Here's an interesting development (from China Tech News):

China's State Food and Drug Administration has exposed 25 websites that have been involved in illegal selling of medicines.

Wow, good for SFDA. They could use some good press these days. Read on:

According to Zhang Jingli, deputy director of SFDA, these websites have fabricated medical […]

Lots o' folks talking about the Olympics these days in light of a variety of events, particularly what's happening out West. Some disillusionment seems to be setting in, not to mention quite a bit of foreboding.
I am slightly worried. Politics and sport do not mix all that well, and I still remember the […]

Nancy Pelosi makes some unsurprising comments. Note the ridiculous photo. {sigh}
 
Tim Johnson passes on U.S. State Department advice about the possibility of tourists being bugged while in Beijing. Sounds like Moscow back in the old days. I don't really think that your average tourist's room is going to be bugged, particularly since we do not […]

China's State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has published the results of online audio and video service provider checks it has recently completed and it has punished websites that have been involved in illegal operations.

According to Shanghai Securities Paper, the Beijing Taxation Department has begun an investigation on Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, president of Google (GOOG) Greater China, who has been suspected of evading more than RMB5 million in tax payments over the past two years.

According to Shanghai Securities Paper, the Beijing Taxation Department has begun an investigation on Dr. Kai-Fu Lee, president of Google (GOOG) Greater China, who has been suspected of evading more than RMB5 million in tax payments over the past two years.