Chinese oilfield attacked in Ethiopia

First stories are coming on about an attack on a Chinese-run oil field in Ethiopia that has costs 69 lives, including nine Chinese. Another seven Chinese are reportedly being abducted, says the Washington Post.

Many more books on China ahead

Business is beating politics in the book sales on China, writes Paul French in the Weekly Update of Access Asia. Surprising winner, at least for me, is China CEO: Voices of Experience from 20 International Business Leaders that has sold in the tens of thousands (well, at least a couple of them).
But there is more ahead:

The China books bubble continues to swell, and that’s OK with us – it’s our kind of bubble. A good friend in Beijing has established an exclusive club only for people who have not yet written a book on China – it’s a club with a declining membership week by week, and soon the founder could be the only member (which is OK as he usually ends up drinking on his own anyway).

Paul French advises from the academic contributions a few of them, including Chris Alden's China in Africa: Partner, Competitor or Hegemon?
More books at Access Asia.