When Wikileaks first broke, one of the juiciest pieces of China gossip was about the Google fiasco from earlier this year and how they "were orchestrated by a senior member of the Politburo who typed his own name into the global version of the search engine and found articles criticising him personally." Now we have a name: Surprise! It's Li Changchun, the Propaganda Chief, a man so sensitive that he already "accidentally" had an entire Chinese city GFWed because it shared his name. more ›

Yesterday morning, Changchun (长春) became a sensitive word on QQ. The best thing about it: Not only is 长春 a city - making it "The first Chinese city to ever become a sensitive word in China" - it's also the name of the current CPC Propaganda Chief. more ›

• Cara Anna of the AP reports police dragged away over 100 parents protesting outside the courthouse in Dujiangyan (都江堰) holding pictures of their children who died in the Sichuan earthquake:

  "Why?" some of them yelled. "Tell us something," they said as black-suited police wearing riot helmets yanked at them. more ›