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Athletes are planning to wear these cool post apocalyptic style contact lenses, to reduce haze.

If you wish to see a preview of the Olympics opening ceremony paste this link into your browser
mms://newsvod.sbs.co.kr/nw/0123/nw0123c203089.asf
Thanks to a Danwei commentator for the link. The previous youtube, etc, vids are all down. It...

A blossoming of art news articles about new galleries opening in Beijing….
Conde Nast Portfolio has a look at Beijing’s new galleries…
“Compared with New York, Tilton says, China is a remarkably inexpensive place to...

An avant guarde performance artist is calling for an 18 year old virgin

Witty BBS types have offered numerous suggestions…
Here’s the link, see if you can figure it out. I’m sure its a joke.

Missed this earlier, an interview in Shanghai Securities News (in Chinese) an interview with Leng Lin, new boss of Pace Beijing Gallery ,opening this weekend.

The following from Stratfor, makes for interesting reading…
now my head hurts….
China, the Olympics and the Visa Mystery
July 29, 2008
Graphic for Geopolitical Intelligence Report
By Rodger Baker
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Here’s the NYT article, darn I’m working on something similar myself.

A much-noticed young artist, Li Shurui, born in 1981, began her career while still an undergraduate. She has since become best known for her paintings, air-brushe...

The Ullens review has been published here by Whitehot Magazine, a new art magazine with an awful lot of good information on the arts! Of course
UPdate- and another review of the show here.

In other news….

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As Typhoon Cheech and Ching approaches here are some weird sites to keep you distracted from flying debris:
REformation, a site dedicated to the soon to arrive second coming.
Zombie Harmony- a site for zombie dates.
A survey of UK re...