Hegemonic Warfare Watch: Drilling in the Senkakus
The Nelson Report (no link, have to subscribe) reports: SUMMARY: the long-simmering Japan-China contest over maritime sovereignty and resources in the Senkakus (Daiyou in Beijing and Taipei) reached a...
View ArticleIt is Completely Legal to Buy a Kidnapped Child in China
I had only been in China for a few months the first time someone told me I could buy a baby in China. I had told one of my new friends at our school in rural, northern Hunan about my dream of adopting...
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China’s Jam-Packed 70th Anniversary of World War II Logo – With No Panda
China unveils the logo for the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. Obviously, a...
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Former Taiwan President Slammed for Saying Senkakus Belong to Japan
During a visit to Japan on July 23, former Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui stated that the Senkaku Islands belong to Japan. The Senkaku Islands are also claimed by the People’s Republic of China (PRC)...
View ArticleWhy Short-Selling and Algorithmic Trading Can Help Reduce Volatility in...
Recent market turmoil has brought bombastic rhetoric and hand wringing from all corners about the state of modern financial markets. Whether it is the “volatility” or algorithmic trading that is...
View ArticleForget Syrian Refugees, America Should Take 300 Million Chinese Instead
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama should seriously discuss granting American citizenship to three hundred million Chinese. It would be a win-win-win solution to many problems....
View ArticleDigging Beneath the Surface of China’s Data: Retail Sales Edition
The book that most influenced my thinking about how to approach the Chinese economy is Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics by Yasheng Huang of MIT. More than the factual information, which is...
View ArticleBeijing Bans Rule of Law in Hong Kong, Few Notice
Hongkongers of a frail and nervous disposition swoon in disbelief as China’s top official in town declares that constitutional separation of powers does not apply in the city, and that the Chief...
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The Absurdity of the Chinese Stock Market
Photo: Bloomberg 21/09/2015 Investors checking up on the global markets will find a stock market index called the ‘Shanghai Composite’ located in China. The SSE Composite Index (‘the composite’) is...
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Shenzhen District Overtakes Hong Kong in GDP Per Capita
Just on the other side of Hong Kong’s northern border, and across a small river, lies Nanshan District. Fields and villages thirty years ago, the district has risen quickly, a model example of Deng...
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