As Interpol deepens its investigation into Mr. Assange's use of birth control and financial service companies feel the wrath of script-kiddies worldwide, our own crew of Internet vigilantes sifts through the remains of the Wikileaks data-dump in search of all the hot China-related news and gossip the American government does not want you to know.

This week: join Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Goldkorn and Will Moss as Sinica considers the evidence linking the recent spate of Google attacks to the head of the CCP Propaganda Department, and takes a hard, close look at Xi Jinping's taste in American cinema. Xi Jinping is the presumed front-runner to replace Hu Jintao as Party Secretary in 2012, and his favorite Spielberg film is a genuine shocker. Also: recent developments in the Nobel Prize drama and yet another controversial Chinese alternative.

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December 12, 2010
Great podcast, as always! By the way, please consider making a point of not saying simply "the Panchen Lama" when referring to Gyaincain Norbu -- wouldn't it be better if his appointment were not treated as a fait accompli? I don't think using his birth name, Gyaincain Norbu (the "c" is like in pinyin, and the "ai" actually sounds like the "e" in English words like "when") would seem offensive.
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December 12, 2010
Great podcast, but would've been even better if you could have got Jeremiah back in to maybe give a little bit of historical perspective related to the leaked Aubrey Carlson Embassy Document on his claim that Chen Yun and Li Peng's vested business interests in the banking and electricity sector respectively still go protected to this day in the PBSC.
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