"Sinocism is the Presidential Daily Brief for China hands"- Evan Osnos, New Yorker Correspondent and National Book Award Winner
- China Daily-Chinese police establishes nationwide computerized information network http://bit.ly/guuiDY harder and harder to hide #
- "War planners argued new bomber needed 2 fly deep inside China if Beijing were 2 begin firing salvos of asat missiles" http://bit.ly/ggDaZV #
- China’s Amphibious Power | Flashpoints http://bit.ly/g3z4Gq #
- front page people's daily article on how China's new missiles will bring peace-????,????-???? http://bit.ly/gsdci0 #
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- Hawaiian Airlines Drafts More Asia Flight Plans – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/gISfPl hope adds direct China flights #
- Drought-Hit Wheat in China to Recover Even as Some Losses `Irreversible' – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/e3LenG #
- FT – Why the Chinese are not inspired by Egypt http://bit.ly/fQ7bug #
- China Revises Property Indexes-WSJ http://on.wsj.com/fIqBoj like US Fed deciding 2 no longer publish M3 data. manipulation convergence #
- China Daily-7,743 die of AIDS on the mainland in 2010 http://bit.ly/fc9wz8 #
- China daily-VOA, BBC cease radio shows into China http://bit.ly/e7eQOv do they broadcast thru the Internet? #
- China Daily-Miners seek justice in Xian for black lung disease http://bit.ly/fdNosZ #
- Tracing the Myth of Vice President Xi Jinping of China – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/g142IA #
- "Western guise serves a purpose. It camouflages what the state sector really is:“a patronage system centered on the Party’s nomenklatura” #
- China’s Oligarchs Tighten Grip, W Assist From Goldman: Books – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/hljOgN Red Capitalism http://amzn.to/gVVpR6 #
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- says the Groupon Germans put Gaopeng.com online without Tencent's approval, Tencent took it offline http://bit.ly/i4eW35 #
- 21CBH says Groupon-Tencent in standoff, Groupon China JV may collapse ??“??”??? Groupon??????_21??? http://bit.ly/i4eW35 #
- China Blocks U.S. Push on Web Freedom – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/htclLg #
- Difficult journey to visit a Chinese human rights lawyer – CNN.com http://bit.ly/hK47yg video #
- Rents continue to soar in China's top-tier cities – People's Daily http://bit.ly/fxIQI1 new rules likely will make Beijing's jump even more #
- interesting front page page editorial in today's People's Daily on issues around "social justice" http://t.co/Xy5y5z0 ????????????? #
- Mystery Clouds Belgium Collector’s Sale of Chinese Art- WSJ http://on.wsj.com/gSjiQY needs money. weight watchers fortune #
- FT Alphaville » China’s yuan-child policy http://bit.ly/hbhYQB rmb rate partially due to gender imbalance? #
- Beijing issues new rules to limit house purchase – People's Daily Online http://bit.ly/hZGVpr #
- Egypt’s Autocrats Exploited Internet’s Weaknesses – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/hsFK6t #
- Full text of the new beijing real estate policies. This will bite ????????????? http://bit.ly/fYambR #
- Correct link for summary of new beijing real estate rules ????????15??? ?????????????-????? http://bit.ly/hh7OMY #
- New beijing housing rules out ??“???”????? ????????? http://bit.ly/evxLrH #
- http://bit.ly/ecy80T "don’t think China’s at risk of inflationary blowout-Andrew Batson, research director GaveKal-Dragonomics. #
- China’s Provinces: Rebalancing? What Rebalancing? – WSJ http://on.wsj.com/eCq8S9 Tom Orlick a contributor or now at WSJ? #
- Vladimir Putin 'has £600 million Italianate palace' – Telegraph http://bit.ly/gktNzL #
- Vengeful wife spreads sex photos of hubby & mistress-Ministry of Tofu http://bit.ly/hzI4jM no wonder microsoft has decent China sales NSFW #
- Real Estate News: Chinese Firms Join in Bahamas Development – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/fRsl3f $3.4B #
- Banks Demand Bigger Down Payments – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/fyTODs still a fraction of down payments required in China #
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Gotta remember that a patronage system for the nomenklatura is absolutely necessary; you cannot euthanize the rentier without expecting political blowback. The support of the nomenklatura for social and economic change is contingent on giving them escape routes; you can eliminate the least competent segments of the nomenklatura over time, but threatening the privileges of the entire party elite in one fell swoop is a recipe for political instability.
Of course, the opposite is just as likely as to be true; giving unqualified party elites a way to preserve their privileges is fine in the short-term, but if it becomes a long-term policy direction this will lead to corruption and political and economic inefficiencies as they use their political power to protect what they do not deserve and structures that no longer contribute to society.
Gotta remember that a patronage system for the nomenklatura is absolutely necessary; you cannot euthanize the rentier without expecting political blowback. The support of the nomenklatura for social and economic change is contingent on giving them escape routes; you can eliminate the least competent segments of the nomenklatura over time, but threatening the privileges of the entire party elite in one fell swoop is a recipe for political instability.
Of course, the opposite is just as likely as to be true; giving unqualified party elites a way to preserve their privileges is fine in the short-term, but if it becomes a long-term policy direction this will lead to corruption and political and economic inefficiencies as they use their political power to protect what they do not deserve and structures that no longer contribute to society.