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August 10, 2005

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Daily linklets 10th August

Rusty is covering the Fuzhou suicide bombing.
If you're in Hong Kong this Thursday evening, go take a walk around TST with Stefan and Dave.
James Tien sees the doctor.
North Korea is facing another famine, despite even hills being cultivated as farmland. The North Koreans could consider exporting their women-folk.
Some great China photos.
The implosion of Kelon, a major Chinese appliance maker, thanks to the arrest of its senior management. Arresting the boss will do that to a company.
AP has an excellent China economic roundup.
One million Xinjiang herdsmen say goodbye to nomadic life.
Europe's China policy.
Indonesia's drug raids are costing jobs.
Japan's Koizumi commits political suicide. I would have thought hara-kiri is a more appropriate word.
Princess Di and globalisation.
Bruce Springsteen once said "fifty seven channels and nothin' on." China joins in with so many newspapers with so little to say.
Sex advice columnist Dan Savage is making Andrew Sullivan readable again (brief bio on Dan).
Our own Doc Emer is hosting the Grand Rounds medical blog fest this week.
Western individualism and an ordered society, or why liberal deomcracy works.
Move over Salem, here comes Palani.
(14:30) Dog bites man, riots ensue.
China's newest reality TV show is born: Taiwan's Next Top Panda.
Japundit covers the Japan Post privitisation story, what it is about and why it matters. Part one and part two (via Infidel). Why should you care? It's caused Japan's snap general election, could see the fall of semi-reformist Koizumi, is the result of a battle royale between old and new generations of politicians and is over the world's largest financial institution. How large? 400,000 employees and US$2 trillion (yes, trillion) in assets, equal to the deposits at Japan's four largest banks combined. Start caring, people.
(16:23) 18 factory managers executed for producing flawed fridges? Snopes says hoax. (via reader AG)

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