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• In 1962 China and India went to war over their border. A historic settlement of the Sino-Indian border is to be signed today. Changing times. Also India is more efficient than China in using capital. That post finishes with this comment on China's economic boom: one common characteristic of bubbles is that they never feel that way when you are in them. Just ask Alan Greenspan. Also Tyler Cowen notes China's compartively poor use of energy in generating GDP. The China economic machine is awesome, but not surprisingly it is also not very efficient. But why would a quasi-Communist economy with plenty of state owned companies ever be economically efficient? That said at least some Chinese businesses are damn good negotiators.
• Bill Rice takes a look at the balance of forces in the Taiwan Strait.
• Liberty Dog, a new China blog, is up and running.
• Quill News looks at the emerging coalition of the US, India, Australia and East Asia to deal with emerging China.
• A local Hong Kong reporter on the making of exclusives and how Hong Kong's Government uses the media.
• More plagarism by Xnihua. Meanwhile China Daily is keeping a-breast of women's issues.
• China and Taiwan are having a title showdown in Seoul.
• China locks up the lawyers to silence their clients.
• Flavoured condoms going the way of Ben and Jerry's.
• The China-Japan tensions continue, but in Taiwan a visit by the chairman of the TSU to Japan's Yasukuni Shrine is also stirring up emotions.
• The Asia Pages has moved to a new site. Jodi has found a great Japanese name translation tool.
• You can thank globalisation for not being a Neanderthal.
• In retaliation for the anti-secession law, Taiwan has expelled the reporters from Xinhua and People's Daily. Strike a blow for press freedom in Taiwan.
• Isaac Mao's guess on China's great firewall mechanism.
• A Tibetan protester got his message across to Chiense Premier Wen Jiabao.
• Getting it up in China: Viagra, sea-horses and hard pandas.
• China's final receipt of food aid arrived last week.
• Was there a secret Chinese Catholic cardinal?
• Curzon is keeping track of both India and Japan's attempts to gain permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
• America has put a halt to China's campaign to join the Inter-American Development Bank.
• (17:20) SimTerror '05 has begun: