Forbes: TIME Confirms Mark Zuckerberg’s Upcoming China Trip

“In Time magazine’s person of the year profile on Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, a paragraph in the middle of the story confirms that Zuckerberg is indeed headed to China over the holidays.” [We would give you the link to the TIME article but ironically it appears to be blocked...]

Global Times: Is it time to drop Beijing as capital?

“Traffic jams and environmental problems in Beijing are leading some experts to revisit a decades-long proposal for China to relocate its capital to Central China or another part of the country.”

China Hearsay muses over recent proposed measures to alleviate traffic congestion

“To be blunt, I’m not convinced that any of these rules is going to make much of a dent in the problem. The best item on the list is the congestion tax, but I’m sure folks will just end up buying cheaper cars to make up the difference."

MicGadget: Shanzhai Takes the Lead by Launching “iPhone 5”

“We don’t have much detail with its specs, as much as we know it boasted 3.5-inches resistive touchscreen, but is in low resolution, supports WiFi, Bluetooth, Java and dual SIM dual standby, has Micro SD card slot, a built-in camera with flash light, priced about 700 Yuan (about $106).”
 
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Beijing Today: Chaoyang to recruit foreign volunteers

If you’ve ever dreamed of donning a red armband: “Chaoyang District is recruiting expat volunteers working and living in the district for regular duties as part of wider efforts to establish an international volunteer service base … “Currently, most of the foreign volunteers organize and coordinate international conferences and events, and lead activities like tree-planting and garbage sorting.”


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May Daily: Ganbei Keanu Reeves!

"Keanu Reeves was in Beijing recently and had dinner with a bunch of Chinese actors, an occasion that was lavishly detailed by Chinese director Lu Chuan (陆川) in his microblog.”

People’s Daily Online: 2 flour additives may be banned

"China's health authority is soliciting public views on a proposed ban on two popular flour-bleaching agents that could take effect by next December. A draft published on the Ministry of Health's website on Wednesday would ban benzoyl peroxide and calcium peroxide, because abuse of the two chemical whitening agents has recently triggered growing public concern.”

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Niubball: Surprise! Francis plays 73 seconds in Beijing debut

“Next time Min Lulei wants to make Steve Francis the center of a big surprise, he might want to give him a couple minutes warning. Having said before tonight’s game against Qingdao on numerous occasions that Francis would not make his Beijing debut until at least Friday, coach Min unexpectedly substituted Francis into the game for the final 17 seconds of the Ducks’ 116-107 home opener victory over Qingdao Double Star, apparently in an effort to surprise and please a crowd that was growing restless for the three-time All-Star.”