[NEWS] Some Monday links

[rfmcdonald]

• The South China Morning Post argues that too many Chinese are emigrating, resulting in drains of wealth and talent from a country that needs both.


• The Financial Times' Wolfgang Munchau doesn't think that François Hollande's new emphasis on the Franco-German alliance and economic reform will be productive for the Eurozone.


• Vice makes the convincing argument that Nigeria's anti-gay laws are just one way the Nigerian government is distracting Nigerians from its incompetence.


• The Asahi Shinbun notes that the newly-appointed head of Japan's NHK public broadcaster, Katsuto Momii, has made terrible statements about comfort women and Japan's Second World War record.


• io9 notes that the death toll of the First World War has been undercounted, many countries not counting people who died away from the battlefield as victims.


• ZDNet reports that confusing Google product information has been outing transgender people.


• The haiku killer stalking an isolated Japanese village described in-depth by the Australian Broadcasting Company.


• The Inter Press Service profiles the desperation of Cambodians to leave their country to earn a better living, and the problems they encounter abroad.