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	Politics

	Financial Times

	"The big story of 2014 in the emerging world is the black cloud of debt hanging over China."

	The Economist - Analects

	"It is becoming increasingly clear that tightening their grip in Xinjiang is not the way to prevent eruptions of conflict."

	Global Times

	Editorial: "As long as Beijing remains backward in soft power compared with Western countries, dissidents who tend to ally with these nations in values and even actions will keep popping up."

	Bloomberg

	The head of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council, Wang Yu-chi, is set to meet with the head of China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhang Zhijun, on February 16 in Nanjing.

	 

	Society

	Wall Street Journal - China Real Time Report

	A group of entrepreneurs raised 120,000 yuan, Xi Zhiyong's wife tells him in a letter.

	Radio Free Asia

	More than 10,000 residents staged a protest against a planned waste incinerator power plant near Shantou, Guangdong province.

	Southern Metropolis Daily*

	Chen Ruixi, vice mayor of Sanming in Fujian was sacked for causing the death of a colleague from drinking too much alcohol at a dinner.

	New York Magazine

	The real point of Chen Guangbiao's press conference in New York was to turn Americans against Falun Gong.

	 

	Economy

	China Business News*

	Zhu Changhong, chief investment officer at China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, has resigned, unidentified sources say. 

	China Economic Watch

	Disposable income growth relative to GDP in 2013 was worse than in 2012.

	Caixin

	Real estate developers Evergrande and Vanke have bought parts of financial institutions recently, moves that could see people living in their properties get access to more bank services.

	Xinhua*

	Ministry of Land clarifies its plans to establish a land registry database: not for the public.

	 

	Foreign affairs

	Kyodo

	Three Chinese coast guard ships entered disputed waters near the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea.

	New Focus International

	Chinese investors' existing land lease agreements in North Korea's Rajin-Sonbong special economic zone have been invalidated after the Jang Song-thaek purge.

	The Economic Times (India)

	Japan enters where China is barred – northeast India.

	Le Monde

	France promises Chinese tourists visa processing within 48 hours.

	 


China news round-up: Contracts nullified in N Korea, cross-straits government meeting set

Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi, much discussed in exile media, met European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels on Monday. Photo: Xinhua

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Morning Clicks | China news round-up: Contracts nullified in N Korea, cross-straits government meeting set

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