- Ballooning American think-tank salaries tell you something about think-tank political influence. (Thanks Rodger and David.)
- Gideon Rachman the latest to bemoan low European defence spending. It's just the free-rider problem at work, and will correct itself if the US retreats and the threat demands it.
- John Kerry's first speech as US Secretary of State.
- Shanghai, symbol of authoritarian capitalism: 'The ultimate invisible power is the power to design the structures in which people live their lives.'
- This seems like a pretty big deal: China will tax carbon.
- Taiwan's Next Media Animation takes on the China hacking story. Worth it for the Coca Cola joke (h/t Fallows):
Thursday links: China hacking, carbon tax, think tanks, John Kerry and more
Published 21 Feb 2013
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