China Digital Watch takes a look at some of Tencent's tricks for hitting its quarterly numbers.

Chinese fencer sues VW over masked image rights, claiming fatness sets him apart.

Mobinode has a review of Baidu Hi, the new instant messenger from Baidu.

China Bio Today has a roundup of a tough first quarter for China biotech stocks.

A short video of Beijing street vendors, courtesy of Danwei.

The New York Times has a nice piece about the business of art at the Beijing Central Academy of Fine Arts. And if there is any doubt about how hot China’s art market is, the Financial Times reports that China has overtaken France as the third largest art market in the world.

Michael Pettis has some analysis of China's recent PMI figures at Seeking Alpha.

Caijing magazine has an excellent interview with Guo Shuping, the chairman of China Construction Bank, as well as details on China's new anti-trust laws and an examination of the controversy over SSE level 2 quotes.

Is China's online gaming market under penetrated? China Venture News has links to two reports suggesting it is.

China Economic Review links via myprops.org to a Wall Street Journal report that property developers are seeing tough times ahead.