The Third Party Plenum happens next month. What is it and does it promise a bold new economic agenda?
Plus: China’s airlines struggle with high-speed bullets; CCTV skewers Starbucks, coffee fans yawn; and an interview with Ian Poulter on the eve of his WGC-HSBC Champions defence in Shanghai
Also: Hong Kong triads attack Transformers director Michael Bay; animation firm in cartoon getaway as censors cull Pleasant Goat; and bookish cadres scramble to join Xi Jinping’s literary club