China-US Relations in South East Asia

US and China continue to clash in the South China Sea over the perceived spheres of influence of both governments. China has launched its clearest warning yet that it is running out of patience with the US.

http://the-diplomat.com/new-leaders-forum/2011/06/26/china-plays-nationalism-card/

The Gender Imbalance Timebomb in Asia

"Sex selection starts with the urban, educated middle-class and filters down"

Gender selection and Asia's missing girls.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/21/gender-selection-abortion-crisis-in-asia-india-u-s.html

Tyranny in the National Conscience?

Was the brutality of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia a result of radical Agrarian Marxism? Or of a desire to build a rural utopia? This article argue that the seeds of the worst of the atrocities were alive within the psyche of the nation and it's people, from 'fatalistic Buddism' to a traditional disdain for urban life.

http://historytoday.com/tim-stanley/contrarian-question-identity-0

China and US Growth, Region by Region

http://www.economist.com/content/chinese_equivalents

Chinas growth and current economic position vis-a-vis the rest of the world.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/01/comparing_us_states_countries

And here's a similar one for the USA.