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- Audit Finds Beijing Games Produced Surplus [Wall Street Journal] "The 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics produced a surplus of about 1.16 billion yuan ($171 million), according to the latest audit issued Friday by China's National Audit Office. Revenue from the Olympics, which China hosted for the first time in August, totaled CNY20.5 billion and expenditure totaled CNY19.34 billion, according to the auditor's report."
- Gingrich comments on Uighurs don’t sit well with some in GOP [Freep] "Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich got into a public spat with fellow Republicans this week after he denounced the 17 Chinese Muslims who are being released from the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, military prison as 'terrorists' who should be sent back to China, where they’re likely to face persecution."
- The U.S.: Always Making Trouble For China [Forbes] "Instead of offering the usual foreign-correspondent musings about China, Forbes invited an outspoken Chinese essayist to take a few shots at the U.S. and the rest of the West. Wang Xiaodong, a researcher at the Communist Youth League-affiliated China Youth and Children Research Center, urges that China strengthen its military and stand up to the U.S."
- China Warns Google Over Porn Links [PC World] "Google promised to step up control of 'vulgar' online search results in China late Thursday, after a government-backed arbiter warned that its filtering of pornography was too weak."
- 'Angels & Demons' to close Shanghai fest [Hollywood Reporter] "The studio is hoping that a positive reception for the movie will ease its passage through censorship and approval, enabling it to bag one of the 20 slots per year in the country's import quota. 'The Da Vinci Code' was released in China, although films with religious themes are not always approved for distribution."
- Watchdog set up, no more casting couch in China TV industry[Global Times] "TV wannabes have often to end up in a relationship with directors and producers to get work. 'These practices among some of our directors have harmed the development of the whole industry,' said Chen. Apart from clearing up the industry, the committee will also focus on protecting the rights of TV drama directors."
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