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April 20, 2005

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Daily linklets 20th April

More updates on the Japan/China tensions post.
Memo to organisers of Hong Kong's WTO protests in December: for a lesson in getting Government involvement, try the recent anti-Japan riots in China.
The Peak is only the 5th most expensive neighbourhood in the world. I'm sure if the Government got involved we could do better.
Some other names the Pope considered. And Jeff Harrell has some shocking breaking news from Rome.
Tyler Cowen warns against using tariffs to force a Chinese revaluation of the yuan. He could have gone further: a revaluation will do little to cure America's trade imbalances but have wide ramifications for one of the only economies generating significant growth at the moment. Dinocrat notes the link between the bad loans problem and a currency revaluation. Matthew Yglesias warns on a bidding war for the dumbest American policy on China.
Larry Kudlow also examines the China mess, saying America's China policies aren't helping the current tensions. He also notes the lack of a clear or strong China policy as US foreign policy is otherwise distracted.
The purchasing power parity myth in China.
Look out Oprah, here come bloggers.
Rusty interviews the family of Roy Hallums, an American civil contractor in Iraq being held hostage.
It's not a Singaporean casino, it's an integrated resort.
Now I know I've made it: this blog was blocked in China for a few days. Thankfully the block has been lifted, so let the subversion continue.
Daniel Starr on forces for democracy and the piano wire theory of China's fate.
Huichieh reflects on the power of blogging after the Singapore CZ affair and has proposed running web symposiums, which sounds very much like the various Carnivals that float around.
(13:38) Even Hong Kong's police are getting into the outsourcing game. If we can get mainland police to work here, think how much the Government could save!
Christ is back and she's Chinese. From the SCMP:
Eastern Lightning, sometimes called the Church of Almighty God, is a fast-growing cult that is believed to have attracted up to a million followers in rural areas across the mainland. Its teachings, which include asking followers to worship a middle-aged woman surnamed Deng as the female Christ, was banned on the mainland along with the Falun Gong in 1999...Its beliefs mix elements of Chinese nationalism with religion, claiming God has been reincarnated among Chinese people and will conquer the west.
Eastern Lightning believes the apocalypse is at hand and the "final Christ" is here to judge the world.
Some let Benedict XVI know, quick! They sound like a charming mob. Also a report from Time back in November 2001 - who I note stole my headline.
Now it's Malaysia's turn for a blog scandal: Hustlergate and the fake Kenny (NSFW but very funny), although The Hustler Diaries has now shut down.
Life in Russian gulags wasn't so good for the Japanese and Koreans. Then again it wasn't good for anyone.
(18:28) Can you see the Great Wall from space? Snopes says no. We report. You decide.
Wild elephants on the run in Seoul.
The water crisis in North China.

posted by Simon on 04.20.05 at 06:38 PM in the Daily linklets category.

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Comments:

It could've been a general munu block you know. But then, you're probably the nail in munu that sticks out most prominently, so yah, I guess they are gunnning after you. Congratulations. ;)

posted by: Kelvin on 04.20.05 at 12:31 PM [permalink]

I'm not aware of any other Munu sites that focus on China and would be block-worthy. But who knows?

I just thought I'd note it as a sign I'm doing something right ;-)

posted by: Simon on 04.20.05 at 12:36 PM [permalink]

That Eastern Lightning stuff - not another Taiping Rebellion in the making is it? Didn't turn out too well, apparently.

posted by: Fabian on 04.20.05 at 04:36 PM [permalink]

That depends, Fabian. I seem to recall the Little Brother at the head of the rebellion at the end was engaging in orgies and drinking himself stupid. It only took about 20 million deaths along the way.

posted by: Simon on 04.20.05 at 05:05 PM [permalink]