Morning Clicks | Xi drama grows sillier by the day

The silly game being played by China's top leaders of keeping future president Xi Jinping hidden from the public has continued for nearly two weeks. The Foreign Ministry previously lied to overseas media about a high-profile diplomatic meeting to which Xi never showed up.

Xi's next public appearance is expected to be at the China-ASEAN expo in Nanning on September 21.

Morning Clicks
Asia Times
-- Silk Road nears an historic opening China had invested hundreds of million of dollars for the construction of Pakistan's Gwadar port, and it is slated to invest heavily in the construction of deep-sea ports in Myanmar's Indian Ocean cities of Dawei and Kyaukpyu. Gwadar, Dawei and Kyaukpyu will allow China to circumvent its reliance upon the congested Straits of Malacca for the oil tankers that carry 60% of its oil...

Beijing Cream
-- Ain’t No Sunshine When Xi’s Gone: The Quest To Find China’s Future President ...where in the bloody world is that handsome devil Xi Jinping? We asked the same on Twitter, and you answered…

China Digital Times
-- Front Page Fury Over Diaoyu Purchase China has balked at Japan’s plan to purchase three of the Diaoyu Islands. Beijing’s fury dominates many of today’s front pages, some quoting stern rebukes from Hu Jintao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi...