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- Chinese mainland to hold television fundraiser for Taiwan typhoon relief [Xinhua] "Five TV stations in the Chinese mainland are organizing a televised fundraiser on the coming Thursday to raise money for victims of Taiwan's deadliest typhoon in half a century. A number of the country's biggest names in the entertainment industry will be invited, such as directors Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang, actors Jackie Chan and Jet Li, actresses Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun, as well as sports stars Yao Ming and Guo JingJing. The close-to-four-hour fundraiser are organized by the Shanghai-based Dragon TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, Hunan Satellite TV, and Shenzhen Satellite TV. The event will be broadcast live beginning 7:35 p.m. Thursday."
- Chinese Espionage: Britain's MI5 reports epidemic in spying [Examiner] "The almost legendary MI5 British counterintelligence service is said to be deeply concerned over an increase in spying by Chinese operatives in the United Kingdom. Although intelligence experts aren't certain how widespread the problem is, they believe the espionage is rampant and a serious consequence of the global economy."
- Rainwater collection projects gather 24.5 million m3 of rainwater in Beijing [CCTV] "One rainfall may create a new “Kunming Lake” in Beijing. Although rainfall for 2009 has been relatively less than that of prior years, rainwater collection projects across urban and rural areas have been playing a big role. According to statistics from Beijing Water Authority, until August 13, 24.5 million cubic meters of rainwater, equivalent to 21 “Kunming Lakes” had been stored in Beijing. Rivers and lakes in urban areas also stored 18.04 million cubic meters of rainwater, creating a fresh and beautiful sight in Beijing."
- How Companies Can Battle Counterfeits With Better Marketing [WSJ] "s the counterfeit trade booms, companies are rolling out massive campaigns to get people to stop buying fakes. But the messages they use are often off the mark. Companies have tried everything from threatening prosecution to linking phony products with organized crime. But marketers often don't pay attention to what actually drives people in particular markets to buy counterfeits and what messages will actually work to curb demand of fake goods."
- It'll take a lot more than the internet to change China [Foreign Policy] "The sheer numbers are overwhelming: There are about 300 million internet users, at least half a billion cell phones, and 70 to 80 million blogs in China. Yet the proliferation of information technology during the last decade has not ushered in a Twitter revolution or propelled China toward democratic change, and it probably won’t in the foreseeable future."
- Incineration project gets locals all fired up [China Daily] "Chen Shu never expected to discover "such a big secret" when she went to the Changping district government building to complain about noisy road construction. At the corner of a bulletin board hung three pages of public hearing notices on a planned waste incineration project, the $121-million Asuwei plant. "I can't believe this is happening," said the middle-aged businesswoman who bought an apartment for her elderly parents and teenage son near the Xiaotangshan neighborhood in north Beijing in 2006."
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"Foreign Policy" is deadly right at "if the proliferation of information technology during the last decade has not ushered in a Twitter revolution or propelled China toward democratic change, and it probably won’t in the foreseeable future."
For anyone who has that funny wishful thinking of orange revolution or Balkanization of China, "Foreign Policy" magazine is the right thing to read.