Extra! Extra! Obama eggs, 50cents fight back and other news
- 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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