The Economy Xinhua: China lobbies against protectionism at APEC summit FT: China on the verge of FTA with Peru Reuters: China, Cuba rework debt AFP: China Eastern and China Southern Airlines get bailed out IHT: Chinese automakers look for their own bailout The Guardian: China to reform fuel taxes AP: Job outlook in China 'grim' Civil Unrest The Telegraph: Rioters attack police in Gansu BBC: Protestors in Gansu up in arms over land claims......

After Xinhua reported that county officials in Weng’an—including its Communist Party secretary, Wang Qin, and head of the county government, Wang Haiping—were fired on Friday following the June 28 riots, Western media has hailed Weng’an as a turning point for China. Both WSJ and TIME remark that Xinhua’s handling of the Weng’an incident is remarkable in itself; not only did state media report the riots almost immediately, but quickly produced "unusually long investigative stories." Adding......

While yet more versions of the Weng'an, Guizhou riot have surfaced on the internet, the Guizhou provincial government has also finally given its version — which, believe it or not, has sparked off a new pop phrase on the Chinese internet — "I'm here to do push-ups" (我来做俯卧撑的). Netizens are now suddenly flooding the forums with pictures of TV host Ou Zhihang (区志航) doing push-ups in his birthday suit by famous Chinese landmarks such as......

As usual, Roland Soong of EastSouthWestNorth is on top of the incident, busy piecing together all the information he can find. He informs us that Weng'an is now a sensitive word, the uncle of the female student is still alive, and the body of the student is still resting in a refrigerated coffin awaiting autopsy despite this popularly-believed story. Soong also observes that the Xinhua story (which all Chinese media are made to carry) opens......

Several thousand rioters have gathered in Guizhou's Weng'an County, torched a police station, ransacked government buildings and overturned police cars, after allegations of a cover-up over a 15 year old girl's death blew up. Ming Pao reports the son of the county's vice-deputy mayor had raped and murdered the girl along with another youth and tossed her body into the Ximen River. Police only detained the suspects for five hours and released them without charge.......

The situation in and around Tibet Reuters: Tibetan riots spread, security lockdown in Lhasa AFP: Foreign tourists in China not allowed into Tibet: tour guides Reuters: Nepal closes Mount Everest over protest concerns PTI: China intensifies border vigil along Nepal-Tibet border Reuters: Visitors recount Tibet violence, tell of troops What China says China Daily: 11th Panchen Lama condemns Lhasa riot Xinhua: Shops reopen, vehicle back on streets as Lhasa calms Xinhua: Religious leader, locals......

What would you do if you paid a shitload of money to study at some college, thinking it would legit and all, only to be told that your diploma would not be recognised after all? We don't know about you, but we would definitely riot. Well, that's what some civilian students at the Hefei PLA Artillery Academy did a few days back. And it turned out to be a very bloody incident. Iron doors were......