Sort of odd

Quoted: Chinese search engine Baidu worked an image of presidential candidate Barack Obama into their home page logo today, as well as a tribute ...

Quoted: Troops have surrounded the three biggest monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, as fears mount of a severe crackdown following violent protests against Chinese rule. The protests coincided with demonstrations in India earlier this week by Tibetans seeking to pressure China over its rule of the Himalayan region.

Quoted: When it comes to making money online, the biggest market involves the delivery of mobile-internet content to mobile phones.
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It all sounds trivial, but a few cents here and there multiplied by hundreds of millions of users soon add up. The ringtone from a hit song, “Mice Love Rice”, generated over $10m in sales in 2005, for example.

And, regarding online communities:

Quoted: Often, says Mr Ji, the members of these communities are people who, because of the single-child policy, have no siblings and are searching for virtual friendships.

China now owns 10% of Morgan Stanley. Also...

Quoted: A number of other large investment banks have also received cash injections from sovereign wealth funds.
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In October, Bear Stearns agreed to a $1bn investment from Citic Securities, which is controlled by China's government.
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Meanwhile, Citigroup sold a stake worth $7.5bn to the Abu Dhabi government's investment arm.

Quoted: HONG KONG (Reuters) - The quality of Chinese home loans is worse than in the United States, where a subprime mortgage crisis is causing turmoil in global financial markets, according to a prominent academic quoted in a Hong Kong newspaper on

Also,

Quoted: Defaults in the U.S. subprime mortgage market now total about $200 billion, on some $1 trillion of loans, according to Credit Suisse.

redotting my mom. how cute.

Quoted: Bao Xishun, a 56 year-old herdsman from Inner Mongolia, is the world's tallest man and measures 2.36m (7ft 9) tall. Meanwhile, He Pingping is applying to be entered in the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest adult, standing at a mere 73cm (2ft 4).

Quoted: Shanghai’s 88-story Jinmao Tower was his next target, and he climbed it today in 90 minutes while wearing a Spider-Man outfit. (It doesn’t look like he’s getting any of the estimated $120 million in marketing cash for the latest sequel).

Quoted: Chen Yan, a 51-year-old woman, waves to crowds while impersonating China's late Chairman Mao Zedong, during a photocall in Mianyang, Sichuan province May 26, 2007. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause