What we’ve been reading recently:

Here's Another Olympic Sport: Skewering the Mascots - WSJ.com - The painful story of the birth of the Fuwa: the designer has not yet been paid the RMB1.00 fee he was due for his creations. | fuwa mascot olympics

SCMP - Sichuan nuclear plants on drawing board - The China National Nuclear Corp's plans for at least one 600MW nuclear plant in quake-hit Sichuan, backed by State Grid | earthquake energy nuclear power sichuan stategrid

Enjoy it while you can: Lots ‘o Websites unblocked in China [updated] - Kaiser Kuo on an apparent easing of the Net Nanny's grip. Regrettably, it seems mostly confined to Beijing for now. | censorship gfw internet kaiserkuo olympics

Yunnan's ethnic minorities at the end of the Qing Dynasty - GoKunming has posted some interesting photos of ethnic minorities in south China around the turn of the century taken by French consul Auguste Francois. | minorities yunnan

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