Recommended Reads: Olympic setbacks, China's take on Obama and a nifty new invention
Olympics
China Rises: Restricting the foreign press
Reuters: China urged to curb executions ahead of Olympics
China Herald: Another Olympic mishap: problems in getting tickets
Channel NewsAsia: Hong Kong toughens rhetoric to avoid Olympic Games protests
ABC News: Athletes banned from Beijing opening ceremony
China and the U.S.
Blogging For China: America opens its doors, slightly, to Chinese tourists
People’s Daily: First Chinese leisure travelers to U.S. greeted by music, hospitality
Washington Post: In China, Fascination With Obama's Skin Color
Earthquake
The New York Times: How Angel of Sichuan Saved School in Quake
Reuters: China detains quake school critic: rights group
Strange and wonderful
Weird Asia News: China Invents the Bike Washing Maching
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