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- Haha, look - it's an Obama egg, made by egg artist Kang Yongguo in Liaoning Province. [Obamafoodorama]
- Tao Weishuo (陶韡烁) defends a statement he made: "I strongly disagree with what Obama said about the Internet firewall... I think all Chinese people have Internet freedom - we can speak out freely on the Internet about current social affairs", which generated a wave of criticism from netizens. [China Digital Times]
- Gosh there's a lot of green news coming out of China. Here's a summary of some of the biggest things to hit the wire and what they might mean. [NY Times]
- Obama was able to have a mini family reunion, meeting up with his half-brother Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo for five minutes this time around. The last time they met was during the presidential election. [Reuters]
- BusinessWeek has compiled a list of the most powerful people in China. First dude in the list (it's alphabetical): Bo Xilai, who's been in charge of rooting out corrupt officials (aka everybody) in Chongqing. [BusinessWeek]
- The U.S. and China have agreed to explore space cooperation and start a "dialogue" on human space flight and exploration. [CNET]
- You know what this Obama visit really demonstrated, at least according to one AP opinionist? A shifting balance of power as two giants move closer to being equals. [AP]
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Truth according to AP: "two giants move closer to being equals"? In your dreams, just like the "all Chinese people have Internet freedom" bit.
If you made this up, people would laugh you off stage, but these guys seem to take it seriously.
Einstein allegedly said: "There are only two things infinite: The universe, and human stupidity. But I am not certain about the universe..."