We suggest checking out the following links:

RConversation: Is Web2.0 a wash for free speech in China? - Interesting post on the internet and free speech in China, drawing on the experiences of who have fallen foul of the censors/authorities

Straits Times: How EU can cut deficit - Europe should lift an arms embargo so that Beijing will buy European weapons and thus reduce the EU’s trade deficit, says the Singapore paper

FT: Beijing raises $6bn in record rail bond issue - Bond issue will help China build 19,800 kilometers of new railways lines, modernize 15,000km of existing railway lines, boost passenger train speed and increase freight train loads

Straits Times: China puts brake on vicious cycle of bike thefts - Beijing cops are registering names, ID and phone numbers to crack down of bike thefts before… you guessed it.. the Olympics!

VentureBeat: Russian media company buys online community LiveJournal - Russian firm with links to the government buys blog provider; users and activists decry threat to freedom of speech - sounds just like China, too!`

VentureBeat: U.S. venture capital goes to eastern Europe, Russia - Tech VCs going to Russia in search of the next big thing.. kinda like the VCs coming to China, eh?

Chemistry World: China greens rules for foreign investment - Detailed look at the new guidelines for FDI in China, which now include an environmental component

AllthingsD: Facebook Nabs $60 Million Investment from Li Ka-shing - Kara Swisher gets the scoop on Li’s Facebook buy-in

VentureBeat: Facebook gets $60M from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing - The rumor is confirmed - is this the beginning of Facebook China?

VentureBeat: Dick Kramlich, the man with VC in his blood, moves to China - A thumbnail sketch of Kramlich

Cleantech.com: Moser Baer to build $25M solar farm in India - 1-5MW solar PV farm in Rajasthan, western India - with its underdeveloped infrastructure, India could be the perfect leapfrog opportunity for solar

Cleantech.com: Sharp to boost thin-film solar capacity to 160MW - Sharp, the world’s largest PV cell maker, plans to increase its thin-film capacity by 100% next year.

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