The always great ImageThief says:
An outstanding video from photojournalist Dan Chung, who was in the stands for yesterday's National Day parade and has produced a three-and-a-half minute version with a mix of time-lapse and slow motion. Much more watchable the tedious CCTV version (which, airplanes aside, felt like it was all in slow motion). More on the parade from me soon.

Also worth your time is Danwei's collection of October 1st front pages from Chinese newspapers.

See more at the link.

Diane Mermigas writes at the BNET blog:

With China's 338 million Internet users surpassing the U.S. population, Google and other key media and commerce players are struggling to stake claim there to an exploding, complex market tightly controlled by government censors.

Google's efforts to establish U.S.-style dominance is being squashed in China by stiff regulatory scrutiny and competition from the home search engine favorite, Baidu. The economic potential of China's nascent market is big, although Chinese-generated revenue is a mere “rounding error” —  not more than $300 million, or less than two percent, of Google's $21.8 billion in annual revenues, according to RBC Capital Markets.

In recent years, Google has built a well-received Chinese-language search engine, but it has been thwarted by competitive and government elements despite efforts to lure Chinese users and advertisers with incentives. Baidu has about 63 percent of the Chinese Internet search market, compared with 33 percent for Google, according to iResearch, a Chinese research firm. Google has 60 percent of the U.S. search market and 67 percent of search worldwide, according to comScore.

Read more at the link.

The UNESCO Office Beijing is seeking an experienced editor to proofread and format the ERSEC conference on Sustainable Land Use and Ecosystem Conservation.

Reports circulate online that CCTV anchor Fang Jing has been arrested for spying on behalf of the Taiwanese military.  Her colleague A Yi weighs in on his blog with an apparent confirmation of the story.

China has announced plans to invest 45 billion RMB in mainland media organizations to project China's image abroad.  A new Xinhua TV channel, modelled after Qatar's Al Jazeera, is being considered.  CCTV will hire 100 new foreign staff, and a new international newspaper is being created.  The question is, will this help burnish China's image with a skeptical audience?

A newly launched English-language newspaper in Beijing, called the Global Times, is now looking for native English speakers for copy editor and sub-editor positions.

Asia City, which publishes magazines across Asia in cities like Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok, has put its Shanghai title up for sale -- but it comes with a few strings attached.

For those expats looking for a writing gig, perhaps joining China's top wire service would be of interest.

The end has come for this writer in mainland China, and thus a replacement for my current job is needed.

Former CCTV Biz China anchor Rui Chenggang is interviewed by the Daily Show about the US-China trade relationship.  The question is, who's on the top, and who's on the bottom?