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CCTV imagines a perfect world

Laughable propaganda about press freedoms from CCTV.

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Politics, Beijing and the Olympic Games

Daniel Beekman of The Seattle Times has posted an interview with Dr Brownell on his blog.

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Beijing, Beijing — it’s a smoking town

Enforcing non smoking rules in Beijing is going to be tough.

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Beijing WC, illustrated

An essay by a university student name Eric Mu who spent last summer in the capital working at a book store. Illustrated by Beijing-based graphic designer Su Wei.

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Cool duds for the 2008 Olympics

Beijing Times (京华时报) shows off new Olympic uniforms.

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Reuters has a China blog

Reuters has started a China blog.

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A harmonious route for the Olympic torch

The government launched temporary price interventions yesterday, says the Beijing Youth Daily (北京青年报)

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Seventy years after the Great Purge

Phoenix Weekly (凤凰周刊) has a cover feature on the 70th anniversary of Stalin’s Great Purge, and a report on Burma’s Shan State (掸邦) and Yawd Serk (约色).

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Chinese workers get paid 21.75 days per month

Beijing Daily Messenger (北京娱乐信报) reports that the Beijing government has set a new 60% discount for farecard users on certain bus lines.

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CCTV Olympic fiasco

An Olympic-related scandal on the Internet about CCTV 5, featuring Hu Ziwei (胡紫薇) and Zhang Bin (张斌).

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