Back after a long absence…

To all of you who sent messages asking why I wasn’t blogging as much anymore, I was on a (very successful) road trip. While internet access is so ubiquitous these days that I no longer have lack of access as an excuse for slacking off, driving hither and thither dining (no wining, it’s Lent) clients and potential partners wears one out.

I promise to get back to it shortly, but here are some good articles to tide you over.

• Chinese Archaeologists Unearth Phallic Cemetery – who can resist this headline
• China’s sandstorms blast Beijing with dust, sand
• Google shuts site but quitting China proves step too far
• The political economy of pressuring China