China links: Kazakhstan, jihadists, the Sphinx, bonds, one child policy and more

• Egypt complains to UNESCO over China Sphinx copycat. Yes, really.
• Despite increasing numbers of Japanese businesses in Shanghai, Japanese resident numbers in the city dropped 17% last year, the first decline on record.
• Taiwan is beefing up its South China Sea outpost, and unsurprisingly there has been barely a peep from Beijing. 
• Jacob Zenn of Jamestown writes on the changing landscape of anti-Chinese jihadists. And Gardener Bovingdon, of the Xinjiang 13, gives his views on the recent Uyghur discontent and China's choices.  
•  China bidding to build a warship for Kazakhstan.  
• The Bank of China is easing monetary policy to revive bond issuance and staunch off-balance sheet lending, known as shadow banking. 
• Beijing to allow local government bond sales in 2014 to curb debt risks.
• The team at China File ask is the One Child Policy finished — and was it a failure?  
• Super-fast bus systems, instead of subways, are 'the best hope' for fixing China’s urban gridlock.
• On that note,  the Shanghai and Beijing subways are great in my opinion, but this video from last year shows that Beijing Subway Line 13 in peak hour can be just plain awful:

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