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October 25, 2005

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Daily linklets 25th October

Hong Kong successfully prosecutes a Bit Torrent seeder. Sun Bin looks at why Hong Kong was the first in the world to do so, and Hong Kong's many other firsts.
While on firsts, the first "purely foreign" divroce in Shanghai.
It gets worse. MM has more on Hello Kitty airlines.
A favourite topic: Hong Kong's nanny TV.
Who's responsible for Taiwan's losing its UN seat? Chiang Kai Shek, apparently.
Just when you think you've heard it all, Japan comes up with a buttock slasher.
Rumours Wikipedia will be unblocked in China this week, and some interesting information on how to get sites unblocked. The other obvious solution - get bought by Google and let them lobby for you!
China puts glory before honour at the National Games.
China is the main threat to Asia's forests.
Howard W. French's review of Mao: The Untold Story. He concludes: Historians will find much to quibble about in this voluminous but jaunty work. Chang and Halliday's word is far from the last, and yet for anyone who reads it there is no way to mistake Mao's smiling countenance for anything like benevolence again.
Caijing talks about bird flu, bureaucratic discord and China (via billsdue).
Aung San Suu Kyi "celebrates" 10 years of house arrest.
A favourite Beijing pasttime: Ikea couch surfers.
50 questions about Taiwan.
Is Greenspan responsible for China's asset bubble? Brad Setser says no-one forced China to import America's monetary policy.
(18:29) English continues to dominate in Asia's language wars.
Self-censorship and press "freedom" in Indonesia (NSFW)
25% of Chinese wives disappointed by sex. Which makes 75% happy with their sex lives.

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