- Big Brother? Not so much. A contrarian take on the NSA online surveillance story.
- Delightful: 'words carry hidden baggage that may play at least some role in shaping thought. What’s surprising, perhaps, is how profoundly a single word can shape material outcomes over time.'
- The Lowy Institute has announced its International Policy Media Award.
- Hillary Clinton has joined Twitter. (Thanks Fergus.)
- McKinsey maps China's middle class: 'McKinsey research has shown that this generation of Chinese consumers is the most Westernized to date.'
- 'Recent data shows that 50% of Papua New Guinean women have been raped in their own homes and 68% of women have been subjected to physical violence.' PNG's sexual violence epidemic.
- According to one Chinese social media analyst, the most popular picture on Weibo in the last day or so is this (thanks Hugh):
