Getting better at "spot the plainclothes PLA guy." Key signs: thin, clean haircut, impeccably tucked in "street" clothes, no slouching

Tiananm-n protesters: "They bought us Kentucky Fried Chicken and filmed us eating it." Chinese police, nice guys. is.gd/1jff

Beijing Olympics: First photo of the morning. Hazy and smoggy, organizers probably cringing. is.gd/1iSN

Morning in Beijing, on the day the Olympics open. Not looking good - hazy and gray. Anticipating a parade of negative stories

Interesting. Email from NBC: "Would you like to offer Olympics merchandise on your Olympic Fever blog and earn commissions?"

Anyone have any tips on exciting places to watch the Olympic opening ceremony in BJ? Wangfujing, sports bars, etc?

Using Twhirl in "triple mode" w/Twitter, identica and Ffeed, feels like a Bloomberg terminal

frankyu Grr.. Microsoft using "GFW" as Games For Windows. Can you pull some strings, tell them we need that acronym? is.gd/1fC7

Funny story with a good ending: Olympics journalist loses Blackberry on Beijing subway tracks is.gd/1fyF

White House staff not taking Blackberry devices to China, despite proven RIM end-to-end AES256 encryption is.gd/1fxT