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China is a place where thing can change overnight, and Shanghai is an exemplar of the country's breakneck pace. We've gotten used to it: a bridge by our house was repainted four times, resurfaced by hand (and chisel), and finished in about five days. But unexpected change can surprise us: we woke up this morning to rumors spreading through twitter that WordPress had been unblocked, and a feeling somewhat like yuletide glee descended upon us. more ›

• Chinese online trading site, Alibaba, plans to expand to Europe. The company behind the site will open a London office, as part of a project called "Road to London", which aims to encourage Chinese companies to invest in the next Olympic host city.
• As we told you earlier, an album called Songs For Tibet, was released on iTunes just three days before the Olympics, causing its online store to be blocked in China. Now however, iTunes Music Store has been reopened, in a new and Songs For Tibet-free version, somehow the censors have managed to block access to this album, without blocking the entire site.
• Baidu's new e-commerce platform will offer 10.000 beta testers free online stores and domain names.