links for 2007-01-29

• EastSouthWestNorth: Portrait Of A Chinese Internet Promoter
  "Now that Brother Lang has become an Internet celebrity for being a planner/promoter expert, it has become a professional goal for others to become "Internet promoters." "
  (tags: china chineseinternetresearch entertainment culture internet)
• Carnegie-Knight report on news in schools (PDF FILE)
  "The survey of teachers showed that half are making greater use of news today than they were a few years ago... But not all sources of news are doing equally well in the classroom. Internet-based news has supplanted that provided by local newspapers and
  (tags: internet news education journalism)
• China Matters: Why China Hates Satellite Guided Munitions, Part 1: The Bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade in 1999
  "with the furor over China’s anti-satellite test, which places US GPS and spy satellites at risk, is a good time to recap the Belgrade bombing incident..."
  (tags: china geopolitics military space)