Extra! Extra! Bad photoshop, good cell coverage and the $123 trillion future
- A regional newspaper photoshopped out the label “路政巡查” [Road Administration Patrol] from a vehicle that had hit and killed a 16-year-old in order to distance the accident from the government. People were pretty displeased when they found out. [Chinasmack]
- China has pretty darn good coverage even in its rural areas. Estimates hold that 99.86% of the country's administrative villages have telephone service, 91.5% have internet. [Xinhua]
- In 2040, the Chinese economy will reach $123 trillion, or nearly three times the economic output of the entire globe in 2000, according to Robert Fogel. [Foreign Policy]
- While we normally think of the GFW as a free speech problem, it's possible that the World Trade Organization may start viewing it as protectionism. [Wall Street Journal]
- China got to where it is right now by CHEATING, says Danny Groner. And the only way to beat them is to cheat back. Joke. Or something. [Huffington Post]
- You know why journalists here take bribes? Try getting paid 2000RMB a month to run around all over China filing stories. [Global Times]
- China is somehow managing to lure scientists (especially ones who had emigrated abroad) back to its shores... and the West is baffled! [New York Times]
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