Blogs and blogging
Wednesday linkage: Chemical weapons in Syria, climate, North Korea and more
A leaked US State Department cable says Syria used chemical weapons against its own people last month.
The Economist on the European Central Bank's 'woefully inadequate'…
Tuesday linkage: Freedom index, aid, one-child policy, Saudi Arabia and more
The Heritage Foundation's annual Economic Freedom Index is out: Australia ranks third.
The never-changing face of Saudi Arabia: '...there are few signs that the Saudi monarchy…
China linkage: Bullet trains, Guangzhou protests, SOEs, 2012 review, central Asia and more
Dirk van der Kley is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program.
For almost a decade, China's SOEs have blocked plans to make wealth distribution more equal…
India linkage: Delhi protests, BRICS, economy, solar and hydro, US-India relations and more
Danielle Rajendram is a Research Associate in the Lowy Institute's International Security Program whose work focuses on India and China-India relations.
The gang-rape protests…
Thursday linkage: World population, Laos, Hillary Clinton, Google and more
Global population growth is slowing, and world population may actually start declining soon.
A prominent Laotian NGO leader went missing last December, grabbed at a police…
Wednesday linkage: The Simpsons, Han Han, drone delivery, energy and more
The US wants to solve its debt problems by minting a $1 trillion coin? Simpsons did it.
Could drones spell the end for courier companies? (H/t Kottke.)
Why I love the…
Tuesday linkage: China censorship, Aasif Mandvi, GM food and more
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…
Monday linkage: Driverless cars, Mekong dams, Orwell, 2012 and more
Colleague Milton Osborne tells me The Irrawaddy is now on sale in Burma. Here's a recent piece surveying China's dam building on the Mekong and beyond.
A clever cover design…