Sec of State Clinton on Internet Freedom
Interesting excerpts. See the State Dept for full text. Clinton was very considerate of official Chinese reaction to the speech, and pointed out that the USA can’t really force China’s hand in this...
View ArticleState of the People’s Republic
From President Obama’s State of the Union address. We can’t afford another so-called economic “expansion” like the one from the last decade — what some call the “lost decade” — where jobs grew more...
View ArticleThe USA and Regional Security in Asia (Part 1)
In Does American Need a Foreign Policy, Henry Kissinger suggests that America’s best role in Asia is similar to the UK’s role in europe. A hostile Asian bloc combining the most populous nations of the...
View ArticleToday’s Pithy, Cautionary Note on Economic Trends – Politics – The Atlantic
Today’s Pithy, Cautionary Note on Economic Trends – Politics – The Atlantic: “Just now at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Bharat Balasubramanian — generally addressed as ‘Dr. Bharat,’ left — an engineering...
View ArticleAdAge: Why Google wants out of China
My buddy Kevin Erwin put article together back in March. Interesting read. Companies like General Motors have invested heavily to gain a foothold in China and only recently started to see profits....
View ArticleThe Fed: Enron’s “Raptors” for Government Finance
The Federal Reserve Balance sheet is to the Federal Government what Fastow’s Loss Hiding “Raptors” were to Enron Corporation. The Federal Government has a debt of at least $14.7 Trillion. Additionally,...
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The Economist for Free? Only in the Workers’ Paradise
Yesterday a friend of mine was telling me about a chinese website where the economist was translated each week by an army of Chinese volunteers. One of them subscribes to the magazine, and then the...
View ArticleRittenberg’s People’s Daily Article – April 8th 1967
Sidney Rittenberg came to China in 1944, after 2 years studying Chinese at Stanford. He lived in China from 1944 – 1949 (5 years) and was then imprisoned for 6 years (1949 – 1955). During the Cultural...
View ArticleChina Telecom “temp_box” Popup Ads 中国电信运营商投放广告
“China Telecom” high-speed Internet service in Shanghai is actually quite good, much better than anything else I’ve used in Mainland China during six years of extensive travel here, but I noticed ads...
View ArticleAmbassador Roy at AmCham Shanghai
Presentation focused on: Future of US China relationship. Comprehensive Measures of Intl Power vs Nations GDP. Physiological issues are bigger. Ambassador Roy also presented at the Shanghai Institute...
View ArticleBrookings: US-China Strategic Distrust
Very accurate review of Sino-US relations by the Brookings Institute. Brief (six minute) video. Kenneth G. Lieberthal, April 02, 2010 Although both Beijing and Washington consider the U.S.-China...
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M.I.A. – But I’m Back
Life has been very busy lately, so I haven’t had much time to write. The more I see, the less that I feel like writing about it. It seems that anything we write could always be used against at some...
View ArticleUS Steps up in Asia
The Obama administration has been talking about a “pivot back into Asia” for several months now, yet we have seen little evidence that the United States is prepared to challenge China in East Asia....
View ArticleBook Recommendations
Everyone Should Read The Red Queen (Ridley) The Blank Slate (Pinker) Influence: Phychology of Persuasion 7 Habits of Highly Effective People The E-Myth Demon Haunted World Everyone in Business Should...
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Finally an Apple Mail.app Alternative
Like everything else about Apple, Apple Mail is well past it’s high point. It may work OK if you’ve got a small Inbox, but if you’ve got many GB of messages, the app responds very slow, crashes often,...
View ArticleHow The World Works: List vs Smith
James Fallows, President Jimmy Carter’s chief speechwriter for two years was the youngest person ever to hold that job. Fallows has been a visiting professor at a number of universities in the U.S. and...
View ArticleThe Inevitable Police State
Since 2000, I’ve been closely following news releases from the ACLU, EFF, and updates regularly posted by Bruce Schneier. The civil liberties situation in the United States is tragic, and as the...
View ArticleInflation: Compounding the Lie
“He lied like a finance minister on the eve of a devaluation” -Warren Buffett What if all inflation numbers were a lie? What if the inflation number reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics pushed...
View ArticleThe Myth of Asia’s Miracle (Foreign Affairs 1994)
1994 Foreign Affairs article written by 2008 nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman holding the line on why the western economies have it right and why East Asia is appears important but will not...
View ArticleCapital Misallocation: Captain Philips
Of you haven’t seen Captain Phillips yet, get the bluray now. Tom Hanks does a fantastic job. Keeps you on the edge of your seat, rooting for the good guys. The idea of a ship flying an American flag...
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