Here is the latest installment of Weekly China Links:

Beijing Cabbies Wanted: Patti & Selma out of Luck

Accoding to Weird Asia News, spitting is not the only no-no that Beijing is trying to clean up before the Olympics. Smoking, big hair, and big earrings are also banned according to their new rules.

Video: Something is Rotten in Dandong

Well, near Dandong anyway. Just upriver from there, there’s a little known island where tensions between rural Chinese and North Korean soldiers are increasing. The apparent murder of a Chinese man is documented by a Japanese camera crew, and is available here with english subtitles.

Boingboing: Google partaking in Cultural Genocide?

Quote: When content filtering targets a race of people for purely political reasons, and an American company provides the technology to enable that filtering, then it’s time to shame the enablers. To date, Google has been criticized solely for providing China with the means to censor the Internet. read the whole article here on Boingboing.com

Are you a slow Chinese Learner?

Many foreigners often find it hard to grasp the Chinese language. Well, this might just be the excuse you’re looking for: Chinese Dyslexia. via Chinesepod Blog

China’s Stolen Media of the Day:

The Fifth Element
Because Luc Besson is cool, and Milla Jovavich is hot. What more excuse do you need?

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