- For the first time, China surpasses the EU in per-capita CO2 emissions.
- Beijing is clamping down harder than ever on foreign internet companies. At the same time, Beijing's paid online trollers are going global.
- China Daily op-ed argues that 'Measures need to be adopted to block the judicial loopholes for corrupt officials to escape punishment by committing suicide.'
- Why does the West continue to get China wrong? Part of the problem is viewing China through our own self-interest.
- Latest Sinica podcast on LGBT China.
- Support is being offered to domestic seed companies to stem the dominance of multinational companies in China's seed market and preserve 'seed sovereignty.'
- Michael J Cole contends that the Sunflower Movement was the best thing that happened in Taiwan in the past decade, even though the Movement's original goals remain unfinished business.
- Kerry Brown on his visit to the much-feared corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
- Chinese overseas M&A is increasingly shifting from state firms to the private sector.
- Over at the FT, questions are being raised about the effectiveness of the latest mini-stimulus: recent weak credit creation may be due to lack of demand from borrowers more than constraints on bank lending.
China links: LGBT, Sunflower Movement, CO2, trolling, seed sovereignty and more
Published 24 Sep 2014
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