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Patrick Boehler


	Trending topics on weibo

	Qingdao pipeline explosion

	CCTV's tax allegations against real estate developers

	Taiwanese singer Jimmy Lin Chih-ying 

	Looking for Zhang Yimou

	Actress Huang Yi's family dispute 

	 

	Politics

	Global Times

	The National Development and Planning Commission denies foreign majority ownership in state-owned enterprises.

	Sydney Morning Herald

	China will launch two new pilot carbon trading schemes this week in Beijing and Shanghai as it strives to determine the best system for a nationwide roll-out.

	Chongqing Morning Post*

	The city vows to punish families for second children born ahead of the relaxation of the one-child policy.

	People's Daily*

	Religion cannot be ignored as a social factor, writes Wang Zuoan, director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs.

	 

	Society

	China Change

	Wellesley’s Freedom Project is going to invite former Peking Univeristy Professor Xia Yeliang to be a visiting fellow.

	Agence-France Presse

	The “Project Beauty” campaign in Xinjiang aims to discourage women from covering their faces.

	Jing Daily

	Reasons for high prices of Chinese contemporary art: a current scarcity of works being offered for sale at auction, an influx of new Chinese collectors thanks to rising incomes, a growing interest in art as an investment piece among China’s wealthy.

	New Yorker

	Although pollution in Beijing has attracted global attention in recent years, environmental damage is much worse in smaller industrial cities.

	 

	Economy

	Beijing News*

	Nine people have been detained over the pipeline explosion in Qingdao.

	Tech in Asia

	The 4G network upgrade will first roll out in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Chongqing on December 18. Shanghai will have to wait.

	Bloomberg

	Aluminum Corp. of China has abandoned its bid for Glencore Xstrata’s Las Bambas copper project in Peru.

	Telecom.paper 

	Smartphone shipments in China fell 8.8 per cent from the second quarter to 78.2 million units in the third.

	 

	Foreign affairs

	Financial Times

	Editorial: If Beijing is so convinced that international law is on its side it should seek to take the dispute to international arbitration. Tokyo probably would not agree but – equally convinced of its claim – just might if it could be assured that Beijing would abide by the result.

	Channel News Asia

	Premier Li Keqiang's summit with Central and East European countries: Hungary, which has seen Chinese investment treble since 2010 to US$2.5 billion, appears as Beijing's favourite partner in the region.

	China News Service*

	China's ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming says there is a lack of political trust between the two countries ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron's visit.

	China Post

	The government's rejection of Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's request for financial aid was the main reason the African nation severed ties with Taiwan, says the island's former ambassador to Banjul.

	 

	* denotes articles in Chinese language.


China news round-up: 9 detained over Qingdao blast, anti-veil 'Project Beauty' in Xinjiang

The Nanjing-based Eastern Guardian is looking for Zhang Yimou on its front-page on Tuesday over alleged violations of the one-child policy.  

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Tuesday's summary of top stories elsewhere on China's politics, society, economy and foreign affairs.


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.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Tuesday's summary of top stories elsewhere on China's politics, society, economy and foreign affairs.

Tuesday's summary of top stories elsewhere on China's politics, society, economy and foreign affairs.