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May 09, 2005

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Daily linklets 9th May

Bill Rice wonders if the NYT editorial team read their own paper before writing their editorial on A Rising China.
Hong Kong bloggers write an open letter to the media and public on what a blog is and is not.
Hong Kong's legislators to start carrying little red books of Che Guevara sayings.
Golden Week by the numbers.
What do you do when a train slams into an apartment block in the country's worst derailment in years? Naturally you go bowling.
Friskodude helps you decide which travel guide to go with.
ESWN demonstrates events are in the eye of the newspaper reporter, using a talk at the CUHK Alumni Association on the language of instruction controversy.
Japan's William Tell didn't quite match the original.
Joseph Bosco has an optimistic view of press freedom in China (via TPD). Stephen Frost wonders why mainland papers' coverage of disputes tends to get ignored by foreign media.
Terror attacks in Burma.
Interesting insights into the inner workings of China's Government and it role in Chinese citizens lives.
English is helping Japanese become more profane.
In China, nobody is ever wrong.
I hope you've not eaten yet: placenta and fetus eating in China.
Curzon asks: was Tony Blair poisoned?
Despite numerous predictions overwise, China's currency was not revalued last week. May 18 looms at the next target date. Bear in mind the forwards imply interest rates as high as -28% at the moment - it ain't cheap betting against the yuan. Dinocrat also ponders a potential renminbi float.
Not a glorious day for Hong Kong rugby.
Thomas Barnett is an admirer of China's recent diplomatic moves.
(15:03) ACB looks at the biggest threat to China's environment: noise pollution from mobile phones.
Shanghai's stock market crashed today - down 10% in 30 seconds and locked limit down. You still think they're worried about the yuan?
Last week Hong Kong highest court freed 8 Falun Gong prisoners accused of assaulting police in a 2002 protest. As Riding Sun asks, will Beijing be able to resist interfering when it comes to the dreaded Falun Gong?

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