NYT: Chinese-designed products show the importance of linking manufacturing and innovation.

Yglesias: The China currency bill is no political stunt.

WaPo: What’s the real threat from China’s rise? Their rising entrepreneurial class.

Bloomberg: The economy grew at 1.3%, faster than estimated but still far too slow to change unemployment.

WaPo: Can China and India boost American manufacturing?

Bloomberg: Bernanke calls unemployment a “national crisis,” and still Congress is taking no action on jobs.

WSJ: Business spending is up; but for capital, not jobs.

WSJ: The departing head of the Kansas City Fed doesn’t see much potential for long-term growth.