merkel takes a walk

So Angela Merkel arrives in China, and the first thing she does is take a walk in the park. Kofi Annan, of course, goes one better and names a pine tree. But it is a good time for foreign relations: the Chinese FM visits the Bahamas, the nation's top legislator meets the President of Moldova, and the deputy chairman of Sudan's ruling party is simply gushing after visiting Beijing.

Meanwhile, China tries yet again to "cool" the "overheated" property sector, as a property boycott protester is gagged.

Big, bigger, biggest: Bank of China prints an extra million subscription forms for its IPO, the number of mobile subscribers in the country increases to 416 million, and the economy looks set to overtake the US by 2050.

Finally: would you rather sit through a pirated DVD of "The Da Vinci Code," or endure 100 slaps to the face?

Comments

[nick]

I'll take the 100 Slaps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj24sLJvbM0