Background reading on China

Current:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/09/us-china-economy-idUSBRE8880ID20120909
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9493818/China-concerns-mount-as-awful-data-see-manufacturing-fall-to-nine-month-low.html
http://www.sipri.org/media/newsletter/essay/Brauner_Duchatel_Oct12
http://www.iss.europa.eu/index.php?id=234
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1074691/more-confident-chinese-people-tests-communist-party-rule
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/9630013/China-output-data-show-signs-of-recovery.html
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneymatters/ss/How-Much-US-Debt-Does-China-Own.htm
Some general background reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_China
http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-report-2012-china
Tibet:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/world/asia/un-rights-official-faults-china-on-tibetan-suppression.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20177237
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/tibet/index.html
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/07/13/china-attempts-seal-tibet-outside-information
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/21/china-un-members-should-address-rights-crisis-tibet
Uighurs:
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/uighurs_chinese_ethnic_group/index.html
http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/disappearing-china-s-uighurs-2012-07-04
http://dawn.com/2012/08/02/china-jails-20-uighur-muslims-on-terrorism-separatism-charges-in-xinjiang/
http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/index.php?page=articles&id=147404
Economic and political:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_currency
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2010-02/24/content_9493707.htm
http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/05/China_could_be_forced_to_revalue_currency/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/19/the_china_paradox
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/01/from_tahrir_to_tiananmen
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/31/did_the_hu_summit_mean_anything
http://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/21/05/2010/sino-us-competition-reform-international-financial-system
http://opinion.globaltimes.cn/foreign-view/2011-01/615834.html
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/09/26/freedom_on_the_net_2012_china_worse.php
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/internet_censorship/index.html
In ‘The Sick Man of Asia’ (http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136507/yanzhong-huang/the-sick-man-of-asia) Yanzhong Huang argues that while China’s massive average annual GDP growth rate of nearly 10% since 1980 (now fallen in July, the second quarter,  2012 to7.6% due to the world recession) has lifted between 400 and 500 million people out of poverty, average life expectancy has not risen much, from 68 to 73 years, when compared with the much faster rise in other developing economies whose GDP grew at a slower rate. China faces the prospect of an aging population and an increase in a range of health problems. The state health service has become less effective while health care has become more expensive. China has made economic growth its overwhelming priority and has failed to deal with  a series of issues, such as smoking, environmental degradation and food and drug safety questions. All of these problems will have costs in terms of prospects for future growth. So the Chinese government needs to act now.
Very good in-depth articles:
http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~soumya/Courses/News/FA-Hale-Reconsidering%20Revaluation.pdf

http://asp.newamerica.net/sites/newamerica.net/files/policydocs/Ikenberry,%20John%20-%20Americas%20Challenge%20-%20The%20Rise%20of%20China%20and%20the%20Future%20of%20Liberal%20International%20Order.pdf

http://www.cerium.ca/IMG/pdf/Broadman.pdf
http://www.viet-studies.info/kinhte/FA_China_Inevitable_Superpower.pdf
http://viet-studies.info/kinhte/FA_Midddling_Income.pdf
http://www.cerium.ca/IMG/pdf/Kaplan_How_far_can_Beijing_reach_on_land_and_at_sea.pdf
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/02/22/human_rights_last?page=0,0
http://www.scribd.com/doc/40774555/ELIZABETH-VAN-WIE-DAVIS-Governance-in-China-in-2010-2010

http://www.rochelleterman.com/ir/sites/default/files/Duncan%202008.pdf

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/why-east-asia-including-china-will-turn-democratic-within-a-generation/251824/

http://www.afoutreach.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-110414-066.pdf

http://icps.gwu.edu/2011/10/28/is-china-more-westphalian-than-the-west/