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The chastening continues: Former Japanese PM Yoshiro Mori and an ex-government spokesman slam Koizumi's Yasukuni shrine visits, China kicks out an Italian mountaneer who climbed Mt Qomolongma from the Nepalese side, and a 22-year-old ponytailed art school sophomore is criticized after exhibiting closeups of her own vagina. Awaiting sanction is the Vatican-picked bishop who defies the authorities by officiating in a religious ceremony.

In Olympics news, Beijing unveils plans for a "green" Games, and a smoke-free Games. And maybe Zidane as mascot as well?

And the nation plans to counter the "China threat" by propagating its culture, while many Chinese dialects move closer to extinction.

A Bloomberg story highlights seven Chinese billionaires fighting the curses of Communist wealth,  as a former tycoon asks for charity.

Finally: during the Dragon Boat festival, be wary of the zongzi.