This post has been on my to-do list for two weeks, but work flow kept pulling me away and in any event other and much better bloggers and commentators than me beat me to it and I have nothing new to add. Check out the below, and in particular the comment threads. These current event topics are important for you to monitor and come up to speed on before we arrive in China.

China Law Blog Posts:

• Obama and Geithner on China: Election Hangover or the Way It Will Be?

• Breaking News: Obama Called Hu and Threw Geithner Under The China Bus

Silicon Hutong Posts:

• Five Reasons Obama Will Go Slow on China

• @rmack Agrees: Obama’s Outreach to China Should Be Social

Two Recent Wall Street Journal Articles:

• Chinese Premier Blames Recession on US Actions

• China’s Migrants See Jobless Ranks Soar

What do you see or read above that relates to you and how/why?