- From rickshaws to Audis: China's misuse of public vehicles in the 20th century.
- 35 years experience in the US Congress could help new US Ambassador to China Max Baucus bridge the gap between China and Congress.
- Cheng Li of Brookings gives us his take on the so-called 'Shaanxi Gang' in the first instalment of a series on the power bases in Xi Jinping's inner circle.
- Seoul and Beijing to cooperate in fighting pollution.
- Not quite a China link, but important for Beijing nonetheless: Japan-Korea relations under stress.
- The curious case of 11 unidentified men in Kyrgyzstan (apparently unable to speak Russian or Kyrgyz) killed by Kyrgyz border troops when they were found walking in snow-covered mountains near the Chinese border.
- China's Twitter-like microblogging site Weibo is losing users quickly.
- 1.1 million villages disappeared across China between 2000 and 2010. Ian Johnson writes about the struggles of one such community, Miao Feng Shan, trying to maintain its traditional culture after its town was relocated to make way for a new golf course . Video of Sidney Gamble's pilgrimages to Miao Feng Shan in the 1920s provides historical perspective:
China links: Max Baucus, Shaanxi Gang, pollution, Kyrgyzstan, Weibo and more
Published 5 Feb 2014
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