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Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap says China's block of the New York Times does not matter as much as it once did.
Chris Gill of Shanghai Eye says he has it from a reliable source that the HSK, the Chinese proficiency examination for foreigners will be scrapped in two years.
Jenny Leung of China Digital Times interviews Qi Hanting, the student who founded the Anti-CNN website.
The "Prince" incident: the story of a young man who laments online of how his family lost several billions in assets literally overnight and was left with "just a few million". Translation of the original post and netizen reactions by ChinaSmack.

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