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• While the discussion continues over Singapore vs HK blogs, The Standard today runs a piece on political blogging in Hong Kong.
• China and India are negotiating and building on their relationship. The latest move is a trade-off over Sikkim and Tibet.
• Even Avril Levine isn't immune to the current Sino-Japanese tensions.
• Even as the Pope lay dying he (or his advisors) were issuing a statement on the arrest of non-official Catholics in China. The official Chinese Catholic church sent their condolences but news of the Pope's death moved slowly in China. Hong Kong's Bishop, the appropriately names Joseph Zen, said the Pope's greatest wish was to visit China.
• Happy blogiversary Mr. Miyagi.
• Could the passing of China's anti-secession law marked the high point of tensions and belligerence over Taiwan? Now China is renewing its (highly conditional) offer for talks with the DPP following the visit of KMT officials and offering to help Taiwan join the WHO.
• After 27 years Hong Kong's bun scramble has been revived. What has not been announced is the HK Government will be sending "slope engineers" to concrete the towers and prevent slippage.
• China's car firms suffer over-capacity, a slowing market and increased competition. So why not go and buy a British dog instead?
• Look out for Typhoon Cindy Wind...and you can name your own destructive natural force as well. I wonder if Typhoon James Tien is on the radar?
• I've been told Hong Kong Disneyland is going to open in September no matter what. That's despite most of the rides not being ready; a lack of air conditioning and shade due to budget constraints and a lack of adequately trained staff. Disney head office is sending lots of key staff into HK at the moment to bring it up to scratch. Update: ESWN has a look at HK Disneyland's recruitment drive.
• (14:14) Japan-bashing: the opium of the Chinese masses.
• Via Peaktalk comes New kid on the blog, a look at interaction between blogs and newspapers.
• Hong Kong claims a first in the world of genetics: taxi cloning. It might be time to update my Hong Kong taxi guide.
• Gary Becker argues China might not become the leading nation of the 21st Century. Co-blogger Richard Posner asks if China will overtake the USA but finds too many factors cloud the picture. Posner's is an "on-the-one-hand on-the-other" fence sitting exercise that adds little to the debate. Becker's longer piece rightly tempers the current enthusiasm for all things China, pointing out similar hype about Japan and Germany "overtaking" the US. There's much to be bullish about on China, but it is not inevitable that China's economy smoothly and quickly dominate.
• DEL has pointed me to some interesting posts at Dinocrat. The blogger thinks China's economic cycle has already turned; the oil price bubble will deflate along with it; China's missing generation of businessmen and a comparison between China's economy and Japan's before its bubble burst. Best of all is the post titled How many B777's can you buy with "purchasing power parity". Definitely a site to watch.
• (15:38) Further to the above-mentioned India/China talks, a Chinese think tank has published an article on the theoretical definition of China's borders.
• While on China's borders, it is shutting the one with North Korea over bird flu fears.
• The China Daily is worried about digital piracy. They should know. Jeremy says The China Daily has often republished articles without permission.
• Of the 22 million signatures on the petition circulating China demanding a block to Japan's permanent UN Security Council seat, there's been some interesting names. But the protests are still very real: violent protests in Chengdu.