China Readings for 2011-05-12

"Sinocism is the Presidential Daily Brief for China hands"- Evan Osnos, New Yorker Correspondent and National Book Award Winner

  • Down-Under Hypocrites Bet All on China’s Boom: William Pesek – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/iOREMa
  • Goldman Sachs to raise up to 5 bln yuan China private equity fund -source | Reuters http://reut.rs/ktf2Gz
  • Next Up: A Crackdown on Outside-Expert Firms – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/lS7j2n wonder what they may find if they look at China ones
  • ‘Lust, Caution’ Actress Tang Wei ousted from propaganda film | Ministry of Tofu http://bit.ly/jqhNWi
  • FT.com / Comment / Op-Ed Columnists – China’s spending spree deserves three cheers http://on.ft.com/jAaBFe
  • Tax dodge: Gift cards in China | beyondbrics | – FT.com http://on.ft.com/lCaDgY some1 gets it right
  • Macau – gaming capital of the world | Travel | The Guardian http://bit.ly/m9YU14
  • Facebook Admits It Was Behind Attempt to Plant Stories About Google Privacy Problems | Liz Gannes | AllThingsDhttp://bit.ly/lebWIo whoa
  • Have Facebook Executives Used The Media To Ruin Mark Zuckerberg’s China Dream? | DigiCha http://bit.ly/loIsnJ
  • Drought halts shipping on China’s Yangtze – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/kInRUW
  • Bold editorial on 2008 quake blacked out – China Media Project http://bit.ly/lkb9nb
  • Head of Chinese Fast Food Chain Arrested- Economic Observer http://bit.ly/l7emGH nasty divorce, jinxed by today capital VC?
  • Art Stolen from Beijing’s Forbidden City, Thieves Take Nine Objects from Exhibition http://bit.ly/jatfh4
  • that quote from last page of businessweek story on sandberg http://buswk.co/mpKABj
  • Bweek-”Zuckerberg believes Facebook can be agent of change in China as it has been in countries such as Egypt & Tunisia“ bye bye China $bidu
  • Why Facebook Needs Sheryl Sandberg – BusinessWeek http://buswk.co/kbocIc w discussion on split over China strategy
  • AFP: China’s web spin doctors spread Beijing’s message http://bit.ly/kxGpsq
  • Evolution of China’s Governance: Chinese and American Perspectives – Brookings Institution http://bit.ly/j6HMxo
  • Sina to Invest More to Attract Microblog Users – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/jZNrBb
  • Goldman’s O’Neill Says China Inflation Won’t Be a Problem as Growth Cools – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/l1PoCe
  • Mickey Mouse Teaches Chinese to Speak English – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/lr6be0
  • Goldman’s Blankfein Is Said to Unveil Yuan-Denominated Private Equity Fund – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/kRFPtI $macro
  • US to spend $30m fighting internet censorship | World news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/mMLEJL not sure funding a cult will help
  • Zuckerberg And Sandberg “Fundamentally Disagree” Over Whether Facebook Should Go To China by @nichcarlson http://read.bi/mlwGPb
  • Special report: Chinese stock scams are the latest U.S. import | Reuters http://reut.rs/md2iWs h/t @maoxian
  • The People vs. Goldman Sachs | Rolling Stone-Taibbi http://bit.ly/mAzRgj the people will lose, as usual
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  • Shenzhen withdraws petition ban, apologies http://bit.ly/k4ut4X
  • HEARD ON THE STREET: Asia Could Be a Trapdoor for Yahoo – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/lqaGPU
  • Yahoo Declines Amid Investor Concern About Possible Value Loss in Alibaba – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/llPeCN
  • India Clarifies Controversial Web Rules – India Real Time – WSJ http://on.wsj.com/iu0Xe7
  • Google Issues Statement on New Indian Web Rules – India Real Time – WSJ http://on.wsj.com/jfGZjh
  • Former Consultant Pleads Guilty in Expert-Network Probe – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/koZviy so far DOJ has not touched chinese firms
  • Talk: Gays & Lesbians in Beijing – China Culture Center http://bit.ly/mUM6jE May 18
  • Meredith Attwell Baker Leaving FCC to Join Comcast – NYT http://nyti.ms/knWCiI approved NBC-Comcast deal 4 months ago. no corruption here…
  • Yahoo Discloses Jack Ma Takes Control Of Alipay From Alibaba -Eric Savitz http://onforb.es/iNmhCm yahoo and softbank just get screwed $yhoo?