Rolling Chinese Dream 2014

http://www.clb.org.hk/en/content/i-speak-blood-poetry-foxconn-worker-xu-lizhi

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2014/nov/10/japan-shinzo-abe-china-xi-jinping-handshake-video

Inscrutable

lol dont u think its notably frigid even by the standard of these things

abe is trying to be concilliatory though, the froideur is from the other side

CCP has whipped up anti-Nippon sentiment to such a degree that Xi really had no choice

abe is far more constricted than xi, between his own nationalist right and the reality of the balance of powers
everything about that is emphasizing japan as a supplicant
not at all inscrutable

http://thediplomat.com/2014/11/ishiharas-stealth-attack-on-the-japanese-constitution/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/world/asia/zhou-yongkang-china-arrests-former-security-chief.html

I guess they finally dropped the hammer - wow

Better late than never, I guess.

When I saw "drop the hammer" I first thought you were talking about China versus Hong Kong protestors

http://i.imgur.com/HwxAVJx.png

bullet train?

Yeah - they hope to achieve these times (measure from Beijing, obv) by 2020

BJ to HK would be amazing - right now it's 24 hours

http://qz.com/208119/china-is-reportedly-thinking-about-building-a-bullet-train-that-reaches-america/

omg

only ilx thread on nk is stupid but 2 recent interesting things on border issues from sino-nk:

http://sinonk.com/2015/01/06/low-key-north-korean-soldier-murder-yanbian/
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http://sinonk.com/2014/12/31/command-and-conquer-the-co-option-of-market-forces/