- A senior Chinese official from the Deng Xiaoping era reflects on reform in the 1980s and now.
- The route to a better relationship between China and Britain lies along the Silk Road (paywalled).
- Xi Jinping calls for a greater Communist Party role in guiding the country's political and legal affairs.
- A good series of articles on Sino-Russian relations from late 2013.
- Chinese theme park to build a life-sized replica of the Titanic. This probably sounds familiar to Australians.
- Zhao Kejin argues that China should pay more diplomatic attention to its Asian neighbours.
- The US, the Philippines, Vietnam and Japan are all miffed at new fishing rules in the South China Sea. Taylor Fravel says the 'new' rules are not so new, while a local government official claims implementation will be difficult.
- Retracing Mao Zedong's Long March, by motorcycle.
- Some stunning moonscapes taken from China's lunar lander Chang'e-3.
- A little late to this, but it has to be included: Chinese recycling tycoon (and known self promoter) Chen Guangbiao failed in his attempt to buy the New York Times this week. He does, however, have one heck of a business card. You too can have an equally cool business card with the Chen Guangbiao Business-Card Generator.
China links: Chang'e-3, that business card, Long March by bike, the Silk Road and more
Published 15 Jan 2014
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