Wolf in pig’s clothing
Even the most rigged of elections in Hong Kong can be troublesome(42)
Thursday February 23rd 2012
Hong Kong politics
China's sports system
Stop the Linsanity?
Much as its people love basketball, China's government can't tell what to make of Jeremy Lin's success(501)
The princelings
Grappling in the dark
A cloud descends over the Communist Party’s succession plans(131)
Consumption economics
The incredible shrinking surplus
At least one of China’s economic imbalances is narrowing(23)
Religion and the Communist Party
Render unto Caesar
The party’s conservative wing finds religion—and dislikes it(319)
Reporting Chinese politics
Hidden news
The rumour mill goes into overdrive(69)
Raising taxes
Pay and play
One year on, China’s most-hyped tax is still mostly hype(40)
Exercising power abroad
Having it both ways
Iran and the gap between theory and practice in Chinese foreign policy(381)
Rare earths
Of metals and market forces
Is China’s grip on essential minerals loosening?(11)
Tibetans and the state
No power to pacify
More discontent on the plateau, despite strong economic growth(1361)
Feature
It's a new year
Flogging a dead dragon?
Our artists do their best to convey novel ideas with a hoary old image
Banyan, the blog
Our columnist is joined by other correspondents in surveying the political, business and cultural landscapes of Asia—China included, for the time being
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Free exchange
One billion workers
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What we're reading
Reviving lingua Shanghainese (FT)
The mother tongue of 10m living people has looked like dying off
Beijing blocks a friendly embrace (Asia Times)
Hong Kong may have opened a trade office in Taipei, but its chief executive is not to pay a visit
The dragon eyes the top of the world (PDF)
(Naval War College) America ponders its Arctic policy vis-a-vis China
Highlights
Chinese college students
Making ting tong cool
Chinese arrivals at American universities are changing stereotypes
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