Readings for 2010-04-17

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

  • Rabobank: Merrill Committed Similar Fraud to Goldman With a Magnetar-Sponsored CDO « naked capitalism http://bit.ly/cvtIk0 #
  • Pecora Moment-Baseline Scenario http://bit.ly/coKtL7 pulls no punches on hank paulson, john paulson, and goldman sachs. MUST READ #
  • RT @jakeadelstein: ???A yakuza boss, an ex-boss,& a journo get in an elevator. Who presses the button? Find out: http://bit.ly/doRAfP #
  • After Getting Bailed Out By US Taxpayers, General Electric Pays No Taxes | zero hedge http://bit.ly/bz3Uok #
  • Face cream ‘made from breast milk could cure teenage acne’, study claims – Telegraph http://bit.ly/doltWo can c the factories now #
  • Taiwan’s Navy: Able to Deny Command of the Sea? – The Jamestown Foundation http://bit.ly/asOFAA No #
  • Icelandic Eruptions May Disrupt Air Travel for Months- Bloomberg http://bit.ly/9OSDXp China better hurry up and build that train 2 Europe #
  • Karzai’s State Visit Highlights Beijing’s Afghan Priorities – The Jamestown Foundation http://bit.ly/akwqXv #
  • Syria in China’s New Silk Road Strategy – The Jamestown Foundation http://bit.ly/9T7bRs #
  • china needs 2 stop hk banks from issuing <2.5% USD mortgages 4 people buying homes in prc #
  • Fund Managers, Regulators Clash over ‘Rat’ Trap_Caixin http://bit.ly/b6ZmTJ frontrunning & inside trading a problem in China fund industry #
  • Simon Johnson and James Kwak talk financial reform on Bill Moyers Journal http://to.pbs.org/aVIzLq highly recommend #
  • Many Puzzled by Israel’s iPad Ban – WSJ.com http://bit.ly/9ER18A what would the outcry look like if China did this? #
  • Rise and Fall of Frank Ma, Last Asian Godfather-NYTimes “downfall of the last of New York’s Chinese gangsters” http://nyti.ms/cyjSQ1 #
  • Goldman fall guy – NYPOST http://bit.ly/90O941 mayb SEC starting w Fabrice Tourre, hoping he will squeal on higher ups 4 a deal $gs #
  • Demystifying lower tier China: Tangshan highlights | China Youth Watch by China Youthology ??? http://bit.ly/cFXB88 #
  • Bribery pays: court reveals iron ore corruption-Rio’s “Wang received that 3m RMB cash in a shopping centre parking lot” http://bit.ly/drmTra #
  • Paulson Got Goldman 2 Put Together Mortgage Securities-WSJ “Bear Stearns Cos. turned down the business” http://bit.ly/dh8uMg #
  • China-Mother of All Black Swans-Vitaliy Katsenelson-April 2010 http://bit.ly/cs7Q2i part of China Bear echo chamber, not well-informed $$ #
  • Goldman’s Fall From Grace-Gasparino-“only confirms what every1 suspected: They play dirty” http://bit.ly/coaOgk #
  • Beijing Blog about star costs ‘Big Mouth’ 100,000 yuan fine http://bit.ly/cnuSXi #
  • Implications of Kyrgyzstan Revolt on China’s Xinjiang Policy – Jamestown Foundation http://bit.ly/aW9mt2 #
  • The ‘China ate my jobs’ fallacy-Shadow Government “ought 2 revalue, shouldnt b seen as major US jobs program” http://bit.ly/aNFoyL / dead on #
  • China Starts New Bureau to Police Web Traffic – NYTimes http://nyti.ms/dkyqEA upgraded focus on social media h/t@granitestudio #
  • RT @vshih2: My full take of Premier Wen’s essay on Hu Yaobang along w text of Wen’s ps and Zeng Qinghong’s speech in 05 http://bit.ly/diBsq5 #
  • RT @limlouisa: My piece on return of a literally priceless collection of coins to China (or y US museums losing out) http://n.pr/126050356 #
  • @zerohedge Dow Jones wrong on Hu Jintao & RMB. language not new http://bit.ly/a1QjG0 ????????????????????????????????? http://bit.ly/cyPYx4 #
  • Goldman’s Abacus lies @felixsalmon $gs http://bit.ly/dqPuOU #
  • Bribery pays: court reveals iron ore corruption “JOHN GARNAUT” http://bit.ly/drmTra #
  • Garnaut- Just what is a Chinese commercial secret remains a secret http://bit.ly/aSJkfB #
  • Banks That Bundled Bad Debt Also Bet Against It – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cljTwf DEC story that mentions Fabby Fabrice Tourre $gs #
  • Geithner Letter Could Steer Derivatives Debate Away From Ban on Banks – WSJ http://bit.ly/aKeWOx Geithner still hoping 4 Goldman Vice Chair #
  • Roubini Global Economics – Unpacking China’s Trade Deficit http://bit.ly/a9B3mE #
  • RT @China_Daily: Quake hoax in N China under probe http://tinyurl.com/y6787xz //Baotou #
  • Norris: Low Rates Good for Banks, but Pity the Saver – NYTimes. http://nyti.ms/bmt88T robbing the masses 2 bail out the banksters #

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