- The Communist Party of China has opened a WeChat account.
- 'The majority of the world's feed crops are destined for China's pigs.' So who will feed the pigs?
- Fergus Ryan argues that Julie Bishop should not have apologised to the Chinese Embassy over Clive Palmer's anti-China outburst: 'It's the kind of oversensitive micromanaging of the Australia-China relationship that ends up making us look weak.'
- Fergus took a screenshot of the top ten most liked comments (Chinese) from a heavily commented Weibo post on the Clive Palmer comments. None criticised Clive's comments. Palmer has since apologised.
- An in-depth look at South Korea's China policy under Park Geun-hye.
- China's growing grey market for all that's foreign.
- Is Xi Jinping the heir to Deng Xiaoping or is he more like Mao? Here's a pithy infographic of Deng's quotes and achievements to celebrate 110 years since his birth. (Thanks Danni.)
- China is slowly automating its manufacturing sector but still lags well behind the global average for robots per 10,000 workers.
China links: WeChat, Clive Palmer, South Korea, pigs, robots, Deng, Mao, Xi and More
Published 27 Aug 2014
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