As Girls 'Vanish,' Chinese City Battles Tide of Abortions: The warning hanging above a main street could not have been more blunt, its big white characters set off against a bright red banner promising to "firmly crack down on the criminal activity of drowning and other ways of brutally killing female babies." [NYT, free reg. req.]
China emerges as global consumer: China has overtaken the US in the consumption of basic agricultural and industrial goods. With a booming economy and 1.3bn people, it is now the world's largest consumer of grain, meat, coal and steel.
CIA issues warning on China's military efforts: The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency has warned that China's military modernisation is tilting the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait and increasing the threat to US forces in the region.
Frictions between Japan and China surge: Hardly a month goes by without new irritants in relations between Japan and China. Recent grievances range from a soccer riot and submarine intrusion to dominion over a lighthouse and the granting of a visa to an octogenarian.
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