Sunday Reads - Lessons from Coal Auction

From today, all regular features will appear on appointed days. Here are this Sunday's brilliant reads.

• Deng Xiaoping devised what was good for Mainland China. (New IE)

• Life destroying 'spice' drug engulfs Russia. (AlJazeera)

• Why science is so hard to believe. (WaPo)

• Lessons from the coal auction. (ET)

Read The Explainer: Understanding the Budget - Part I and Part II