- A translated interview from one of China's leading North Korea scholars, Zhang Liangkui, on China's DPRK intel and the purge of Jang Song-taek.
- Federal Reserve official: Americans must adjust to a world dominated by China. Not true, say Kaiser Kuo and Jonathon Fenby.
- Yukon Huang argues that controls on the size of China's largest cities, outlined in China's new urbanisation plan, go against a fundamental theme of China's proposed economic reforms: to give the market a greater role in the Chinese economy.
- Is China's pork consumption hurting the West?
- China is putting more emphasis on relations with Southeast Asia, writes Zhao Kejin.
- A dark winter awaits the Chinese steel industry: 'The first quarter of this year is likely to be the worst performing quarter in the new century'.
- Delightful six-part video series on events surrounding President Nixon's 1972 visit to China, packed full of anecdotes from Kissinger, Nixon and others from both sides. A personal favourite is in part 3 (1:25-1:45) where Kissinger, having forgotten to pack a fresh shirt for a secret meeting with the Chinese, grumpily borrowed a Taiwanese-made shirt from an aide. With the benefit of hindsight, Kissinger wryly notes: 'When I said to the Chinese on that trip that Taiwan was close to me, I really meant it'.
- 50% of China's GDP comes from just 35 cities. The report does not, however, say what percentage of the total Chinese population these cities comprise:
