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Patrick Boehler


	Trending topics on weibo

	CCTV annual gala

	Chinese New Year celebrations

	New Year vows

	Speculation about Zhang Ziyi

	Photo of three elderly women spending New Year's Eve at KFC

	 

	Year of the Horse 

	Sydney Morning Herald

	Those born in a year of the horse are going to have a particularly difficult year.

	China Post (Taiwan)

	The truck driver who rammed into the Presidential Office last Saturday was allowed to return home for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with his family.

	Beijing Times*

	Editorial: A [Chinese] dream rooted in a freedom and rights

	Jakarta Post

	Editorial: To everyone, Gong Xi Fa Cai.

	 

	Politics

	Southern Metropolis Daily*

	Chinese Acadamy of Social Science scholar recommends removing "fraudulent fund-raising" as a capital crime.

	Asahi Shimbun

	A year after a huge censorship row broke out at the Southern Weekly newspaper, things have gone from bad to worse concerning press freedom in China.

	Wall Street Journal

	Ruling against Chinese units of the "Big Four" audit firms is already rippling through plans by Chinese companies aiming to list in the US, like JD.com.

	Free Tibet

	Photographs show a large military deployment in Luhuo County, Sichuan province, on two-year anniversary of shooting.

	 

	Society

	Tea Leaf Nation

	"One hundred and thirty four days later, I returned home. My wife said I looked thin, and a bit tired," said a weibo post attributed to New Citizen Movement participant Wang Gongquan.

	Economist

	The Dongguan, Guangdong, health bureau acknowledged that the city “is entering a high incidence period of HIV/AIDS".

	CAFA Art Info

	Artworks of young Chinese contemporary artists from the Long Collection.

	China Dialogue

	Despite ever-growing supply of domestic waste, China's recycling factories still depend on imported waste, says Adam Minter.

	 

	Economy

	Wall Street Journal - China Real Time Report

	Hong Kong is the world’s most-visited city for international travelers, thanks to a growing influx of visitors from mainland China, according to a new study.

	Businessweek

	Even with last year’s restrained growth, sales during the Chinese New Year were more than twice the amount Chinese consumers bought during the festival in 2008.

	Tech in Asia

	WeChat’s online savings fund rakes in 800 million yuan in deposits on first day.

	Michael Pettis' blog

	I would argue that China’s GDP is overstated by the value of these hidden losses, and over time these losses will be worked out.

	 

	Foreign affairs

	Time

	Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kenichiro Sasae, has called on the two countries to remain cool-headed and stop provoking each other.

	The Atlantic

	China was more of a topic of US presidential State of the Union addresses in the 1890s and 1960s than it is these years.

	Quartz

	China just became the biggest investor in Laos.

	Chosun Ilbo

	North Korea's ambassador to China warned South Korea and the US against upcoming joint military drills in a rare news conference.

	 

	* denotes articles in Chinese language. 


China news round-up: Wang Gongquan briefly returns to weibo, security tight in Tibetan county

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Morning Clicks | China news round-up: Wang Gongquan briefly returns to weibo, security tight in Tibetan county

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