PBS: Is iPhone production in China poisoning workers? PBS explores.

NYT: The impact of deindustrialization: Flint is the murder capital of America.

USAT: The G-20 agree to a modest statement on reigning in global imbalances (i.e. China).

A rebound in manufacturing is highlighting the sad state of skills and training in the U.S (CNN).  Meanwhile, Congress is cutting job training programs (WaPo).

NYT: Headline screamer: China’s Inflation Threatens Global Trade. The solution: raise the value of the Yuan, a topic the story does not even broach.

Chinese inflows are testing the mettle of the PBOC (WSJ).  Or, is the PBOC nearly insolvent? (Forbes)

Reuters: Is China taking steps to make the Yuan more “freely usable”?

Going nuts: China loves American pecans (WSJ).

MBT: The case for working with your hands.