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- After more than 70 years a large rare fungus collection has been returned to China from Cornell University. Curator Shu Chun Teng smuggled the collection out of the country at the start of World War II just as the Japanese were invading to keep it safe. He later suffered during the Cultural Revolution for "selling China's history." [New York Times]
- The US is from Mars and China is from Venus: How the US's relationships with the world are just like a series of one-night stands, and why China needs to realize the reality about having a relationship with America. [China Solved]
- Communist regimes all across the world have fallen with the exception of China - why? Jeffrey Wassestorm explores how China has maintained itself as a global communist power in light of others' failures. [The Huffington Post]
- Hawaii has begun to lure more Chinese tourists to its sandy white beaches - beginning an array of programs to lure Chinese travel groups, particularly in light of falling revenues from Japanese and mainland US tourists. [China Daily]
- China has the largest blogosphere on the planet and a group of netizens that are well known for their strong opinions. But how does bridge-blogging, the translation of Chinese blogs into English and other languages, play a role in all this? [Global Voices]
- New Chinese music upload regulations will come into effect at the end of the year. What does this mean for the current Chinese creative community, will they be forced to come into line or will they merely find other windows to disseminate foreign and domestic music to people? [China Music Radar]
- In the past few years the number of gyms in China has exploded from almost zero to well over 3,000. This rising gym cultures has fueled price wars and the development of a fitness lifestyle that is similar to other nations, but in the end is still uniquely Chinese. [China International Business]
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