The NYT times is reporting on China's latest attempt to influence Hong Kong's voters: table tennis. The small problem is the SCMP reports ticket sales were slow, with the lone queuer at City Hall complaining the HK$20 cost and comparing it with the free showing of China astronaut Yang Liwei. The Leisure and Cultural Services Department referred inquiries to the HK Olympic Committee which referred inquiries to the LCSD.

If China were serious about influencing the election, they'd stop with all this namby-pamby stuff and cut to the chase: offering decent inducements to vote for the "right" candidates.