- Putin hits on China's first lady, censors go wild.
- Deflation may now be a risk for China's economy, argues The Economist.
- Chinese women are fighting to end workplace discrimination but the market economy has actually led to greater gender inequality.
- Unlike his immediate predecessors' narrow focus on economic development for improving ethnic relations, Xi Jinping is harking back to Maoist and Republican times in emphasizing the 'spiritual,' 'political,' and 'cultural' basis of interethnic harmony.
- The Obama Administration might have too few China policy experts.
- A serious cold snap could lead to gas supply shortages, which will drive LNG imports more than pipeline imports.
- Is the economic silk road China's Marshall Plan? No, its actually much much more, contends Dingding Chen.
- Dennis Gormley says China has made significant gains in missile technology (and other ares), but its air force is still weaker than Taiwan's and its capacity to integrate systems together remains unclear. This follows on from Sam's piece on the Zhuhai air show.
- And, of course, the Chinese internet did this with the Abe-Xi handshake at APEC (as it did for Obama-Xi last year):
