This week’s readings/links include Philip Pan on the Chinese playbook, David Webb on the Kingdee bubble, Leo Lewis on opportunities for activist investors in Japan, an interview with Rajat Gupta on rebuilding his life nearly seven years after his insider trading conviction and how Egyptology can help us future-proof our culture.

• China rules: They didn’t like the West’s playbook. So they wrote their own.
• David Webb: Inside the Kingdee bubble.
• What’s it going to be, Japan, shark or mole?: Rejig of Tokyo Stock Exchange offers opportunity to match the boldness of activists.
• Rajat Gupta: On rebuilding his life nearly seven years after his insider trading conviction.
• Talk like an Egyptian: If we want to safeguard our languages, stories and ideas against extinction, we had better study Egyptology.