relations."
• Make prostitution legal in China? We're just throwing that idea out there.
• "Shanghai boys take to plastic surgery." The headline says it all. Seriously -- the "story" is four sentences long.
• And the latest "new Xiangyang Market" is ... Hey, at least this one comes with a "delicate gift."
• We are planning on adopting our second dog next weekend. Look here, here and here to understand why we are a little bit worried. Ridiculous.
• In other troubling animal news: A crocodile zoo in Hainan has started selling its crocodiles for meat in an effort to raise money. And "scientists say up to four times more sharks than previously thought are being slaughtered to fill the increasing demand for shark fin soup."
• No Super Voice Girls in 2007. It's all about the boys.
• Taiwan feeling rotten about "pirated fruit."
• Another Chinese food blog: KungFuEats.com. Nice start. We'd like to see tones on the pinyin, and maybe some recipes?
• Talk Talk China says 88.
• A new URL for SH magazine? shmag.cn. Does this mean they are finally dropping 8Days from their name?

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