Tag Archives: China

More on China’s Housing Bubble

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Lawrence Person

Last week I mentioned that China’s Housing bubble is already worse than America and Japan’s respective bubbles. Today the Wall Street Journal provides even more confirmation: It’s impossible to say definitively that a market has strayed into bubble territory until … Continue reading →

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Interesting Piece on Korea, Japan, and China

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Lawrence Person

From Belmont Club. Covers not only the recent Korean artillery exchange, but also the strategic implications of China’s shipping lanes. Worth a read.

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Linkswarm for December 22, 2010

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Lawrence Person

A few bite-sized links of interest for the holiday season: Michael Barone digs deeper into the census data. Among the tidbits: Five of the seven states with no state income tax gained the most population, and the other two each … Continue reading →

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Current Death Estimate for the Great Leap Forward: 45 Million

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Lawrence Person

According to historian Frank Dikotter, who examined hundreds of documents across China from 2005-2009. Dikotter is author of Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962, which I haven’t read yet. But some of the descriptions of … Continue reading →

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EU: How about letting the yuan appreciate? China: How about you die in a fire?

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Lawrence Person

It’s not just the U.S. that believes China’s yuan is pegged artificially low. The EU is also complaining at the current EU-China summit, asking them to let the yuan appreciate 20-40% in value. China’s reply? Get stuffed. That’s not the … Continue reading →

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Liberals Double-Down on Arizona Racism Charges

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Lawrence Person

I previously mentioned liberal outrage at the Arizona border control bill, despite 61% of the nation approving of the same bill. But liberals doubled-down on the charges of racism, with numerous left-leaning locales calling for boycotts. Hell, Obama even apologized … Continue reading →

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How Many People Did Communism Kill?

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Lawrence Person

When I posted about making May 1st Victims of Communism Day, I was not at all surprised that some on the left would get their knickers into a knot over the very idea. However, I was surprised that one left … Continue reading →

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Is everything we think we know about China’s economy wrong?

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Lawrence Person

Could be. (By way of Instapundit.)

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