Whenever the trade rhetoric heats up, it helps to keep things in perspective. If you stick with US and EU press accounts of the trade relationship with China, you’d think that SOEs have taken over all the export industries and are acting as currency vaccuums, fleecing foreigners of their hard-earned cash and exacerbating global imbalances.
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Ah, one of my favorite topics: myth-busting assumptions of foreigners about certain Western China territories and their religious leader-in-exile. I like to call him the DL — I’m not afraid of key word blocking of this post (perish the thought), I just like abbreviations.
Anyway, I’ve said on numerous occasions how full of shit many Westerners [...]
I’m really getting tired of these arguments. Since when was it proven that Western-style democracy is necessary for a sound economy? One might argue that rule of law, transparency and so on might ensure a stronger, durable economy, but saying that but for those things, a given economy will surely collapse?
That just sounds like wishful [...]
Robert Samuelson, Op/Ed writer for the Washington Post, has some Spring Festival cheer in his new column, “The Danger Behind China’s ‘Me First’ Worldview.” I used to really enjoy Samuelson’s econ-heavy columns, but since the Obama administration began, he’s begun a downward spiral of cynicism and pessimism that is even too much for me.
The trend [...]
It’s a freakin’ war zone outside my window at the moment. My cats are hiding under the bed from the noise of the firecrackers (and larger explosive devices.)
I’m just hoping that the outside of my building was not constructed with anything flammable — one never knows until it is too late.
It’s important to be safe [...]
This short but sweet China law advice from a Canadian lawyer at the Trade Lawyers Blog really says it all. I’m going to use it in the future.
I have told many clients, the laws of China are different than the laws of their home jurisdiction (e.g., Canada). What may not get you into trouble [...]
The Year of the Tiger is set to deliver gains to investors, but also volatility and it may be a boon for precious metals, according to feng shui analysis by CLSA. The brokerage firm is careful to characterize its report as “tongue-in-cheek,†but the fact is that many investors and business [...]
I seem to be criticizing the Obama administration’s China policy a lot lately. I am not doing this because I harbor any hostility towards Obama or the Democrats. Quite the contrary.
But recent decisions made by the White House and disclosures about how the China team is being utilized in the making of U.S. China policy [...]
Everyone knows the notorious Silk Market, Beijing’s famous knock-off market that has been held up for years as a haven for IPR infringement. IP owners and foreign governments (particularly the EU in recent years) have repeatedly banged their heads against the wall trying to get the market’s retailers to clean up their act.
A year or [...]
Well, not exactly. This post from Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing is quite entertaining, though.
A criminologist from England’s University of Leicester claims his research shows that UK burglars are switching to mugging because cheap Chinese imports have crashed the market for used DVD players and other pawnables:
“Cheap labour in China has had an impact on [...]
Hmm, no one would have expected that.
The US was today spearheading a diplomatic campaign to overcome ÂChinese opposition to further sanctions aimed at Iran and its Revolutionary Guards in a renewed push following Tehran’s decision to Âproduce uranium almost six times more Âenriched than its existing stockpile.
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A very good article in the LA Times on the China health care system. The article describes one rural family’s struggle to get quality care as members travel to Beijing and wait in long queues at Beijing Union hospital. The general conclusion: China’s move from socialized medicine to a more privatized model has led to [...]
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