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China links: Obama in Asia, Malacca Strait, Sunflower Movement, East China Sea and more

Dirk van der Kley
Published 23 Apr 2014 07:43   0 Comments  
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  • Reuters reports that Xi Jinping plans to promote about 200 progressive officials from the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, where he served as party boss from 2002 to 2007.
  • Less frequent and more predictable Chinese maritime enforcement patrols in the East China Sea may be a signal from Beijing to Tokyo, write M Taylor Fravel and Alastair Iain Johnston. 
  • Consumption as a share of China's GDP may be underestimated by official statistics.  
  • Chinese police with guns: the idea makes some citizens and officers uncomfortable.
  • Sun Xuefeng gives a Chinese perspective on Obama's trip to Asia.
  • The economics of the Cross Strait Services Agreement. Taiwan specialist Mark Harrison's take on the Sunflower movement that sprouted up in response to the services agreement.
  • The following two graphics of container shipping routes and Chinese energy import routes once again highlight the crucial importance of the Malacca Strait to Chinese and global trade:

 


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