Military Shakeup+Chinese Workers of JP Factories Suffers+FDI:WSJ

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(1) Jeremy Page, Beijing Shakes up Military Leadership; Shuffle, promoting two generals, is closely watched for power clues on eve of congress that will name new party chief. Wall Street Journal, Oct 24, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 74493593937774.html

Quote:

"The spokesman [for China's Defense Ministry] also said Gen Zhang Yang had been appointed as head of the armed forces' powerful General Political Department * * * Gen Zhang was seen as a dark-horse candidate for the job, according to experts on the Chinese military, and his appointment appears to rule out the promotion to the CMC of two generals who were close to Bo Xilai * * * They are Gen Liu Yuan, the son of a former Chinese president, and Gen. Zhang Haiyang, the son of a former CMC vice chairman. They had both been potential candidates to take over the General Political Department, which oversees ideological education and discipline in the armed forces. Gen Zhang Yang is an unexpected but far less controversial choice for that post")

My comment: Yesterday, BBC Chinese reported, in a report titled 中共十八大前夕 军方高层连续调整, did not mention Zhang Yang's appointment, nor did VOA Chinese (in a report titled 中国权力交接前夕空军换将).

(2) Colum Murphy, Dispute With Japan Takes Toll on Chinese Workers. WSJ, Oct 24, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 74283948389390.html

Note: Huadu, Guangzhou  广州市 花都区

(3) Paul Hannon and Sundeep Reddy, China Edges Out US as Top Foreign-Investment Draw Amid World Decline. WSJ, Oct 24, 2012.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 74683825139320.html

first three paragraphs:

"Global foreign direct investment inflows fell 8% to $668 billion in the first six months of this year compared with the year-earlier period, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said Tuesday.

"A decline in flows to the US and to large developing economies drove most of the drop, as emerging markets such as Russia and India posted large declines.

"China became the world's top destination for foreign investment in the year's first half, edging the US out of the top position for the first time since 2003. But the US may reclaim the top spot in the second half, the report said.

Note: In print but not online, there is a bar chart headlined "Shifting Flows[.] China in the first six months surpassed the US as the top destination for foreign investment. FDI inflows, in billion:

............first half 2012 .........first half 2011
China ......almost 60 billion........slightly more than 60
US .........~57......................~93
Hong Kong ..slightly more than 40 ...~54
France .....~35 .....................~10
UK .........~31 .....................~31

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development[;] The Wall Street Journal"