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Ai Weiwei, Gangnam Style
After some pretty broad attempts to connect China and Gangnam Style, I have an indisputable relationship: Ai Weiwei has come out with his own cover of the hit song and video. Pretty bad, but, hey, its Mr. Ai, and the …
More‘Dropping ”Mao Thought” Suggests Reform’: Vancouver Sun–Or Not
The Vancouver Sun (and other publications) notes that ‘Dropping ‘Mao thought’ suggests reform:Recent policy statements lack references to Marxist-influenced ideological leader’: The subtle dropping of references to late Chinese leader Mao Zedong from two policy statements over the last few …
MoreDebating China: President Obama and Governor Romney
In their third debate, this one about foreign policy, President Obama and Governor Romney spent about 15 minutes on China and related (sort of) issues. Ahead of the debate, Reuters presented ‘Four burning questions on China ahead of final debate …
More‘China Econtracker’: Wall Street Journal’s Great Tool
The Wall Street Journal’s ChinaRealTimeReport has a handy tool, the ‘China Econtracker.’ You can see graphs on key economic factors for one year or over time, by month or by year. As a bonus, you get the ChinaRealTime Twitter feed.
‘Foreign Affairs Focus: China’s Political Transition with Damien Ma’: Foreign Affairs
Excellent analysis by Damien Ma of the Eurasia Group, interviewed by Foreign Affairs, about: ‘…China’s political transition, economic slowdown, and social inequality. Ma unpacks U.S.-Chinese relations, the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Island dispute, and the potential economic consequences of the Chinese political …
More‘Putting Candidates’ Assertions of ”Getting Tough with China” in Context’: Ken Lieberthal Versus Gordon Chang
If you thought it’s just Obama-Romney and Biden-Ryan who disagree about everything this election season, have a look at the debate between Ken Lieberthal of Brookings and Gordon Chang of The Coming Collapse of China fame. They faced off on …
MoreEvan Osnos: Masterful Interview on Charlie Rose
Evan Osnos of the New Yorker did a great interview on Charlie Rose on October 15. He began with a few minutes about his excellent 9 page post on the Wenzhou rail disaster, ‘BOSS RAIL: The disaster that exposed the underside …
MoreChina Q3 GDP: What The Experts Say
Well, at 7.4%, China’s Q3 GDP could have been worse–and it could have better, as I had predicted. (Wang Tao of UBS contends that the Bureau of Statistics added wrong this quarter–actual Q3 growth: 7.6%). Still one quarter to go. …
More‘Guangdong Official Admits To Murdering Billionaire Long Liyuan With Poisoned Cat Soup’: Follow Up
On February 18, I posted ‘Chinese Tycoon Murder By Cat Meat Hotpot.’ Here’s Colbert’s video about the death: An actual news video: And, here’s the follow up from the Shanghaiist: When billionaire forestry mogul Long Liyuan died suddenly in December 2011, many …
More‘In Reversal, Cash Leaks Out of China’:WSJ
For a long time it’s felt as though Chinese were spending a lot of money overseas. But, was it just feeling, or was this really happening? The Wall Street Journal, in ‘In Reversal, Cash Leaks Out of China’, follows China’s …
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