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Cyber dissident Wang Dejia was arrested for "subverting state secrets" (what else?), which means penning too many articles critical of the government. Some of those critical essays pertained to the upcoming summer Olympics:

In recent months, Wang also gave an interview to the Epoch Times, a media group backed by the banned sect F@lun G0ng, in which he claimed the Olympics would exacerbate the sufferings of Chinese people and leave them "living like dogs and pigs."

Continue reading "Beijing Olympics News: State secrets and Spielberg"

After reports of 121 skulls being found in a remote ravine on the border of Qinghai and Gansu provinces, western China was already starting to look a little creepy, even if the skulls may have actually been a part of a Tibetan Buddhist ritual, as the unlinkable South China Morning Post reports:

As you might expect, Yao's life has never been easy (link and story from Epoch Times, blocked in China due to its pro-FLG, anti-CCP stances):

Thrill seekers in Pudong will have to stick to the street food for the forseeable future -- Universal Studios has shelved its much-ballyhooed plans for a Shanghai theme park, Reuters reports, adding that Universal's announcement opens the door for Disney to formalize its Shanghai park plans -- which aren't happening until after 2010. Don't fear, folks, there's always The Mummy Returns Live over at Zhongshan park if you feel like buying an overpriced ticket for something.