We suggest checking out the following links: The Atlantic: The Connection Has Been Reset – James Fallows has a great article on the mechanics, thinking and social factors that make the GFW what it is The Australian: Myth of China’s new middle class – Review of a new book that says: “They are quite unlike […]
Category: This Week in China
Lots of rumors about the long-awaited telecom restructuring this month. Interestingly, it was sparked by a Credit Suisse report that cited Yang Hua, sec-gen of the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance, as saying that the central government could announce a decision on 3G licensing “within days.” According to Reuters, the report also said the State Council would […]
The Editors suggest checking out the following links: Cleantech.com: An inside tour of PARC’s cleantech projects – Liquid fuels from air, phosphor-based LED lighting, membrane-less water filtration – the cutting-edge of cleantech at the Palo Alto Research Center Cleantech.com: Challenging silicon’s grip on solar – Interview with Jin Zhang, who’s developed a new thin-film solar […]
Black swans are a part of life. They are the term given by trader and author Nassim Nicholas Taleb to the unexpected, random, unpredictable events that disrupt models and forecasts, and make fools about economists and analysts. SARS was a black swan, and so was 9/11. So are SocGen’s troubles and Obama’s surge. Who could […]
The Editors suggest checking out the following links: Seeking Alpha: Book Review: Jim Rogers’ ‘A Bull in China’ – Shaun Rein rightly points out problems with Jim Rogers’ latest book. Here Comes Everybody: Confucius meets web 2.0 – Ken Carroll announces that the government’s Confucius Institutes – Chinese-language learning centers around the world – are […]