Readings for 2010-04-15

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

  • RT @ChinaHush: Villagers defend their homes against Demolition squad’s fire extinguishers http://bit.ly/cafDpd/ Yanqing,Beijing #
  • Another Top Fed Official Calls For U.S. To Break Up Megabanks – http://goo.gl/aCbC #
  • Shanghai Scrap » Orphans and Woodcarvers: Shanghai’s Prodigal Memorial Gate Returns Home. – http://goo.gl/ipDp #
  • Gupta would b 2nd Goldman director who should b probed 4 insider trading, after Stephen Friedman-Friedmanism at the Fed- http://goo.gl/3zM8 #
  • Prosecutors Examine Trades by Galleon in Goldman Shares WSJ http://goo.gl/uL7V did x McKinsey head/current director Rajat Gupta tip? $gs #
  • “the more expensive the houses the more there are people buying” ????????? ????????_?????——?????? – http://goo.gl/jDam #
  • Update: China Tightens Rules On Home Buying On Bubble Fears | iMarketNews.com – http://goo.gl/2To5 $ej $cric $ctc #
  • China NBS: Price Pressures Build, Inflation Target Difficult | iMarketNews.com – http://goo.gl/8pwv #
  • Chinese Commodity Imports Way Up In March – http://goo.gl/XFfu #
  • Senegal offers China huge iron ore deal – People’s Daily Online – http://goo.gl/STsE #
  • Spitzer Calls NY Fed An ‘Absolute Sinkhole’ – WSJ – http://goo.gl/fHBG lucky 4 wall street spitzer whored himself in2 oblivion #
  • Beijing health authorities: “Don’t panic” despite HFMD death – http://goo.gl/taET #
  • Chinese Farmers con 140,000 yuan from German firm- http://goo.gl/IBYR germans deserved considering the $$ lost was “bribe” #
  • Resident stays put through frightening eviction battle – http://goo.gl/zxBP getting nasty in Yanqing, Beijing #
  • What’s Next for China’s Property Playground?_English_Caixin – http://goo.gl/J5Lj #
  • Bronte Capital: Kick-back on First Solar – http://goo.gl/5rWq lots in here about China solar industry, esp $tsl and $yge #
  • Where Home Is Really About Getting Away From It All – NYTimes.com – http://goo.gl/vu8L #
  • RT @baselinescene: Senator Kaufman Is Right, Senator McConnell Is Wrong. Any ?s http://bit.ly/9zcrjl #fb on financial reform #
  • “Harvard Medical International Associated Institution” Hospital Project – Beijing Tongzhou Investment – http://goo.gl/srUp #
  • going 2b a harvard medical center related facility in Beijing’s Tongzhou New City http://goo.gl/8NFQ http://goo.gl/v3He #
  • video on plans for Beijing’s Tongzhou New City. in Chinese, but lots of pics ???? 100406 ????????????? http://goo.gl/2Sq3 #
  • Report on Beijing’s Tongzhou New City Project. Still trying 2 find anything in English CRRC????????? – http://goo.gl/lwVC #
  • Reuters-Scandalous Lehman CME auction http://goo.gl/lEys “U can almost c money being sucked up the Goldman blood funnel, no?” #
  • RT @China_Daily: Around China: Explosion damages police station http://tinyurl.com/y6r5oxg #
  • RT @China_Daily: Execs in melamine scandal beg for leniency http://tinyurl.com/y6dxsvx #
  • relocation compensation in Beijing’s Tongzhou > RMB 15k/m. @ 90% chose new apartments over cash ????????1.5? ????????? http://goo.gl/sG8l #
  • MIT Technology Review: China’s Internet Paradox – http://goo.gl/DIBe good piece. h/t @elliottng #
  • China Takes Lead in Buying Belgian Diamonds – WSJ.com – http://goo.gl/qCeW #
  • the bergsten foreign policy piece calling forRMB revaluation almost as harsh as Krugman’s writings http://goo.gl/TaBR #
  • Bernanke Steps Up Pressure 2 Revalue RMB-WSJ http://goo.gl/ApPK call 4 change in currency policy as IMF says revaluing wouldnt crimp growth #
  • Hu Yaobang ???- Wikipedia – http://goo.gl/22wj #
  • China ’Power’ Over Metals for Smart Bombs Prompts US Hearing – Bloomberg.com – http://goo.gl/8Jae lots of $$ at stake #
  • Shanxi earthquake bureau expert predicted quake in general Yushu area/time frame, but lower magnitude “???????????” – http://goo.gl/hHQn #
  • on new light rail & relocation 4 Beijing’s Tongzhou New City ??????????? ?????????? – http://goo.gl/DRXo surprised no Western media mentions #
  • Ratigan Presents Financial Fraud For Dummies (Literally) | zero hedge – http://goo.gl/Ycgk #
  • Obama’s ‘deal’ with China is oversold-guardian.co.uk – http://goo.gl/bIBO Agree #
  • Beijing Key 2 Creating More U.S. Jobs-Bergsten http://goo.gl/CeC7 China’s unfair currency policies exporting unemployment all over world #
  • NSA director to testify at Senate hearing on cyber command unit – http://goo.gl/sgkW #
  • It’s Official: Our Defense System Is WAY Too Dependent On China For Resources – http://goo.gl/eaUx #
  • Goldman Sachs to Harry Reid: Back Off – http://goo.gl/CtCq Reid verbally harangued by several sr GS execs, including Gary Cohn himself #
  • The Role of the Internet in U.S.-China Relations – Brookings Institution – http://goo.gl/xTKo #
  • Health & Environmental Darkside of polysilicon/solar production ???????????????_??_????_??? – http://goo.gl/69mb #
  • Yushu Red Cross says 70% of schools collapsed ????????70%??????_??_??? – http://goo.gl/yU7v quake 20 mins after most schools started 4 day #
  • BI-Interview With Jim Chanos On China And The Construction Property Bubble – http://goo.gl/SHnp #
  • RT @mranti: RT @williamlong ??????“??”???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? #
  • release-Middlebury College and K12 Inc. To Create Online Language Learning Business – http://goo.gl/XQgo start w french & spanish #
  • K12-Middlebury’s partner for Middlebury Interactive Languages – http://goo.gl/o6c8 Midd investing $4m for a 40% stake #
  • Middlebury to Develop Online Language Venture w K-12- NYTimes http://goo.gl/Z5Xt assume Chinese will b 1 of languages #
  • Steven Pearlstein – In hindsight, Geithner looks good. In foresight, he doesn’t. – http://goo.gl/AlwF #

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