CER links: China media semantics, Jim Rogers gets a bad review

The Editors suggest checking out the following links:

Seeking Alpha: Book Review: Jim Rogers' 'A Bull in China' - Shaun Rein rightly points out problems with Jim Rogers' latest book.

Here Comes Everybody: Confucius meets web 2.0 - Ken Carroll announces that the government's Confucius Institutes - Chinese-language learning centers around the world - are asking his company to collaborate on an online initiative

Techcrunch: Chinese Stealth Startup Qifang Wants to Bring P2P Lending to the Mainland - A p2p lending site in the mould of Prosper.com, but with a focus on student loans

Great Firewall of China Faces Online Rebels - New York Times -

Forbes.com: What's On The Venture Capital Menu In China? - The 'Peking Duck', 'Dragon Roll' and other US venture slang for their China strategies. Interesting stuff from this Knowledge@Wharton seminar transcript involving top US VCs.

Kevin Kelly -- The Technium: Better Than Free - free v paid content

China Media Project: Guidance; Supervision; Reform; Freedom: Plotting the direction of Chinese media through an analysis of the all-important buzzword - Great overview of Chinese media development by a keen observer and participant, former Southern Weekend editor Qian Gang. Translated by David Bandurski.

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