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: Bob Compton, an Indianapolis venture-capitalist-turned-filmmaker, has produced a controversial new documentary called "2 Million Minutes" that looks at how American education falls short in today's global economy.
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"What I saw in the K-12 schools absolutely shocked me in both India and China. … I became very concerned about the competitiveness of my own daughters' education," Compton said on "Good Morning America."

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.

Wow, this is pretty blatant infringement by the Chinese manufacturer.

Quoted: Chery QQ : which sells in China for about $3,900.
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GM executives have proved that the doors of the Chery car can be mounted on the Chevrolet Spark without modification, and Car and Driver, an automobile magazine, even calls it "a copy".

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.

This is a map with the countries distorted to reflect their relative populations. Pretty interesting.

Quoted: India, China and Japan appear large on the map because they have large populations. Panama, Namibia and Guinea-Bissau have small populations so are barely visible on the map.

Quoted: China's booming economy is helping to support global growth as America turns sickly. So now it has to keep up the pace
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Tao Wang, Bank of America's economist in Beijing, says she is optimistic about China's economy in the short term and the long term, but thinks the medium term looks risky. There is a high chance of a sharp slowdown sometime within the next ten years. The problem with years of rapid growth is that it hides problems that are then painfully exposed when times are hard. But for the time being, the chances are that China can keep sprinting even if America takes to its sick bed.

Not cute ;)

Quoted: They're an odd couple in every sense but a monkey and a pigeon have become inseparable at an animal sanctuary in China.