Today's Links: Disappearing newspapers, a U.S. pavilion primer and an official-killing waitress gets Netizen support
- Where Did The Newspapers Go? [Southern Metropolis Daily - translated by ESWN] "Over the course of time,
received feedback from advertisers and readers that they cannot find copies of the newspaper. Then they heard that China Post was shipping the newspapers directly to recycling centers. The newspaper found out that the newspapers were trucked everyday from the post office branches to warehouses and then resold to recycling plants or stations. What is the economic basis? There are 50,000 copies shipped to China Post each day, 312 days per year. China Post pays 32 RMB per copy to the newspaper. Thus, each copy of the newspaper costs China Post only 32 RMB / 312 = 0.10 RMB. Meanwhile, the price for recycled paper is higher than that. So, there you have it." - China replaces state TV chief after hotel fire [Associated Press] "The head of China's state broadcaster has been replaced, a state news agency said Sunday, amid a high-level investigation into a hotel fire in the complex housing the broadcaster's headquarters. The official Xinhua News Agency said in a brief report Sunday that the head of CCTV, Zhao Huayong, 61, was replaced because he had reached the official retirement age of 60."
- Why can’t the US find $61 million for an Expo 2010 pavilion? A primer [Shanghai Scrap] "In the interest of answering that important question, and explaining why the authorized US pavilion team has raised only $2.8 million of a $61 million budget, I’ve prepared this short primer on the various issues and reasons inhibiting - if not outright preventing - US companies from contributing money to what would appear to be the premier international PR event of 2010."
- Davids, Goliaths and Sun Tzu [The Useless Tree] "Malcolm Gladwell's piece in The New Yorker, "How David Beats Goliath," has a Sun Tzu tone to it. He basically argues that creativity and effort can overcome material disadvantages in a wide range of strategic situations, from girl's basketball to war-gaming"
- Obama on Jon Huntsman and vice versa about 出任美国驻中国大使 [LA Times Blogs] "Right now, we have the full remarks of both the president and his new bipartisan, bilingual team member -- and one who's not from New Hampshire. (As previously reported here, Vice President Joe Biden had today off in Delaware. Also tomorrow.) Or as Gov. Huntsman might put it:** 你好，我叫洪博培，我从犹他州来的"
- China starts nationwide reinforcement project for school buildings [People's Daily Online] "The Chinese government has started a three-year nationwide project to reinforce all school buildings with comprehensive anti-disaster capacities... The project will make all primary and secondary school buildings meet the criteria against earthquake, landslide, typhoon and other disasters, no matter what the buildings' nature is, public or private, rural or urban."
- Netizens stand with the waitress who killed an official [Global Voices Online] "Deng Yujiao, a waitress in Hubei Province stabbed an official to death and injured another in resisting their sexual advances. Comments on the internet showed no sympathy with the dead official and generally support the 21-year-old girl, acclaiming that she is another Yang Jia who acted in response to an injustice."
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