Extra! Extra! Police and prostitutes, journalists and propaganda departments, and kids and condoms
- A recent prostitution bust in Henan has gotten netizens into a fury... against the police, who were videotaped interrogating a naked woman in an incredibly rough fashion. [CNNGo]
- We can't get enough of stories about the Chongqing corruption trials, so we're glad we get to hear two of our favorite China journalists, Paul French and Malcolm Moore, discuss "China's Chicago." [Ethical Corp]
- So how are Chinese propaganda departments dealing with new media rules that don't allow them to really "stop" people from being interviewed? By wining and dining reporters and other "soft" forms of intimidation. [Telegraph]
- Chinese women are very opinionated about how you spend the family funds, says "Doing Business in China." Wait - what country's women aren't? [The Atlantic]
- Chinese people apparently have no idea how to have sex without getting pregnant, which is one of the reasons why there are 13 million abortions a year in this country. [Slate]
- Hey, Google's online music download service (one of the few awesome things related to being on the internet in China) is doing well! The company is now providing about five million songs a day and is starting to attract major advertisers. We wish it luck. [WSJ]
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