What we’ve been reading recently:
Shanghai Daily: CSRC calls for better supervision of listed firms – "CHINA will improve the supervision of listed companies to fight against misdeeds such as information disclosure, insider trading and fund misappropriation, said Fan Fuchun, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission." | china shares
WSJ: China rainmaker tests private equity – "CHINA DEALMAKER Wilson Feng left Merrill Lynch & Co. earlier this year. Now we know why: the lure of China’s private-equity scene." | china privateequity
WSJ: Whither Beijing’s Golden Touch? – "But the hoped-for support hasn’t come, and some analysts argue that the government’s ability to rejuvenate stocks is dwindling." | China shanghai shares
Reuters: China Pulls Rug From Under Flying Carpet Drug Smugglers – Xinjiang customs officials found heroin smuggled in from Afghanistan and Pakistan hidden inside synthetic fibers woven into imported carpets. | Xinjiang customs drugs heroin
Focus Media: Short Squeeze Developing? – Once a market darling, now not so popular | China Focus media
New Yorker: Forbidden Cities: The Sky Line – The New Yorker’s Paul Goldberger has written a piece on architecture new and old in Beijing. | Beijing architecture newyorker
ESWN: How Do You Ban a Banned TV Program? – Roland Soong at ESWN comments gives an amusing take on a patriotic online campaign to ban a Taiwanese show that is technically already banned. | ESWN Taiwan internet
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