1. Christmas Guilt: US says jailing dissident ‘uncharacteristic of a great country‘ during high profile trial of dissident Liu Xiaobo, which China blocked diplomats from entering (AP via Yahoo)
2. Learning from the Past: China’s Central Bank plans to study risk oversight to prevent an American-style financial meltdown (Businessweek)
3. Massive Loan Splurge and Rise of Snooker: Predictions for 2010 (The Guardian)
4 Shot Down. : China microblogging service “The People’s Microblog” hacked the day it launched; it’s now shut down (PC World)
5. For Christmas in China this Year: Kitsch (Danwei)









