- The AFR has a neat infographic on China\'s leadership change, outside the paywall.
- The Dutch election results reveal three poor performers: the far right, the far left, and the pollsters.
- The mayor of Osaka launches a new political party. Will it disrupt Japan\'s orthodoxy? More here from the Council on Foreign Relations.
- The Philippines has risen sharply in World Economic Forum measures for institutions, health and primary education, infrastructure, and macroeconomic environment.
- Why China will never have a Wall Street. (Thanks Steve.)
- Vanity Fair\'s recent Obama profile (thanks Tim) is framed around the Libya conflict. Read this for an alternative view of the Administration\'s handling of Libya.
- Why one Brit has decided to leave China (h/t Frum):
Apart from what I hope is a justifiable human desire to be part of a community and no longer be treated as an outsider, to run my own business in a regulated environment and not live in fear of it being taken away from me, and not to concern myself unduly that the air my family breathes and the food we eat is doing us physical harm, there is one overriding reason I must leave China. I want to give my children a decent education.