The Editors suggest checking out the following links:

SCMP: Hu protege resurrected ahead of congress - “Meng Xuenong , 58, had been appointed deputy secretary of the Communist Party’s provincial committee in the coal-rich province of Shanxi , Xinhua reported yesterday.”

Washingtonpost: China Replaces 5 Senior Officials - “An Internet report said Jin introduced the woman, a former mistress of Du Sicheng, the disgraced party secretary of the coastal city of Qingdao, to Chen Tonghai, the chairman of the China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. who resigned under a cloud in June.”

AP: Japan and China may set up military crisis hotline - “JAPAN and China agreed yesterday to work to ease military tensions through a crisis hotline and ship exchanges amid lingering unease over Beijing’s growing defence spending.” - Cold war style

Forbes: The most powerful women in the world - #2 - Wu Yi, #3 - Ho Ching, Merkel leads and Rice is in fourth

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