The Thanksgiving in China edition...

• Today's must read from one of the best writers on China: a visit to Chengdu shows China's growing pains.
• The search for authentic gong bao jiding.
• The difference between Julian Harniess and Gary Glitter.
• An ethnolinguistic map of China.
• A great idea being undermined by piracy: Pack-1kg-extra.
• Can the Pope perform a miracle and recognise both China and Taiwan?
• Blogs and Taiwanese politics.
• An attempt at horse racing in China goes to glue.
• Goodbye Hello Kitty, hello Chuang Tzu.
• First there was speed dating, now there's speed marriage.
• Looking at the strengths and weaknesses in Taiwan's military.
• The Chinese shampoo wars.
• A gallery of Cultural Revolution photographs (via Sparkplug via Imagethief)
• The sexual slavery of North Korean women.
• A China bird flu guideline for editors.
• A Chinese electronics firm selling fake Intel Pentium chips (via Gordon)
• Following on from yesterday's linklets, Anti has translated the piece by Zheng Bijian on the direction of the Chinese Communist Party in the 21 century. It clearly demonstrates both the fears and logic that drives the current leadership. When is Anti going to team up with ESWN?
• The Korean economy under Japanese rule.
• A first hand review of Hong Kong Disneyland concludes ...yes, there are plenty of great ways to spend HK$1,000 in Hong Kong – and none of them involve Mickey Mouse.