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China, the youthful and ever growing country that it is, has taken many lessons from the rest of the world. As a result, great men from other countries have come to be revered by the Chinese for their advancements: from Issiac Newton to Michael Jordan, many have made lasting impressions on the Chinese psyche. In preparation for the 60th anniversary of the PRC, the Global Times compiled a list of the sixty most influential foreigners in the country's short history. We'll give you a few guesses.

George Soros was in Shanghai a few days ago and gave a lecture at Fudan, and then went off to meet his old buddy, Alibaba head honcho Ma Yun, in Hangzhou, where he talked without notes and generally enthralled people with his guru-ness. According to Soros China is the bomb and is already recovering from the financial crisis even as the rest of the world still founders, and yeah, he put Alan Greenspan in his place, and yeah those yangmei (Chinese bayberries) are delightfully delicious. Oh, and one of the articles had this interesting intro:

This video just came in from a reader (Thank you meckleychina!). Apparently the Shanghai-based budget airline Spring Airlines now makes its passengers do in flight exercises. From what we see in the video at least, everyone is taking it very seriously. Now nobody wants to be one of the unlucky few to die of deep-vein thrombosis(DVT) in the air, right? Smaller Chinese boutique airlines have been trying ways and means of injecting more "fun“ into the flying experience lately. Shanghaiist has been flying Hainan Airlines (which is partly owned by George Soros by the way) a lot more recently, and they typically have a little auction game where tickets are given away at below rack rates. Erm still not quite our idea of fun, but you have to give them marks for trying. Does anyone else have interesting experiences with other airlines to share?

Image of Yang Huiyan, now China's richest person, from China Daily.