Comment: China must not copy the Kaiser’s errors, London’s ma...

To view this email as a webpage, click here     Wednesday December 04 2013     Comment   China must not copy the Kaiser's errors   Beijing, in its dispute with Japan over the ownership of some uninhabited islands, risks repeating the errors of an earlier era that led to war       London's mayor is half right on greed   If medieval peasants did not resent the wealth of the king, it was not because they could imagine themselves as king but because they could not     Letta needs to start governing   If the grand coalition does not make progress on fiscal and electoral reforms, can Italy afford to wait more than a year before it goes to the polls?     Britain must face its household debts   A sixth of UK household mortgage debt is held by those who already have less than £200 a month left after spending on essentials     Turkey needs a more liberal democracy   Erdogan ought not seek to punish what he sees as personal immorality or weakness that does no harm to anyone else     A grim warning in the Russian regions   As strange instructions on what to do in case of terrorist attack show, some of Yekaterinburg's darker legacies are hard to shake, writes Courtney Weaver     Rising bond yields herald China's transition   The rise in yields over the past six months is one of the clearest signs that the financial system is finally operating a little more like those in developed economies     India's women challenge patriarchal elite   Arrest of one of New Delhi's power elite for an alleged sexual assault reflects a shift as empowered women refuse to keep silent about harassment     UK must be wary of housing bubble risks   Addressing a problem of excessive debt by encouraging people to take on more debt borders on lunacy         Opinion   Time to create a new oil major   Given decent assets and good management a competitor would attract capital because energy remains a fundamentally strong business which will not go away       The law of solitude   Some of the offences which you can commit in a room by yourself in England and Wales require little more than you having sufficiently guilty thoughts         Manage email    Forward this email   Feedback    Manage portfolio Subscribe to the FT Follow the FT   Unsubscribe | My Account | RSS | Privacy Policy | About Us | Help   © THE FINANCIAL TIMES LTD 2013 You have received this email because you have signed up from the NBE preference page. This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723.