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China’s Financial Markets

The problem with Red Capitalism, it seems, is its insular nature that lends itself to corruption: State debt appears to be quite low by international standards (just under 20% of GDP) but when all government obligations are lumped together, the authors … Continue reading

01. March 2011 by Shlok Vaidya
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More China Faking Legitimacy

Cory – Chinese entrepreneurs are renting random white guys to pretend to be visiting businessmen, and to lend an aura of general Being Connected to the West to business meetings, conferences and receptions: -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

15. June 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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What’s Going To Hinder Chindia?

Hilarious. The Economist asked a bunch of CEO’s what would hinder India’s growth vs. China’s. You can see black swans (for them anyway) forming where there is white space on the right side of this graph. Via Kedrosky (who is … Continue reading

11. February 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Minxin Pei

In the words of an old mentor: “If you aren’t reading Minxin Pei on China, you’re wrong.” -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.

03. February 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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Atoms vs Bits

Joel Johnson of Gizmodo doesn’t think Chris Anderson is onto anything. To that end he points out how Anderson needs China which needs the traditional factory model to achieve the scale that is competitive with traditional manufacturing practices. Anderson doesn’t … Continue reading

26. January 2010 by Shlok Vaidya
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