Holy crap. Shaun Rein does it again.
Words totally fail me. And I won’t say another word. Just go and see for yourself. Am I really reading this?
View ArticleDavid Wolf on China’s economy and foreign businesses there
I think it’s safe to say that with it’s huge leaps and bounds China is always at some sort of crossroads, whether it’s dealing with organized labor, promising national health insurance, launching a...
View Article“Is China the next Greece?”
I didn’t ask the question, The Global Times did in an interview with Professor Xu Xiaonian of the China Europe International Business School. This is one of those surprising articles where you wonder...
View ArticleAmerica’s 50-centers
Fiverr.com is a truly interesting site. People tell you what they can offer you for $5, you tell them the specifics of what you need, and within a day or two they provide it to you. (The provider gets...
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China and US debt
For anyone who has the time and fortitude, there’s a very long, detailed and brutal post up on Zero Hedge about China’s insane (in the author’s eye) purchase of US debt and its long term implications,...
View ArticleChina’s inflation trap
We’ve seen all kinds of warnings over the years about China’s economy. Several years ago it was all the rage to talk about the “hard landing” China was in for after so many years of growth. Never...
View ArticlePop goes China’s real estate bubble?
In 2008 I annoyed some of my readers by predicting China would weather the economic crisis better than the US would. I know, the US fundamentals are stronger and China has all these really bad...
View ArticleThe Great Democracy Debate
How many times have we discussed whether China would be better off with some form of democracy as opposed to its one-party authoritarian system? I know, too many times. But this article on the recent...
View ArticleLeaving China, Westernizing, Playing Victim, etc.
Update: Let’s add this to the thread. A very, very funny parody of the “why I’m leaving China” that seems in vogue at the moment. Update 2: Wow. This is an open thread to which I’d like to add a few...
View Article“What keeps the Chinese up at night”
It’s so easy to be like Tom Friedman and get totally dazzled by the Beijing airport and the Shanghai skyline and the fast railway and revamped subway systems and the spirit of irrepressible optimism...
View ArticleChina: Boom or Bust?
In recent weeks we’ve seen a flurry of articles about China’s slowdown and whether the country has the ability to keep social order intact as things slow down. I am not an economist, but I’ve followed...
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