Asia Sentinel has an article reporting about Asia’s richest tycoons Li Ka-Shing's business strategy in Hong Kong and China: His flagship companies Hutchison Whampoa and Cheung Kong are big, top-tier and world famous, owned by investors around the globe… Less well-known is that the Hutch empire is also one of the cheapest outfits you’d ever want to do business with – but the secret is becoming increasingly less “best kept”.
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated local web portal Netease's pick of 41 popular Chinese internet memes.
Tingting from ChinaSMACK translated a local forum post that shows modern and luxurious design prison in China.
CC from China Hush has a year end roundup post on the hottest people on the internet in China in 2009.
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