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• I for one welcome our new monkey overlords (read the first comment). Does Frank know?
• If the America ends up regulating blogs (via CT), I can humbly offer Hong Kong as a haven for hosting. Alternatively if the FEC needs some help in cracking down on the internet, China can lend a hand. Ed Morrissey (via IP) points out that finally this a political issue all sides of the blogosphere can agree upon. Michelle Malkin has plenty more links. Jeff Jarvis wonders about the slippery slope. More on the China crackdown below (15:59 update)
• Interesting disucssion at Jim's on teaching maths.
• From snowy Tokyo, Sean reports on Japan's plans for dealing with a terrorist or military attack.
  (15:15) * One-in-four Americans...also Tom has a thougtful post contemplating if Bush was right and what it means for "liberals".
• Glasshouses: China responds to the US State's human rights report with its own report on human rights abuses in America, with some excerpts.
• (15:59) Howard French looks at the China internet clampdown ahead of the NPC. Fons points out that those arrested in China already a reputation for getting into trouble now include the internet in the ways to tell about their viewpoint.