So the word on the Chinese blog scene is that a celebrity from Guangdong named Mu Zimei was quoted in an article as having a weblog.  Mu Zimei is so famous, that a single mention of the word weblog in connection with her name sent millions (ok, I exaggerate) of people to their computers to find out what's the deal with weblogs.  Ever since then, <a href="http://www.blogcn.com/blog/">BlogCN</a> has been either down or returning a "sorry, busy!" message.  What's up with that?  Ah, here's a good explanation from our man in Beijing, <a href="http://www.danwei.org/2003/11/mu_zi_mei_media.html">danwei.org</a>.

--Update: more <a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/book/2003-11/14/content_1178937.htm" title="木子美何许人也？">info on Mu Zimei at Xinhuanet</a> (Chinese).