China Readings for 2011-04-15

"Sinocism is the Presidential Daily Brief for China hands"- Evan Osnos, New Yorker Correspondent and National Book Award Winner

  • China’s Statistics Bureau Condemns Economic Data Leaks – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/hGY4zX #
  • Report That US-Financed Groups Had Supporting Role in Arab Uprisings Will Have Ramifications in China | Sinocism http://bit.ly/fPWZdj #
  • RedTech Advisors excellent powerpoint on Sina Weibo–Way of the Weibo http://bit.ly/eRPp3A $sina $bidu $sohu #
  • China Puts Brakes on High-Speed Trains – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/gbSQQ8 #
  • from perspective of chinese govt ny times confirming google & facebook helped train egyptian activists. bye bye facebook-baidu jv approval? #
  • Egyptian youth leaders attended 2008 tech meeting in New Yorks..Facebook, Google, MTV, Columbia Law School & State Department among sponsors #
  • "training/financing from International Republican Institute, the National Democratic Institute and Freedom House" #
  • were any of the american Internet firms like google, facebook or twitter involved in any aspect of the US government training? #
  • "key leaders of movements..trained by Americans in campaigning, organizing thru new media tools & monitoring elections http://nyti.ms/fTx8sC #
  • US-Financed Groups Had Supporting Role in Arab Uprisings-NYT http://nyti.ms/fTx8sC mayb Chinese govt & foreign plot rhetoric not far off? #
  • Youku is at 64 dollars. $yoku has a 6.7B market cap !!!!! http://bit.ly/h4jiW7 #
  • Political Overlords Shackle China's Monetary Mandarins – WSJ http://on.wsj.com/fDBzqd good thing 4 Chinese there isnt a Bernanke here $macro #
  • Banks Near Deal With SEC to Settle Fraud Charges Involving Toxic Mortgage Bonds http://on.wsj.com/fJSDKH slap on wrist, pennies on dollar #
  • Phil Angelides Discusses America's Dual Justice System: One For Wall Street And One For Everyone Else | zero hedge http://bit.ly/fa0VFw #
  • Joe Morgenstern on the Hong Kong International Film Festival: Bullets, Love and Beijing's Heavy Hand – WSJ.com http://on.wsj.com/exkGLf #
  • Developing nations must end West's grain monopoly – GlobalTimes http://bit.ly/gOy4wV so where will china grow more? Afirca? Ukraine? Brazil? #
  • Popularity does not always rhyme with quality – GlobalTimes http://bit.ly/fIS8hC on the westerm media coverage of time travel ban #
  • Beijing refutes carrier claims – GlobalTimes http://bit.ly/dP8unl #
  • Tsinghua blunders at PR but succeeds over time in reality – GlobalTimes http://bit.ly/eKBm3c Tsinghua centennial celebrations soon #
  • China Daily-Ideological bias clouds Western views [over ai weiwei] http://bit.ly/hkHGIJ #
  • China Daily Calls for harsher penalties for food safety violators http://bit.ly/eK0D3Q #
  • China Daily-10 dead in killing spree in NE China http://bit.ly/iaasrV thankfully guns r illegal here..otherwise chaos #
  • Xinhua-"?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????" #
  • nasty xinhua comment–"arrest of DC mayor agains shows america's double standards" ???????????????_????_??? http://bit.ly/gNER6c #
  • beijing considering policies to suppress excessive rent increases????????????????? http://bit.ly/grGJlx rents soaring $macro #
  • ????????? ???????? http://bit.ly/eVpu9w Shanghai, Zhejiang govt rev increases exceed expectations, real estate crackdown 2 continue $macro #
  • poor and weak preying on the poor and weak, with tacit (or worse) cooperation of health bureau #
  • Health department official flips out during talk show | ChinaHush http://bit.ly/gT6jGh our ayi & husband were rippoed off by yitou last year #
  • Jefferson-in 1784, letter to Washington-argued that the foundation on which American justice must rest is "the denial of every preeminence." #
  • "while ordinary Americans, especially the poor and racial and ethnic minorities, are subjected to exactly the opposite treatment" #
  • "political and financial elites now enjoy virtually full-scale legal immunity for even the most egregious lawbreaking" #
  • 2-tiered justice system: illustration-Greenwald http://bit.ly/idxqUh US increasingly like China: rule of law subservient 2 Party (in power) #
  • Sen Durbin, Dimon, and interchange-Reuters http://reut.rs/gx3UGq Durbin dares to attack the "mendacious lobbying from Dimon and his minions" #
  • Moody's cuts China's residential property outlook | Credit Writedowns http://bit.ly/huzP6d #
  • ICBC’s Jiang Says China’s Growth to Keep Driving Down Bad Loans – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/edBh0Q #
  • CICC Says Global Banks Too Bullish on China's Stock Market as Pimco Buys – Bloomberg http://bloom.bg/eWBfQg #
  • Beijing Prime Office Rents Hit 10-Year High_English_Caixin http://bit.ly/i4Qke7 $macro #
  • Fundamental Difference Between The Soviet Union And China http://read.bi/euN5Py Chanos' comparison of China 2 USSR is sheer stupidity $macro #
  • how has google gotten away w not disclosing 2 shareholders & customers what was stolen in 2009 hacking that precipitated its China pullout? #
  • Is China's hard landing already happening? | Credit Writedowns http://bit.ly/fV1Y3Y slowing, still thinking can avoid hard landing $macro #
  • Amazon?In The Plex eBook: Steven Levy: http://amzn.to/eJwmTw just bought this new book on Google, China chapter fascinating #
  • u could spin some interesting conspiracy theories as 2 y google china execs are now getting jobs at people's daily search engine goso.cn #
  • 2.10-Former Google China Executive Liu Jun ?? Joins People's Daily Search Engine Goso.cn As Chief Scientist | DigiCha http://bit.ly/eHyDG6 #
  • Another Former Google China Veteran Joins People's Daily Search Engine Goso | Marbridge Consulting http://bit.ly/eOK7Zu #
  • UPDATE 1-China wealth fund denies reports of Spanish bank investment | Reuters http://reut.rs/eYRyVx $macro #
  • China's SWF CIC denies considering investing 9.3B Euros in Spanish banks ???????????????93???-????? http://bit.ly/igiQWC $macro #
  • SPECIAL REPORT – In cyberspy vs. cyberspy, China has the edge http://bit.ly/iewB0v #
  • Beijing rigged march real estate data 2 show huge price drop, 2 "prove" measures working ????????????????–????? http://t.co/Z5kyrlh #
  • Are There More China Bears Than Panda Bears? | Sinocism http://bit.ly/chMIeY from May 2010. #
  • Is Jim Chanos Right About A China Real Estate Bubble? | Sinocism http://bit.ly/9HHRMP on Chanos. 1 YEAR AGO $macro how r his shorts doing? #
  • The True Cost of Coal – China Coal Dust Storms: Toxic Wind | Greenpeace East Asia http://bit.ly/euJBz6 #
  • 'Lack of oxygen, not radiation, kills fish in south China' – People's Daily Online http://bit.ly/e8j5iM not sure comforting #
  • Website Leaks China's March CPI Figure: Rumored to be Up 5.3-5.4% YOY- Economic Observer News http://bit.ly/elVFRX #
  • China Policy Main Topic for the G-20 – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/i70MR2 #
  • Vancouver's Falun Gong show – The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/fOejCXnder how much FLG pays the protestors per day #

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