- Video of protests against newspaper censorship in China. (Thanks Danielle.)
- John Gray: 'liberals have seen the Communist experiment as a hyperbolic expression of their own project of improvement...'
- China mints coins featuring its new aircraft carrier. (Thanks Graeme.)
- 'Despite voluminous writings that explore whether oil trade patterns should affect international relationships, there's basically nothing out there on whether they actually do affect international relationships'. Two scholars address the issue.
- Thoughtful comedian Aasif Mandvi (from The Daily Show) on Islam in America.
- What the debris from North Korea's late 2012 satellite launch tell us about the DPRK's missile technology.
- 2013, a year of uncertainty for Australian aid. (Thanks Danielle.)
- On genetically modified foods, an environmentalist recants:
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