- The David Rothkopf piece on US State Department reform which Fergus wrote about on Tuesday brought a heated response from Foreign Policy. Here's Rothkopf's reply.
- A report we carried yesterday that Russia is buying French warships might have been a little premature.
- The PNG-Irian Jaya border is a neat, straight north-south line, right? Not quite. So what's the story behind that one little squiggly bit?
- Is China a 'soft' naval power?
- China's economic rescue package is creating problems: overcapacity and asset bubbles.
- A round-up of the weird and wonderful architecture that will be on display at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Here's Australia's contribution, worth $A61 million.
Friday linkage
Published 28 Aug 2009
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