Morning Clicks, August 21

John Kennedy

BIO

John Kennedy is Canadian, and a longtime resident of southern China. As a veteran member of the Chinese online community, most notably through his six years as a former editor with Global Voices Online, John knows more than is useful about China today but enjoys sharing his findings on Twitter as @feng37 and @28wordslater.

Editor's Pick

The look of love

Man of the moment Riccardo Tisci's dark, sensual designs for Givenchy come straight from the heart, writes Jing Zhang.

10:53PM

Lifestyle

Why the timeless style of The Great Gatsby is...

12:00AM

It's been pretty civilised, says Stella...

British fashion designer Stella McCartney is in Hong Kong as...

11:17PM

Video: Mutant cockroaches that evade sugar tr...

In an evolutionary twist, some German cockroaches have...

3:24PM

Love at first bite: the recipe for raising yo...

Four-year-old Rico Bishop has already sampled sheep brains...

1:12PM

Bentley's Flying Spur: an elegant evolut...

It's no accident that Bentley chose Beijing for the...

1:12PM

Keywords: South China Sea, Nationalism, Gu Kailai, Rare earths, North Korea, Liu Xiaobo, Arctic icebreakers, Western China, Standard of living, Architecture, Consumerism, Kenya, Antigovernment punk bands.

The Diplomat
-- Why the South China Sea is not a “Sudetenland Moment”
-- A Deadly Brew: Resources, Nationalism, and History

Ma Jian
-- China’s Show Trial of the Century

East Asia Forum
-- China’s white paper on rare earths

2point6billion.com
-- China Potentially Closing an Important Rare Earth Deal with North Korea

Chinese Law Prof Blog
-- Sentencing philosophy in Chinese criminal law: Zhang Xiaojun versus Liu Xiaobo

SinoShip News
-- Large Chinese delegation gets ready for SMM [Shipbuilding, Machinery and Marine Technology International Trade Fair] 2012
-- Chinese icebreaker completes nation’s first Arctic crossing

Xinhua
-- W China expected to see fastest growth nationwide in 2012: report

Bradley Gardner
-- Chinese cities

The Jamestown Foundation
-- Sansha: New City in the South China Sea

Jing Daily
-- “China Is One Of The Most Exciting Places To Be An Architect Right Now”

New York Magazine
-- Scenes From the Chinese Consumerist Revolution

Jonathan Campbell
-- Something Happening There (Not Here)…