Do you believe there are UFOs or aliens living among us? You're not alone! GoKunming interviews Zhang Yifang, founder and former director of the Kunming UFO Research Association and the organizer of the 2009 International Astronomy Year and Extraterrestrial Life Forum about extraterrestrial activity in China.

The dismal state of sex education in China is illustrated by this post on China Hush about the reaction of a small town to a 14-year-old girl who managed to keep her pregnancy secret until she gave birth to the baby in her dorm room.

The disaster movie 2012 has been under the spotlight for its perceived positive, neutral, and negative portrayals of China. But the comments translated by ChinaSMACK hint that people are getting a little bored of nitpicking over anything that might possibly be construed as negative about China's role in big foreign movies.

For all those pondering the potential of tennis in China after the low turnout for the ATP Champions Tour in Chengdu this month, China Sports Today has an interview touching on these matters with rising tennis star Zhang Shuai.

Naturally, much of the China blogosphere is buzzing about U.S. President Obama's three-day visit to China this week. Adam Minter of Shanghai Scrap was deeply unimpressed with the phrase "big supporter of non-censorship", while Sam Crane at the Useless Tree notes the negative coverage and rises to Obama's defense (Requires proxy). China Digital Times and China Beat do a good job of summarizing (requires proxy) media coverage, and the New York Times Room for Debate blog invites opinions from scholars on China about whether or not Obama was too soft in approaching China's leaders on the issue of human rights.

And in an amusing piece (yes, there is one this week!), Evan Osnos of the New Yorker writes about the experiences of the press corps that follow the president on trips abroad.

From the mouths of babes (via Black and White Cat): When I grow up, I want to be a corrupt official. Simple logic, basic truth. Who can blame her?

CN Reviews looks at the compulsory military training that commences for all university freshmen this month.

Get a few lessons in diplomacy as China "experts" offer their advice to Obama as his first China visit approaches.

What can you do if your husband gets caught by police with a prostitute in China and ends up in jail? Aimee Barnes reposts parts of an American' woman's blog that should answer this question and provides a firsthand account of some aspects of another of China's justice systems, re-education/reform though labor.

Speaking of, why do you know so few foreign girls with Chinese guys while the reverse is a dime a dozen? Speaking of China offers a few thoughts.

Case in point? Shanghaiist neatly sums up the Chinese-netizen-created controversy surrounding the Shanghai-born and raised mixed-race African-American-Chinese singing-show contestant Lou Jing.

Maybe it has something to do with every Chinese city vying to be the one with the most beautiful women. Adding to a well-established rivalry, this list of China's top 10 cities for good-looking women proclaims that Chongqing's women are hotter than Chengdu's. Tsk.

You can't just make up a Chinese character, can you? Apparently you can, says Beijing Sounds, who takes a trip and comes across something you won't find in your Hanyu Cidian.

Find out what you will and won't be reading about in mainland news through more translated Tweets on CDT. (Requires proxy.)

Fran likes surfing the China blogosphere, and every Sunday she shares her picks of the week with GoChengdoo readers.