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This Reuters article gives the run-down on what the government is doing to educate Chinese tourists on how to act while on holiday. The etiquette campaign was announced as the country hit the two-year-out mark from the Beijing 2008 Olympics. It is feared that domestic tourists' bad manners may give people the wrong opinion about China.

Mutant Palm puts forth possible "bad stuff" that could happen at the Olympics. Try this link from in China. It's Blogspot.

Some funny (because they're true) tips and warnings for travellers heading to the Beijing Olympics in August. It's aptly summed up with #1: You may not realize this, but “Murphy” was Chinese. Or at least a traveler to China. Everything that can go wrong in China, will go wrong.

China's government news, Xinhua, posts a picture of Chinese President Hu Jintao inspecting Qingdao's cleanup of the algae before the Olympics. Can you see everything wrong with this picture?

I’ve noticed at least three different waves of local propaganda since we’ve been here.

An ESWN translation of a statement made by Wu Hongda, a Chinese dissident and runner of the China Information Center Web site. Wu offers a third party opinion about the "Sujiatun Death Camps" that skirts both the CCP's and the FLG's propaganda.

I’ve heard people say that this will be the year that the Chinese stock market bubble will burst. I’ve had my money on 2009 or 2010 before anything like that happens in the Chinese stock market. Why? I don’t see any evidence that makes me think this will be the year.

A follow-up on the alleged kidnapping/ransom of a British national by a Chinese state-owned scrap firm in Ningbo. "If you ever find yourself in a tight spot, don’t count on foreign service officers to get you out of it. Fortunately, I’ve never been in a position where I’ve had to test such advice.

During the 2008 Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony, many Chinese witnessed Yao Ming and Lauren Jackson hugging each other, leading them to speculate reasons why. Did Yao Ming cheat on his wife, Ye Li? Did they do anything wrong?