Main Stories in today's BON News:

Dalai Lama In Taiwan
Shanghai Baby    
Branding China    
Feature: Modern Art

Dalai Lama Visit
Taiwan Arms Sales Reaction
Online Store To Register
Shrinking The Wealth Gap
Hong Kong Buildings To Be Inspected
Shanghai Expo Homestay Kicks Off
More Tainted Milk?

White House Stands Firm On Dalai Lama
Taiwan Wants More Weapons
Obama To Pressure China On Currency
China "Also A Victim Of Hackers"
Three Arrested In Milk Crackdown
Lawyer's Fate Still Unknown
More Marriages, More Divorces
No Fortune For Feng Shui Master

Australia Urges Open Rio Tinto Trial
'There Are No Dissidents In China'
China: US Must Cancel Dalai Lama Meeting
US Carrier To Visit Hong Kong?
China Inflation Up 1.Percent In Jan
Air China To Buy 20 Airbus Aircraft
Goojje 'Will Not Change'
China Tourists In $30m NY Shopping Spree

China FM: China in a Changing World
Dalai Lama to Meet Obama This Month
Taiwan to Buy Eurocopters
Riot Hit Urumqi Faces Years of Risk
Top Cop Admits Bribe Taking
Prison Probe Focus on Sprite Container
Civil Service Jobs Require Experience
China to Place Duties on US Chicken

When you think of museums, words like ancient, priceless, rare or exquisite come to mind. But in the northeastern suburbs of Beijing, there's a museum which seems a world away from those concepts. And it details the often-ignored parallel history between a special group of migrant workers and the development of China.

These are various temporary residence permits from different cities through the years. They used to be like lucky charms for millions of migrant workers, because if you were unfortunate enough to come across the local police without it, you would likely be fined, arrested or sent home.

But this was never to happen again after Sun Zhigang, a college-educated migrant worker, was beaten to death in police custody after being detained for not carrying a permit in 2003.

President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama at the White House this week put further strain on the Sino/US relationship. Beijing reacted angrily to the closed-doors meeting, by saying it had "seriously harmed" relations and summoning the American ambassador in Beijing to protest.

The denunciation came shortly after Obama pledged to support Tibetan rights in his White House talks with the leader of Tibetan Buddhist leader.

It's an issue that really pides American and Chinese opinion. CNN recently did a poll that showed the three quarters of Americans think Tibet should be an independent country. The poll also found that 53 percent of Americans think its more important to take a stand on human rights than to maintain good ties with China. Here, of course, people's opinions are very different.