Photo by Mike Chen The Steven Spielberg pullout... AFP: Spielberg mocked in China over Olympic pullout Business Week: Why Spielberg doesn't care about annoying Beijing Xinhua: Spielberg slashed by Chinese, but his movies still admired ... and the fallout Reuters: Dutch party seeks boycott of Olympics opening The Canadian Press: An athlete's voice of protest could become a roar at Beijing Games AFP: Ex-China basketball star says Olympics are platform for change The spy......

Photo by Michael D Manning Chinese espionage New York Times: Justice Dept. Announces Arrests in 2 Chinese Espionage Cases AHN: Pentagon Analyst, Boeing Engineer In Hot Water For Spying For China Red Orbit: U.S. Space Secrets Sold to China Monsters & Critics: Taiwan accesses damage after US unveils Chinese espionage New internet purge Guardian Unlimited: China launches new internet purge AP: China Targets Internet in Crime Sweep Xinhua: China to tighten supervision over "virtue......

Feeling a little "under the weather" (hah!) from all the snow we're getting? Those rapscallions over at Void have just the answer for you. On Saturday night, they're bringing respected house music veteran Jason Hodges to drop some bombs at The Shelter. From their web site:Following their successful mission at The Shelter opening party in December, VOID is back and will bring Canadian house DJ and producer Jason Hodges to the same venue on February......

By Jake in Shanghai Chinese New Year around the world Reuters: Chinese New Year exodus exposes Singapore generation gap AFP: Brown sends New Year wishes to China Xinhua: Chinese new year goods sold in Mexico's Chinatown AllAfrica.com: Botswana: Chinese Celebrate New Year The Canadian Press: Chinese New Year banquets being held more frequently in restaurants Xinhua: Danish PM wishes for closer cooperation with China in New Year HIV/AIDS China Daily: Charting the battle against......

Photo by 2-C Around Shanghai AFP: Kissing couple sue Shanghai metro over Internet video China Daily: Shanghai to reduce house sizes AFP: Shanghai observatory blinded by city lights AFP: Shanghai to close hundreds of migrant schools Olympic watch Reuters: Beijing seeks "civilised" crackdown on beggars CNN: Human rights questions remain for China The Canadian Press: Beijing wants to cut smoking in hotels for Olympics Miscellaneous AP: China Shuts Down Pornographic Web Sites Globe and......

China Daily: Beijing-Shanghai Railway to break ground mid-Jan Xinhua: Shanghai launches research center to study job-related crimes WSJ: China Punishes Violators Of One-Child Policy Reuters: China Party expels members for flouting one-child rule The Canadian Press: Canadian exports to China rise strongly, unaffected by human rights emphasis Xinhua: Beijing student commits suicide for 'hukou' Forbes: Taiwan president says opposition win could see island join China Photo from Ken Yip......

Hong Kongers snub Beijing Sydney Morning Herald: Hong Kong voters snub Beijing, strike blow for democracy TIME: One for the Democrats in Hong Kong Reuters: Pro-democracy Chan wins symbolic Hong Kong election Fake moon pictures? Fox: China: Our Moon Photo Is No Fake The Canadian Press: China rejects questions over allegedly generic lunar surface photo The Telegraph: China defends lunar probe pictures China business WSJ: China Railway Shares Surge On Shanghai Trading Debut WSJ:......

Workers clearing China landslide discover bus in the rubble; 29 believed dead [The Canadian Press] The bus was found three days after a landslide tore a 50-metre gash in a mountainside Tuesday heightening concern that the massive reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam, was wreaking ecological havoc in the region.US studios sue Chinese website for film piracy [AFP] 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios have filed a lawsuit against......

Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao on Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meeting with the Dalai Lama [Reuters]:"It's gross interference in China's internal affairs. The Chinese side expresses its strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition... This disgusting conduct has seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and undermined Sino-Canadian relations... The Chinese side demands the Canadian side ... correct its mistaken conduct, immediately adopt effective measures to eliminate adverse impact (from the meeting) and stop winking......

China to report military data to UN [Al Jazeera] China says it will provide the United Nations with information on its military spending and arms deals for the first time in more than a decade. Beijing launches food safety crackdown [Washington Post] Beijing is targeting unlicensed restaurants and checking the quality of many foods in a crackdown on unsafe products less than a year before the city welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors to the......