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November 10, 2005

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Daily linklets 10th November

Slavery and Hong Kong's mui tsai system.
The (mis)-rule of Disney law in Hong Kong. And on the Mouse that Could (with Government help), I paid HK$25 billion and all I got was this lousy theme park. It begins Leptospirosis, or Weilâ€™s disease, is a water-borne disease found in ratâ€™s urine. One of its many unpleasant side effects is that sufferers are sometimes struck blind. The Hong Kong government may have contracted a case, because itâ€™s apparently been blinded by a piss-taking rodent. Yep, it's today's must read.
A conference on new media and social transformation in Hong Kong, preparing citizen journalists (a term that reminds me of citizen arrests) for the upcoming WTO meeting.
A crackdown on professional beggars in Guangzhou.
China's strong bargaining power on the East China sea gas fields, although Japan turned away Chinese planes 30 times in the past 7 months.
Hospitals in China find profit in AIDS.
Cool things on the Chinese internet.
Hu Jintao's a ruthless meanie, although there's at least one lady excited to meet him.
But there are reports that Jiang Zemin is still calling the shots.
China's migrant worker pool dries up.
Gwen Stefani and her Harajuku girls.
An American company is trying to block Skype in China.
Breaking bird flu news: fake poultry vaccines don't work.
Koizumi's trinity reforms.
With winter approaching, Japan is pushing a "Warm Biz" campaign. So Triumph have come up with the inevitable Warm Biz Bra.
Thomas Friedman tells us how to look at China.
James Na takes issue with Rebecca MacKinnon over the Chinese Blogger Conference, freedom of expression and censorship. Micah Sittig looks at several groups and what went on at the CBC: media, companies, evanglisers and hobbyists.
The Michelle Leslie coverup in Bali.
Virility drugs can be Agony.

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