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Today's Links: <em>Prison Break</em>, rats and robots

Today's Links: Prison Break, rats and robots



  • "News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS.A) Fox Television denied that it has licensed Beijing based media company Zonbo Media to remake American TV series Prison Break or any related online activities in China, reports Beijing Youth Daily."




  • "Anheuser-Busch Inc. sued USA Bai Wei Group Inc. in Arkansas' Pulaski County Circuit Court, seeking an injunction to revoke Bai Wei's corporate charter and require a name change."




  • "Why are these experts, who supposedly know China better than anyone does, so eager to patronize China's leaders, and so reluctant to condemn Chinese repression of dissent?"




  • "This is the cover to Brutus No. 616 (1 May 2007). ... The portrait of Mao wearing Nike is apparently the product of a Chinese artist, though I can’t verify this."




  • "According to government figures, the overall profit margins in the textile industry are only 3.9% - the lowest of any major industry."




  • "Some tramcars might be able to run in the Zhangjiang area in Pudong ... Even now, many old local residents in Shanghai still remember such tramcars, which the Shanghai people called 'dang dang che', or 'clanging cars'." Trolleys.




  • "This first-ever tour is together presented by NBA and the world's leading express and logistics company, DHL. The two will also present other activities in China." Ripped straight from the press release, sounds like.




  • "The winners will represent China at the Federation of International Robot-soccer Association World Cup in San Francisco on June 13."




  • "Xinhua News Agency quoted animal husbandry officials in Altay prefecture in northern Xinjiang saying a warm winter had resulted in a 'baby boom' of rats in April, a month earlier than normal."




  • "Ms. Zhang Xiaohua, marketing director for Forbes China, attributed the cancellation to the immaturity of charity in China. 'Chinese entrepreneurs haven't reached a consensus on charity and therefore it is immature to make such a list,' she said."




  • "A private businessman has been fined 600,000 yuan (US$78,000; euro 58,000) for breaking China’s strict one child policy, state media reported." But is it really that strict?




  • "China's largest non-state-owned carmaker, which has export agreements in place in Indonesia, Russia and Ukraine, declined to give details."




  • "The top 10 countries in terms of number of employed foreign workers were Japan, America, Korea, Singapore, Germany, France, Canada, Malaysia, Australia and Britain." That leaves an awful lot of unemployed.




  • At Starbucks.




  • "This is the face of Shanghai these days. Not to be all mean'n shit, but how badly would you like to punch one of these Chads in the mouth?"




  • "One of Shanghai's "undiscovered" shopping gems is Jim Dandies, tucked away opposite IKEA in the Xuhui District. It sells chic clothes and art by painter Yurika (Eureka) Nakae from Suzhou"




  • "Located at Yandang Road, the Pudi Boutique Hotel Shanghai offers 52 rooms whose prices range from RMB4680 per night to RMB14000 per night." Ouch.




  • "It notes that in 2006, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions surveyed employees in 250 enterprises. The data showed that 50.6% of employees had not received a wage increase in nearly three years."




  • "A report in Beijing Times...has led to a remarkable photo essay on the People’s Daily society link at People.com. Beijing Times had orginally reported on an unidentifed demolition contractor that had moved in to demolish houses in the Chaoyang District."




  • "The two websites are Uusee.com and Zol.com.cn. They have been required to publish formal letters of apology on their front homepages. The website owners have also been ordered to remove the offending content immediately."




  • Does this story seem a bit late to you?




  • "Excited and emboldened by the wealth of information they find on the Internet, Chinese teens are breaking centuries of tradition to challenge their teachers and express their own opinions in class."




  • "Working 10 or more hours a day, almost no days off, no regular meals and lack of sleep - that's the life for 70 percent of the white-collar workers in four of China's big cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou."




  • "The report is named《Analytical Report of Basic Science Literacy of County Level Officials in China 》." Explains a lot.




  • "Police in southern China have detained a woman after she admitted killing her four-year-old daughter because the child could not count, according to news reports."




  • "When the 'Chinamen' responded to 'His Excellency' with an open letter ... the result was general consternation, followed by support from a number of leading newspapers, and a consequent flurry of articles and editorials."


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    Today's Links: Mr. Mom, sturgeon and fake wine

    Today's Links: Mr. Mom, sturgeon and fake wine



  • "Academics who study China, which includes the author, habitually please the Chinese Communist Party, sometimes consciously, and often unconsciously. "




  • "China plans to expand its use of animated police figures into a virtual force symbolizing the government's monitoring of all major Web sites and online forums, state media said Saturday."




  • "The story was about some mainlanders believing that eating human fetuses can improve looks and heal diseases, and therefore they purchase dead fetuses from hospitals."




  • "So let's call this nail house what it really is: blackmail."




  • "Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes Magazine is in China right now and blogging on it. In Karlgaard's most recent post, he asks whether Shanghai or Beijing are China's future in a post, appropriately entitled, 'China's Future: Shanghai Or Beijing?'"




  • "Nearly 60 percent of saleable tickets will be reserved for residents of China, while the rest of the world will get 25 percent, said Rong Jun, director of the organising committee's ticketing department."




  • "Severe pollution in the Yangtze River is threatening the existence of the Chinese sturgeon, or Acipenser sinensis, an anadromous fish that has lived on the earth for more than 140 million years."




  • "However, there is something about China's video sharing sites that makes them much more interesting than their American counterparts: broadcast TV in China is really boring."




  • "Tears, wild hair and unhealthy songs are banned when China's latest version of "American Idol" goes on the air next month."




  • "Shanghai, China: In its relentless rush into capitalism and modernity, China's second city is currently exploding in every aspect."




  • "Phantom Shanghai is a spectacular look at a Shanghai that won't survive the vision the country has for itself."



  • "Children in more than 40 percent of families with one full-time parent are looked after by house husbands, a survey conducted by the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences suggests."




  • We apologize to the guy we hit in the head while we were playing Wii tennis.




  • "Pay starts at a measly RMB 2000 a month, and can rise up to about a base of RMB 2500 plus bonuses for kilometers driven. Take-home after tax for the year is about RMB 38,000 (USD 4,900). Benefits are pretty good, though."




  • "More than half of paint products available for sale in the city have failed quality tests in recent random checks by the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administration."




  • "China's Three Gorges Dam reservoir has been fouled by pesticides, fertilizers and sewage, and more than 600 kilometres of the Yangtze river are critically polluted, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, citing a report."




  • "Everyone, if you travel to Shanghai, definitely avoid Hong Qiao Airport on Friday night. Never ever think of landing in Hong Qiao on Friday night. There is a simple reason for that - there is just no taxi that can help you get out of the airport."




  • "Now that China's showcase megacities are experiencing rising costs and fierce competition both in most sectors, foreign investors are slowly waking up to the fact that there are other cities in China besides Shanghai and Beijing."




  • "The investigated data from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences presented that more than a half wine and overseas wines in Shanghai market were fake." So then what is it?




  • "The report said Shanghai's online consumers totaled 1.76 million last year, accounting for 34.6 percent of local Netizens, with Beijing following by 29.2 percent."


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