Thomas Crampton interviews ex-CNN Beijing bureau chief and the driving force behind Global Voices Online, Rebecca MacKinnon, about advice she has for journalists coming to China during the Beijing Olympics. Her advice echos loudly for other visitors or long-term residents as well.

As the weather gets warmer here in Shanghai, in another region of China, Hefei, Anhui Province, where’s China’s fifth largest lake, Chaohu Lake resides, a blue green algae outbreak was discovered, affecting at least 320,000 people who depends on it as a water source. The outbreak is caused by a rise in temperature, allowing algae growth to take place. Of course, some required chemical reagents like ammonia and nitrogen must have existed in plentiful amounts before this kind of algae can take place.

Nick Young shares the story of how his non-profit newsletter, China Development Brief, permanently ended his ability to enter China - after 12 years of living here and showing great respect and well-rounded attitude towards the country. Obviously it was time to kick him out.

Developed a huge movie collection since moving to China? Troubled about how to get them all home? Well, beware: the Motion Picture Association of America has recently deployed two keen-nosed dogs to sniff out pirate DVDs.

BEIJING (Reuters) - A group of Chinese reporters came up with a novel idea to test how greedy local hospitals were -- pass off tea as urine samples and submit the drink for tests.

The results: six out of 10 hospitals in Hangzhou, the capital of the rich coastal province of Zhejiang, visited by the reporters over a two-day period this month concluded that the patients' urinal tracts were infected.

What would you do in this situation?

As "The Laowai Death Stare" is having so much success in the hao!hao! report, I thought we could draw some attention on another post on the same subject and that i find even more funny (and interesting!).
Learn about the "Marco Polo Syndrome"!