China regulator bans TV advertisements during dramas

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15933297

"In the long-run, the move will help TV dramas develop in a scientific and healthy manner," said the unidentified spokesman.

How China Can Defeat America

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/opinion/how-china-can-defeat-america.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=all

The fragmentation of the pre-Qin era resembles the global divisions of our times, and the prescriptions provided by political theorists from that era are directly relevant today — namely that states relying on military or economic power without concern for morally informed leadership are bound to fail.

China Conundrum

China Conundrum

DOZENS of new students crowded into a lobby of the University of Delaware’s student center at the start of the school year. Many were stylishly attired in distressed jeans and bright-colored sneakers; half tapped away silently on smartphones while the rest engaged in boisterous conversations. Eavesdropping on those conversations, however, would have been difficult for an observer not fluent in Mandarin. That’s because, with the exception of one lost-looking soul from Colombia, all the students were from China.