Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1867
Post-Volgograd, an anti-terror clampdown;
Moscow relaxes restrictions for Sochi
Post-Volgograd, an anti-terror clampdown;
Moscow relaxes restrictions for Sochi
Xi administration cracking down on press freedoms;
China, Afghanistan at an impasse over copper deal  
Last month was a bloody one in Russia. On December 29th and 30th, two suicide bombings in the southern city of Volgograd killed a combined total of 34 people and injured many more. In the process, they shone a rare spotlight on the true state of Russia's counterterrorism policy.
Massive South-North Water Diversion Project reaches Beijing;
China cracks down on Party officials with family abroad
 
China investing heavily in Israeli tech;
Beijing lifting hukou restrictions in small towns, cities