The Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting “all but closed down” Shanghai. Huh? This is a [city of 10 million people](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai) – surely it’s crazy to interrupt all that for five days?

This began with me wanting to have a look at China’s foreign policy, but that’s far too huge a topic to take in one bite. All that you get under the cut is a bit about Xinjiang, Tibet, and oil politics. If you want the rest (or something better-informed), go watch the BBC documentary on China that’s showing right now.

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Off now to Jesus Green, with some wine, a _catharine_, and whoever else turns up. Come along, people

Yet again I’m wanting to hug the Cambridge MP. This time, he’s managed to work Microcosmographia Academica into a Guardian article. [the rest of the article isn’t anything special, but he wins just for that bit of Cam-geekery].

In other news: working in daytime is

nice

. Calm and awake, and feeling as though I should be listening to Belle and Sebastian. I also have the largest fruit-bowl in history sitting on the next desk, tempting me…