Hong Kong-based citizen journalist and Global Voices Online contributor Oiwan Lam is facing charges of indecency in Hong Kong for posting an artsy topless photograph found on Flickr. She is facing a lengthy–and expensive–court battle and needs your help. The case has quickly become a cause célèbre in the China blogosphere. More information available at EastSouthWestNorth, Global Voices Online, Imagethief, RC Conversation, An open letter from Oiwan Lam, and Lost Laowai. Ryan McLaughlin’s company Dao by Design has also created “Free Oiwan Lam” badges for websites. Finally, a blog has been set up to provide updates on Oiwan’s situation. For stat geeks on holiday in Beijing, China Daily has a feature called “The Forbidden City by the Numbers.” The article is chock full of measurements, ratios, and other fun figures. (And no there are not 9999.5 rooms, best as they can figure there are only 8,707.) Slate Magazines Bushism of the Day: “I cannot look a mother and father of a troop in the eye and say, ‘I’m sending your kid into combat, but I don’t think we can achieve the objective.’ “—Washington, D.C., July 12, 2007. Yikes. This week on PRI’s The World radio program, Mary Kay Magistad