Dan Harris of the China Law Blog (and one of our China Tracker contributors), responding to another bullish commentary, says the glass is half empty, not half full.

FORBES: Foreign Biz Climate in China: Schr?dinger's Cat

Today, the enormous glass-and-granite edifice symbolizes the new market-driven China.

CNN: Up, Up And Away

Inside, art enlivens the dark marble lobby by Singapore's LTW Designworks: guests are greeted by Australian artist Jane Cowie's 9.9-meter-tall glass tile installation depicting a koi pond and subtly etched scenes from China Merchant Group's 141-year-old history.

WSJ: Stays: Conrad Beijing

Baidu, China's largest search engine, is working on its own smart glasses technology - similar to Google's Glass project.

BBC: 'China's Google' Baidu is making smart glasses