Mostly China-related news from the past couple of weeks.  Special thanks to James M, Michael T and of course Sinocism.com.

• Inside Shenzhen’s New Stock Exchange from The Wall Street Journal
• The good, the bad and the exiled? China’s Class of ’77 from CNN
• In China, parents bribe to get students into top schools, despite campaign against corruption from The Washington Post
• A novel about a dystopian future China wins the Chinese Nebula Awards from io9
• China to rejoin IT trade talks to cut tariffs on electronic goods from Financial Times
• Russia re-opens railway link with North Korea from Reuters
• Aussie builds world’s largest skateboard park from The Sydney Morning Heralds (being built in Guangzhou)
• Wealthy Chinese seek U.S. surrogates for second child, green card from Reuters
• Ukraine to become China’s largest overseas farmer in 3m hectare deal from South China Morning Post
• The Inventory: Fan Bingbing from Financial Times (check out Line 2 in Shanghai metro sometime…)
• Armed With Zhang Ziyi, American Director Takes On Chinese Rom-Com from The Wall Street Journal
• How long can the Communist party survive in China? from Financial Times (probably for a very long time, with the assets at its disposal)
• Half of China’s Antibiotics Now Go to Livestock from Mother Jones
• On the tourist trail of China’s Jews from Financial Times
• Robots cook for Beijing Jiaotong University from ECNS
• From Gang of Four to Bo Xilai: Reporting from China’s ‘show trials’ from CNN
• Can Renren Keep It Up? from The Motley Fool
• Robots vs. Anesthesiologists from The Wall Street Journal
• China’s ‘Ghost Cities’ May Not Be So Spooky from The Wall Street Journal
• Robots May Revolutionize China’s Electronics Manufacturing from The Wall Street Journal
• Chengdu Continues Global Push Despite Scandal from The Wall Street Journal
• Latest robot can pick strawberry fields forever from The Japan Times
• China Watches ‘Breaking Bad’ from TeaLeafNation
• Alibaba Acquires Cloud Storage Software Firm In China from ChinaTechNews
• China Lifts Gaming Consoles Ban In Shanghai Pilot Free-Trade Zone from ChinaTechNews
• Strange Horizons, has a special issue for its September edition with India-based scifi authors
• More South Koreans Choose China for Education from The Wall Street Journal
• Facebook and Twitter too late for China’s Internet from Reuters (it’s not that they’re late, they’ve been blocked for 4 years)
• Will the NSA Revelations Kickstart the Domestic Cybersecurity Industry in China? from Council on Foreign Relations (short term no, long term yes)
• Microsoft forms Chinese console venture from Polygon