What we’ve been reading recently:

Los Angeles Times: Add locusts to China’s list of calamities - Locusts descend on Inner Mongolia. Includes an interesting note about the government’s simultaneous use and criticism of superstition (h/t Imagethief [imagethief.com]) | disaster earthquake flood locust snowstorm tibet

Foreign Correspondents Club of China: TRYING TO COMMIT JOURNALISM IN CHINA - The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts on detentions and other run-ins with the authorities in this multi-part guide for foreign journalists reporting in China | china journalism media

NYTimes: An Expert Reveals Chinese Origins of Interrogation Techniques at Guantanamo - | guantanamo interrogation torture

Shanghai Daily: Coal exports cut - A top official at a state-owned coal distribution association says he thinks further coal export tightening will be implemented in the second half | china coal commodities exports

Thomas Crampton: Leo Horn: China developed by luck, not planning - “Pragmatism, adaptive management and clever exploitation of luck define China?s road to success rather than strict adherence to an ideologically-correct ?model? of development.” | china democracy development economics model politics

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