The Editors suggest checking out the following links:

SCMP: A different cycle - Andy Xie says Shanghai will supplant Hong Kong as a financial center because of the mainland’s massive trade surplus

YouTube: Fake cool iPhone from China - An iPhone fake from China that runs Ubuntu. Looks like they didn’t work to get Helvetica in there, though.

SCMP: Blackstone targets BlueStar stake - Blackstone’s first move in China: “Blackstone Group is in preliminary talks to buy a 30 per cent stake in China National BlueStar (Group) Corp’s chemicals business for about US$500 million”

SCMP: China High-Speed bullish on profit - A wind energy transmission company looks set for spectacular growth

WSJ: Google Clears Hurdle on China Web Content - Google gains traction with Beijing

AP: High Way: China Plans Everest Road - Another idea fueled by Olympics madness: China will build a road to Everest for the torch relay

Financial Times: China is test bed for new ad techniques - Western ad agencies are using the Chinese market as a dry run for new mobile and online advertising techniques.

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