State media is reporting that at least three are dead after a knife attack this morning in Changsha, Hunan province. There were multiple assailants, one of whom was reportedly shot dead by police.
Hope you've been enjoying the literary festival. A reminder that the deciding Game 5 between Beijing and Guangdong is tomorrow at 7:30 pm. Links follow.
As some of you may know, I'm moderating a blogging event with Jeremy Goldkorn, Alec Ash, Mia Li, and Tao Stein on March 18. We've just received word that, due to demand, the venue has changed from iQiyi to The Bookworm. We'll have more information about this later in the week. For now, links.
Stephon Marbury may have turned in his finest CBA performance -- and it came against the best team in the league, the defending CBA champion Guangdong Southern Tigers. With his head bandaged for the last four minutes of the fourth quarter and through overtime -- the result of a gash sustained during one of his trademark drives to the basket -- the 37-year-old finished Saturday night with 43 points on 13-for-20 shooting (including 4-for-8 from behind the arc).
A Guardian sub-editor overdosed on caffeine while writing the headline to a humdrum taxi-app story. How else to explain this? China's one-party rule has survived market reforms, the killing of students, Wukan, and Bo Xilai. But it currently quakes at its foundations because you damn people can't stop using Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache.
