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China Continues to Hammer Away At Legitimacy
By banning trading virtual goods for real money. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
Major China Imports/Exports Drop
NYT – Economists had expected exports to rise 15 percent and imports to be up 12 percent compared with November 2007. But the data showed exports fell 2.2 percent from a year earlier and imports dropped 17.9 percent. Note the … Continue reading
China Growth Projects Down 2.5%
BBC – A few months ago, before the global financial crisis, it predicted the Chinese economy would grow by about 9%. China’s economy is expected to grow by 7.5% in 2009, according to the Bank. -Shlok Sign up for my … Continue reading
China Collapsing
Good rundown of what’s going on in-country. Now, that bargain is breaking down. Exports constitute nearly 40 percent of China’s GDP–far too high a figure. (By comparison, in the U.S., exports account for about 10 percent of GDP most years.) … Continue reading
How China Gamed Our Contracting System
WaTimes – China’s Ministry of State Security, the main civilian spy service, carried out the operations by setting up a Chinese translation service in Hawaii that represented itself as a U.S.-origin company. The ruse led to classified contracts with the … Continue reading