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Police vehicles damaged in clashes with local residents in Jinning county, Yunnan, on Wednesday. Screenshot via Sina Weibo.
Opinion
Morning Clicks
by Patrick Boehler
Morning Clicks
by Patrick Boehler

China news round-up: Hundreds clash with police in Yunnan, new round of graft inspections

Thursday's summary of top stories in Chinese and foreign press on China's politics, society, economy and foreign affairs.

Politics
Businessweek
Pressure on pensions may force officials to push the retirement age off for five years.
NPR
Since 2009, at least 53 people across China have lit themselves on fire to protest the destruction of their homes.
Beijing Times*
Wang Qishan announces next round of corruption inspections, to include Xinhua news agency, Three Gorges, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Land Resources.
People's Daily overseas edition*
Hong Kong's Occupy Central organizers seeking inspiration in Taiwan is "very shocking".
Society
New Express*
continues its front-page campaign for the release of staffer Chen Yongzhou.

Hundreds of people clash with police in Jinning county, Yunnan province, in land dispute, wounding 27 police officers.
Want China Times
Taiwanese businesses ignore central bank's order and accept renminbi.
Teal Leaf Nation
Taiwanese politician Hung Chih-kune tries to sue Sina over censoring his microblog.
Economy
Financial Times
Big foreign investors are increasingly lured by China's bond markets.
Caixin
Baidu pledged eight per cent return on a new investment product, but then deletes the weibo post that made the guarantee.
Quartz
Tesla may have just made its first sale in China.
Wall Street Journal
Domestic sales at China's box office rose 94 per cent in the first nine months, while receipts of imported films declined 5.2 per cent.
Foreign affairs
The Hindu
China’s biggest power companies have, for the first time, agreed to set up a permanent presence in India.
Businessweek
Conspicuously absent from the flurry of new deals signed during Russian PM Dimitry Medvedev was what Russia actually wants the most: a long-term agreement to sell China natural gas through a dedicated pipeline.
Manila Times
While he insisted that the Scarborough Shoal is a legitimate part of the Philippine territory, President Aquino said that there are no plans to remove concrete blocks allegedly placed by Chinese ships.
Jerusalem Post
China, Israel have similar water problems, says a visiting Chinese official.

* denotes articles in Chinese language.

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