- Reuters reports that Xi Jinping plans to promote about 200 progressive officials from the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, where he served as party boss from 2002 to 2007.
- Less frequent and more predictable Chinese maritime enforcement patrols in the East China Sea may be a signal from Beijing to Tokyo, write M Taylor Fravel and Alastair Iain Johnston.
- Consumption as a share of China's GDP may be underestimated by official statistics.
- Chinese police with guns: the idea makes some citizens and officers uncomfortable.
- Sun Xuefeng gives a Chinese perspective on Obama's trip to Asia.
- The economics of the Cross Strait Services Agreement. Taiwan specialist Mark Harrison's take on the Sunflower movement that sprouted up in response to the services agreement.
- The following two graphics of container shipping routes and Chinese energy import routes once again highlight the crucial importance of the Malacca Strait to Chinese and global trade:
China links: Obama in Asia, Malacca Strait, Sunflower Movement, East China Sea and more
Published 23 Apr 2014
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