125@ndrc.gov.cn

Public comments are apparently being solicited globally for feedback on the Next Five Year Plan? Is this a joke?

Comments from those who live overseas can be submitted to media organizations like China Daily and People's Daily Overseas Edition, Sun said.Over the next two months, individuals and agencies can send e-mails to 125@ndrc.gov.cn, preferably in either Chinese or English.

From the People's Daily November 3

Also:

• On the appreciation of the RMB, most alarming indicators have included the rise of tea egg prices from 60 cents to 1 dollar on the street, and the doubling of cabbage prices. Above, NYT picture from feature on Korean panic over rising cabbage prices. Oh, the agony.
• Goodbye Expo!
• Statistics:
• half of the US trade deficit has nothing to do with Chinese imports - it is oil.
• Chinese buyers - mix of state and private - represent 10% of cross border deals by value.
• 65% of mass rural uprisings are triggered by land disputes.

Weekend.