- Cheng Li on Xi Jinping's friends from his formative years (now in his inner circle).
- A primer on Chinese village elections.
- Policy insiders are concerned that China's ambitious reform agenda is being sidelined by a focus on stimulus. Debt reaches 251% of national income (paywall).
- Less 'one child policy', more 'Need sales leads? Contact Baidu'. The new face of wall propaganda in Chinese villages.
- How China discovered cheese.
- RUSI has released a road map for China-India cooperation in Afghanistan, including a suggestion that China and India train an Afghan 'mineral-assets protection force'.
- Cash for comment in China's murky media world.
- All hail 'Fatty Kim the Third': Chinese netizens love mocking North Korea's portly dictator. Here's the video that spawned this story:
China links: Village elections, cheese, fatty Kim the Third, Afghanistan, HYSY 981 and more
Published 23 Jul 2014
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