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• Food safety fears gnaw at intl stores |Society |chinadaily.com.cn
  Chinese parents spooked by a series of food safety scandals are importing baby formula from overseas in a trend that is causing milk powder supplies to dwindle across the globe.Paranoid parents are tapping into China’s massive diaspora, asking family and friends living abroad to send milk powder and baby food. Those without international connections are paying courier services to buy and send the products to China.
• 30-vessel fishing fleet arrives in Nansha |Society |chinadaily.com.cn
  A Chinese fishing boat fishes under the escort of Chinese fishery administration vessels, Yuzheng 310, in waters off the Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea on July 15. A Chinese fleet comprised of 30 fishing boats departed from Sanya port of South China’s Hainan province on July 12. After sailing for more than 70 hours around the clock, they arrived at the destination at 3:56 pm Sunday. They are expected to stay for five to ten days for fishing
• 人民日报-鄂尔多斯市出台规定，借贷信息上传网络平台 民间借贷风险“网”得住吗（政策聚焦·关注民间借贷）
• 人民日报-发展观嬗变的重大突破 ——中国道路的十年探索之二
• US must refrain from acting as ‘preacher for democracy’ – People’s Daily Online
  Who grants the United States the right to haughtily appraise Asia’s democratic position? Americans may think it is a silly question, but it is exactly this question that may cause America’s “return to Asia” strategy to fail.
• China trains government spokesmen – People’s Daily Online
  A national training session for spokesmen from multiple government departments concluded Friday, with the officials receiving training to help them deal with the media.
• 原内蒙古副主席刘卓志受贿卖官“价目表”曝光_网易新闻中心
  price list for buying official positions exposed in corruption trial of former inner mongolia vice chairman liu zhuozhi. liu got life in jail, did not appeal
• 北大校长周其凤回乡祝母90大寿 长跪膝前落泪_网易新闻
• China Stimulus – Business Insider
  A prediction made by many China observers early in the year went like this: The Chinese economy would slow through the first half, then Beijing would step on the gas pedal and numbers would start to rebound.
  The first parts of the prediction are coming true.
• Labor Shortage May Help China Adjust to Slower Growth – WSJ.com
  see requests for raises almost weekly in the small businesses into which i have visibility//
  Wages are still climbing rapidly in China and many companies are having trouble filling jobs despite the sharp economic slowdown here—evidence of a structural shortage in the labor market that may help China adjust to slower growth without political instability and whet consumer appetites for foreign goods.Reflecting the tight labor market, wage income for urban households rose 13% year-on-year in the first half, and average monthly income for migrant workers rose 14.9%, according to data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics. A labor ministry survey of 91 cities in the first quarter showed demand for workers outstripping supply by a record amount, pointing to low unemployment.

• China Has Three Biggest Increases in Global Office Costs: CBRE – Bloomberg
  but it is all just a beijing real estate bubble, so the bears say. they would be wrong, at least in the case of the beijing office market//
  Business districts in Beijing and Guangzhou had the biggest increases in office occupancy costs globally in the first quarter, according to a report by CBRE Group Inc. (CBG), the world’s largest commercial realtor.
• 天安门“清场” 十八大或10月召开破延期论_多维新闻网
• 内地频现干部“年龄整容”事件_多维新闻网
  多维新闻】年龄时而加几岁、时而减几岁，像弹簧一样伸缩自如……近期有的地方爆出干部给年龄“整容”事件，如山西河津住建局局长数次年龄造假、山西临县女干部招工年龄造假等，引发公众质疑。
• AFP: China on alert as disease outbreak kills 112 in June
  been epidemic in DC this year as well//
  The Chinese province of Hunan urged parents on Sunday to seek immediate treatment for children showing symptoms of hand, foot and mouth disease after official figures showed 112 people died from the illness last month.
• China builds most ecologically friendly cities – USATODAY.com
  Designed to be low-carbon and energy-saving, China is building more eco-cities, as they are known, than any other country, according to a survey by the University of Westminster in London. The United States ranked second.
• The return of activist journalism in China – FT.com
  Their names sometimes appear still in the licensed newspapers or broadcasters but they are also in underground newspapers, independent documentaries, alternative publications and, most prominently, online. In the past decade, reform-minded journalists have vigorously pursued so-called “investigative journalism”; tighter limits now push them into activism. This will be one of the front lines in this new age of political uncertainty. We are determined not to retreat.
  Haiyan Wang is a former investigative reporter for the Southern Metropolitan Daily in Guangzhou. She wrote this with John Lloyd, FT contributing editor
• 新浪微博的商业化焦虑：现金流趋紧活跃降低_互联网_DoNews-IT门户-移动互联网新闻-电子商务新闻-游戏新闻-风险投资新闻-IT社交网络社区
  微博庞大的流量如同一座难以开垦的金矿，新浪作出的种种尝试，成则翘楚，败则岌岌新浪微博商业化，走得艰难而保守。7月13日，记者从新浪获悉，新浪微博全新的广告形式即将推出，但外界尚不清楚它具体的模样。这是继今年4月，新浪微博公布广告平台之后，其在广告模式上的新摸索。近两年，凭借着微博，新浪这家老牌互联网公司 ……
• Mandarin Segments: “Write on!!” – reviewing Skritter for iOS
• Wen Warns China Economic Rebound Not Stable, Xinhua Says – Bloomberg
  China’s Premier Wen Jiabao warned the momentum for a recovery in economic growth isn’t yet in place and that “difficulties” may persist for a while, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
  Even so, the current pace of economic expansion is within the targeted range and government measures to stabilize growth are “bearing fruit,” the premier said during an inspection tour in southwest Sichuan province, according to a Chinese- language report from Xinhua. The article didn’t mention government policies toward the property market.
• Japan’s China Envoy Returns to Tokyo for Isles Talks, NHK Says – Bloomberg
  Japanese Ambassador Uchiro Niwa left China today to report to the government on recent developments concerning disputed islands in the East China Sea, public broadcaster NHK reported.
• Five tough truths about US-China relations – China is trying to supplant the US as the leading military and political power in Asia. – CSMonitor.com
  The more American and Chinese officials proclaim their innocent intentions toward each other, the deeper the level of mistrust they generate. China watchers worry about strategic miscalculation by one side or the other.
  Understatement, subtlety, and nuance are the hallmarks of diplomacy and are Washington’s preferred tools for avoiding confrontation with China. But when professions of benign intent don’t reflect actions and policies, the parties can actually increase mutual suspicion.
  Official candor on five key truths about US-China relations will likely contribute to a more mature bilateral relationship and could help halt a potential slide to conflict.
• Why China Should End Its Draconian, Counterproductive One-Child Policy – Atlantic Mobile
• 明鏡新聞網: 北戴河會議或7月下旬召開
  We’ll see about beidaihe. Interesting gossip about jiang zemin
• What Twitter Can Learn From Weibo: Field Notes From Global Tech Ethnographer Tricia Wang | Fast Company
• Slideshow: China Through The Instagram Lens Of Tech Ethnographer Tricia Wang | Fast Company

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