What we’ve been reading recently:

Ian Teh: Black Rain - Photo essay on the coal mining life in Shanxi province. Bleak stuff. | china coal energy environment

Economic Observer: More Bars and Hoops for QFII - “In the past, regulators allowed all the QFII funds to be exchanged into yuan the moment they were deposited in Chinese banks. But regulators then found that many QFII funds subsequently didn’t invest in the market?they just let their funds sat in yuan” | A-shares QFII china shares

Economic Observer: The Blue-Green Crisis - A grim outlook for Tai Lake; the annual outbreaks of algae are “impossible to remove” over the short term | Wuxi china environment pollution water

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