Slashdot reports that Olympic Media Village is going to make journalists pay an amazingly high price in exchange for connecting to the Internet:

BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee of the 2008 Olympic Games) is charging a ridiculous amount of money for ADSL service: For 512/512, it
costs 7712.5 yuan (US$1,131.20); for 1M/512, it costs 9,156.25 yuan (US$1,342.95); for 2M/512, it costs a whopping 11,700 yuan (US$1,716.05).

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Navigating China if you don't have the language down pat can be an Olympic size pain in the BOCOGs. Anyone hoping to use Google Maps is usually disappointed when searching for Chinese cities. Chinese language maps were all Google had to offer in the past, leaving travelers with no other choice than to use those dreaded "paper" map thingies that we all hear our grandparents mention now and again.

Well, Google has just recently stepped up to the plate for the Olympic games, pinyin-izing (or phoeneticizing) the maps for any Chinese city where Olympic events will be held. 
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While China is widely reputed to have less-than-stellar working conditions, a certain restaurant in Yiwu China appeared to be taking things a little extreme. The restaurant is in full swing 21 hours a day (from 6am to 3am), and the tireless proprietors have earned the unusual nickname of the "Robot Couple".

Well, it seems this mystery was recently solved when a reporter headed to Yiwu to interview them. Read more »

Here's one for the guys at Mythbusters. Many Chinese women guard against supposed computer radiation using these special anti-radiation maternity dresses. I've always found it strange that these dresses are so commonplace in China, but yet I haven't seen them in any other countries. A quick search on eBay for "anti-radiation maternity dress" gave 13 results, all of them China-based sellers.
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The second coming of the Jesus phone topped 1 million in sales on Sunday, according to Apple Insider, and that's definitely an impressive number considering all the headaches that people are reporting with activation. Demand for the phone is such that people seem to be willing to endure both the lineups and the headaches. Say what you want, but that's impressive.

Equally impressive is another 1 million iPhone milestone that you may not have heard of. Analysts in China say that there are 1 million illegally cracked iPhones operating on China Mobile's network alone, not to mention iPhones which may be operating on other networks in the country.
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