Today's Links: Iran, Gordon Brown and Kung Fu
The Times of India: China is India's largest trade ally
China Daily: Foreign reporters eager to present real China
Looks like a high intensity lightning bolt hit someone at the China Daily recently that foreign journalists want to know the truth about China, so they decided to do an article to inform their readers, just in case they, erm, didn't already know. Here's an excerpt from the story:French journalist Caroline Puel wants to present the real China to her readers, who are eager to know more about the country with the Beijing Olympic Games...
Today's Links: New CCP leadership, expansion of Xinjiang national park and Olympic kitchen trash treatment
China issued a sweeping denunciation of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian on Thursday, accusing him of stirring animosity between the sides to divert attention from his personal scandals.
Yao Ming publicly shamed
Notorious NBA bad boy Yao Ming has done it again. He's late for national team training — and China's official sports association has made it clear they are sick and tired of his Rodmanesque antics:
Movie Review: Curse of the Golden Flower
We pretty much knew, even before we stepped into the theater, how this film was going to play out among the critics:
Vigorous CBA, it's your time!
Watch out! The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) is moving toward "real professionaliztion." Their grand scheme, called the "Polarstar Project," launches this Sunday with the start of the 2005-2006 season, the league's tenth year of existence.

