October 19, 2008

Random China Factoid du Jour

Speaking of China, here is my favorite little-known China factoid: Despite being roughly the same distance from east-to-west as the U.S. -- about 5,000 km -- all of China shares the same timezone. There is something winningly Mao-ist about the...

The Great Crash of China

I'll confess to being something of a (short-term only) sino-bear, so this piece from the Far Eastern Economic Review a few weeks ago on China's looming economy troubles perhaps over-fits my biases, but it's still worth reading. The gist: Bryan...

Sneak Peek at Weekend Reading

Here is a sneak peek at some links from my weekly Weekend Reading column over at TheStreet.com: OPEC meeting this week, and a 1-million barrel cut may not be enough to stop falling prices (AP) Dissecting how credit rating agencies...