Two good things worth your time this Monday morning:

Virtual China: a new English language blog about China with lots of references to Chinese media.

ESWN: The Ten Most Disgusting Chinese Women of 2005, a translation of a light hearted list from the Tianya forum.

Now here is a bad thing: the list of 'disgusting women' mentioned above does not include the kitten crushing woman currently being sought by angry animal-loving Chinese netizens (see Danwei:
Animal cruelty in the mainland press.

The vile series of pictures that have caused an uproar on the Internet and in print media includes not only the kitten images that have been widely circulated, but also images showing dogs, frogs and rabbits being crushed. If you have a strong stomach, you can see the images on BBS aggregator Chinabbs.com:

Cruel cat woman's newest abuse of rabbit, frog and little dog.

This gallery of abominations is subtitled, in true tabloid style: 'Newest pictures of hateful woman's abuses (Too terrible to look at!)'.

Below the animal abuse pictures are links to soft porn images on other BBS sites.

So the authorities order the deletion of well thought-out essays by writers like Anti because they contain "harmful information", while the kitty crusher's images continue to circulate freely.

It seems that something is a little off balance when it comes to the authorities' worries about what young people are getting up to on the Internet.