sunday ka funda

Forget Brangelina's Namibia baby, and move over TomKitten. Sunday's big news revolves around the new baby girl born to pop diva Faye Wong, with pictures [though not of the newborn] provided by the China Daily.

Far less important is the revelation that Henry Kissinger called the Japanese "sons of bitches" for wanting normal relations with China. And the news that the many Rosa Parks of Shanghai have been allowed to sit anywhere they like on the bus.

But Sunday is for Sunday reading, and among the stories you should definitely try are: The Midland Reporter-Telegram's take on how China is critical to the DPRK issue, the Boston Herald on the lessons to be taken from China's military buildup, the China Daily on corporal punishment in the country, the Washington Post on sixth-graders playing mahjong in Virginia, and the Christian Science Monitor on important fragments of Chinese history which never really happened.

Finally: let's hear it for Chairman Miaow!