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Writing in The Guardian, Malik Fareed claims that the Chinese government is payrolling opinion shapers and influencers 50 Chinese cents or five mao per blog post, to refute and replace negative online coverage about China and related issues (better rates than blogging for Fairfax then?)

This is a slide presentation that I was able to give to work today for a number of Chinese business people who wanted to learn more about how Web 2.0 could help them run their business

The “Sanlu poisonous milk scandal” attracted more and more attention until the Central Propaganda Department gave strict orders on 9/15 to stop all Chinese media to report and investigate this scandal.

Ethan Zuckerman:"Two excellent articles in major American newspapers recognize the importance of bloggers and online authors in building bridges between people in different countries. If you want to understand what’s going on in other parts of the world, it helps to read not just stories about those

Wal-Mart and the Loss of U.S. Jobs 'Report shows Wal-Mart has played a major role in creating a record trade deficit with China' By S.M. Willhelm / The Rag Blog / September 11, 2008 Wal-Mart claims it creates jobs across America, but a new report shows a much different reality.

What is BlogDay? BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors. With the goal in mind, on this day every blogger will post a recommendation of 5 new blogs.

• YAHOO’s BALL DON’T LIE showcases the winners of their fun photoshop contest featuring Eddy Curry as an Olympic gymnast. • ESPN reports that the Milwaukee Bucks will face the Golden State Warriors in two exhibition games in China this October. This would make a lot more sense had Yi Jianlian not been traded to the Nets.

A profile of Tsering Woeser, written by Washington Post’s Beijing correspondent Jill Drew is here. Famed she is, though definitely not for her blogging, which is too bad, because there's no doubt that a lot of people would be interested to see the control-room photos and series of Chinese-language

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Prominent Tibetan blogger Woeser has been detained by the Chinese police, according to the Times (via Status of Chinese People). Woeser, a prominent poet who lives in Beijing, had returned to Llasa, the Tibetan capital, and was visiting her mother when police presented her with a warrant.