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Imagethief was not in the least surprised to hear that Chinese netizens were outraged that movie actress Gong Li has taken Singapore citizenship. But then, Imagethief is not in the least surprised by anything that outrages Chinese netizens. Chinese netizens were outraged when Gong Li played a Japanese woman in ''Memoirs of Geisha'', alongside ...

Cliff Coonan has a story in showbiz trade Variety that examines the broadcasting problems I posted about last week. The article is something of an omnibus piece on current Olympic issues. Among other things, it gets into the organizers' efforts to develop and promote an official cheer. This part is worth highlighting: While Beijing is on the ...

Imagethief was interested to see an article discussing the security problems of Chinese counterfeits of networking equipment on the breathlessly named ''Law and Justice'' section of the ABC television network's website. What I found interesting was not that there are Chinese counterfeits of Cisco gear, nor that there is some concern over whether ...

Imagethief has been interested to receive in the past two days a couple of notices through Facebook account referring him to a new group (you must be a logged in Facebook user) called ''The North Eastern Chinese American Protest.'' I'll let the group describe itself:This is group to gather as many people as possible to create a real protest ...

Since last night, most likely due to the posting of video of the Tibet demonstrations, some of which is reposting of material from major news organizations (such as this, from CNN). Via Danwei and Shanghaiist. CNN and BBC have been regularly blacked out and overseas news websites have been  crawling (although not blocked). Stand by for the ...

One of the hallmarks of bad China journalism is reacting hysterically when China is found to be doing things that everyone else is doing. Unfortunately, it happens rather a lot, presumably because hysteria shifts more units than thoughtful, reasonable analysis. The result is that complex issues often get reduced to fearmongering or xenophobic ...

Yes, it's more fluorescent, green pigs. Details here (AP) and here (Xinhua). It used to be when you saw a green, glowing pig you automatically assumed a nuclear accident nearby. How times have changed. Naturally, this will all yield great benefits for science or agriculture:''This technology promises to breed excellent transgenic pigs and even ...

A few articles worth a look today: Olympic risks in ChinaEvan Osnos of the Chincago Tribune has written an article reviewing the many risks that China faces in hosting the Olympics:Chinese leaders warn that the Games should not be politicized. But they have done so themselves, as in 2001, when Liu Jingmin, a vice president of Beijing's Olympic ...

I am ringing in 2008 by being officially too lazy to write anything original. But here are a few interesting stories from the past few days that are worth a read: And I thought Aussies were relaxedControversy in Australia, which has announced the implementation of a previously announced measure to censor pornography on the Internet at a ...

The greatest contribution that comedian Stephen Colbert has made to modern society is the concept of ''truthiness''. Reading from the Wikipedia definition, truthiness is:...a satirical term to describe things that a person claims to know intuitively or ''from the gut'' without regard to evidence, logic, intellectual examination, or ...