Comrades welcome comment

We commented the other week on our surprise at finding RSS feeds for the People's Daily. Now, as the rest of the world debates the rights and wrongs of collaborative editorial, we discover that the China Daily, the Party mouthpiece directed at foreigners resident in China is inviting comments on all its stories. Not only that, the function is being quite energetically used as this example on renminbi revaluation shows .

Of course, I imagine that not all posts make it onto the system (or stay there), but it's clear that there are people in Beijing keen to reach out through the Internet to create a more lively experience for those reading their otherwise rather dull stories.

Today's most surprising source of RSS Service

Imagine our surprise to discover that the voice of the Chinese Communist Party is wide awake to RSS and has an easily accessible series of news feeds. The People's Daily Online RSS Service covers everything from the obvious China News to a selection of "top leaders". Daily updates on the wisdom and activities of Luo Gan anybody?