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- A hotel room that has stories to tell [Danwei] "But to see the photos as a realistic reflection or criticism of the social morbidity is not the only angle to appreciate them; take a closer look, you may find these photos do resemble a mystery/detective movie."
- China's navy turns 60 [Straits Times] "China's navy will mark its 60th anniversary with a ceremony starting on Thursday dubbed the 'naval Olympics' that will display the country's nuclear-powered submarines for the first time, state media said. The four-day event involves 21 vessels from 14 countries in the eastern city of Qingdao and includes a fleet review to be held Thursday - the fourth one in China since 1949."
- China Blog Guide: Ten Eclectic China Blogs You Should Follow [CNReviews] "The answer to English China blog fatigue is to start following some Atypical China Blogs. And, yes, some of the best are authored by “white dudes” (although some of them may in fact be “fake foreigners“…Adam Schokora comes to mind). Here they are..."
- Reporting Interference Incidents in 2008 [Foreign Correspondent's Club of China] "The FCCC has logged more than 335 cases of reporting interference since January 1, 2007. This includes over 60 cases during the Olympic period, more than 40 cases after the unrest in Tibet on March 14 and more than 12 after the Sichuan earthquake on May 12. "Reporting interference" includes violence, destruction of journalistic materials, detention, harassment of sources and staff, interception of communications, denial of access to public areas, being questioned in an intimidating manner by authorities, being reprimanded officially, being followed, and being subjected to other obstacles not in keeping with international practices."
- Postcards from James Fallows [the Beijinger Blog] "Senior Atlantic Monthly correspondent James Fallows has been covering China extensively for the past three years and is now preparing to leave Beijing for his next postings in Washington D.C. and Australia. We caught up with him recently to discuss his experiences in China, his new book, Postcards from Tomorrow Square, and getting mistaken for former President George W. Bush."
- Why US Businesses Should Care About Corruption in China [Aimee Barnes] "It is my opinion that the single largest obstruction to China’s global development is not their environmental degradation or their guang gun conundrum or the widening gap between rich and poor, but corruption, which both feeds and bleeds into virtually every other hurdle that the country now faces. It appears that China’s President, Hu Jintao, may agree with me, as he has repeatedly acknowledged that corruption is one of the greatest threats to the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party. But, do China’s kleptocracy and the blurry definitions of guanxi have any relevance on US soil? Should US businesses give a damn about what is often deemed to be an internal problem endemic to Chinese society? Absolutely."
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