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Friday links: PLA Navy, child soldiers, al Qaeda, nuclear fusion and more

Sam Roggeveen
Published 14 Feb 2014 14:10   0 Comments  
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  • Photos of the recent PLA Navy exercise staged in the Indian Ocean between Australia and Indonesia. I think Lateline used a few of these in its story last night, which featured Rory Medcalf.
  • Nuclear fusion is the perennial next big thing in energy production, so take breakthrough claims with a grain of salt.
  • Tolerance of destitution on a mass scale is a phenomenon that demands explanation, says Amartya Sen.
  • US claims the Syrian regime is pulling its punches against the local Al Qaeda affiliate.
  • Reports of a radical shift in Chinese resources policy are overstated.
  • Duck of Minerva has a host of links on various Chinese environmental issues.
  • China's surging tech start-up scene.
  • The Pentagon reports astounding progress in Iron Man-style suit.
  • A new UN report on child soldiers lists 14 countries where children are recruited to join armed groups.

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