“One of the better jokes in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is when Arthur Dent is informed that the plans for the (imminent) destruction of Earth were on display for nine months and no-one objected. It seems that the something similar happened with the government’s plan to demolish the Star Ferry Pier.”

“Here’s a partial glossary of Bombayisms translated to American English. Some are specific to Bombay and its history of organized crime, most are Indian English, some are by way of UK English.”

“Despite still being widely blocked in China, Wikipedia still ranks high according to China Websites Ranking (中国网站排名). It’s the #1 online encyclopedia, and the #3 overall reference site.”

“Reporters Without Borders condemned the 20-year prison sentence handed down by the Beijing No. 2 intermediate people’s court yesterday on researcher and media commentator Lu Jianhua for leaking state secrets in a case linked to that of Hong-Kongbased reporter Ching Cheong, who was sentenced in August to five years for “spying.””

“Global People (环球人物), a magazine under the People’s Daily group, promises to remedy that situation in its latest issue, which profiles the “China attackers” most closely-associated with a number of anti-China positions.”

“In fact, it’s a comment on the poor value of the eBay brand in China that it had to throw in any cash at all for a minority stake in an unproven joint venture with a second-rate China Internet power.”