This is easily my new favorite China Herald post, in which Fons tells us about the search for the best xiao long bao in Shanghai. Too bad I just ate . . .

The Customs & Excise Department says bead toy samples from the local market it sent for testing were found to contain 1,4-butanedio – a chemical posing health risks to children.

From a Businessweek article on Baidu's answer to Wikipedia (h/t China Digital Times):

So Baidu launched its own online encyclopedia, Baidu Baike, which would not cover such sensitive issues. The new encyclopedia, which like Wikipedia is largely built by its users, quickly had many of the same (non-sensitive) entries used at Wikipedia, often repeated verbatim.

I fail [...]

There has been a lot of excellent reporting in the past few weeks about the changing situation of the news media here. Increasing government oversight, the tendency to keep a lid on negative news, and some harsh treatment when reporters step out of line. Some great information on these topics in general can be found [...]

Customs officers have shut down nine illicit fuel off-loading centres in North District, arresting 11 people and seizing 9,270 litres of illicit petrol.

Police are targetting illegal motor racing in a three-week crackdown that will also zero in on offences such as speeding, dangerous or careless driving, failing to comply with traffic signals and vehicle modification.

Police officers issued 247 fixed-penalty tickets and 178 summonses in a Kowloon East regional crackdown on traffic offenders. They also issued 184 fixed-penalty tickets for parking offences.

Hot off the presses at the US Trade Representative's office. Well, they probably don't have their own printing presses, but I think they did write this press release.

No editorial comments from me save one: the amount of information and help that U.S. enterprises can get with respect to IP enforcement these days from the [...]

Here's the CNN report. The amount was undisclosed.

Steve Dickinson is right.

That's usually a safe statement to make no matter the subject, and his comments yesterday on real estate are no exception to the general rule. I'm not a real estate lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, but I do like reading about it once in a [...]