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AFP: China’s official Catholic church welcomes pope’s letter

WSJ: Vatican Letter Tries to Bridge Chinese Divide

Reuters: Japanese WW2 massacre film premieres in Beijing

Slate - The Explainer explains how foreign players get acclimatised to the wild and wealthy world of the NBA. Two players from China were selected in last week’s NBA draft.

FT: 750,000 a year killed by Chinese pollution - World Bank report on Chinese pollution is pulped for being too sensitive. Anyone getting a sense of ‘you can run, but you can’t hide’?

MarketWatch - JLM Pacific Epoch’s Sage Brennan notes that Apple is not giving China as much attention as it should - 96% of online chatter about mobile phones is about Nokia or Motorola

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