CER links: Internet and governance, Wang Xiaobo, McKinsey on savings, Perception gap

What we’ve been reading recently:

Reuters – China Web users turn keen eye back on government – An interesting contrast to an article written by David Bandurski in our current issue

轉寫主義: 王小波是我们这个时代最虚伪、最丑陋的神话之一, Wang Xiaobo is our one of our generation’s most hypocritical and ugly myths – A response – unearthed by Danwei – to "Unhappy China" or, to be more precise, the thinking of the book’s principal author

The McKinsey Quarterly – The economic impact of increased US savings – The impact of US consumer deleveraging will depend on income growth

Pomfret’s China – China’s Far Too Rosy Self Image – John Pomfret on the gap between how China sees itself and how the rest of the world sees China

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