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July 12, 2005

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Daily linklets 12th July

Escape from your cubicle...a picture book for adults.
Someone's going to need some glasses, all for the sake of a dubious world record (via Mia).
America wants greater access to China's markets, saying Chinese firms have full access to American markets. Really? Someone should ask CNOOC.
Meet Eddie Beaver from the USS Kitty Hawk.
I don't know how she finds it, but SF has chicken suits.
With the 600th anniversary of Zheng He's naval adventures comes news of Kenyans of Chinese descent.
Sina's giving Skinhua a run for its money (NSFW).
Younghusband notes three interesting pieces of news from Japan, China and Iran.
Condi Rice's skipping of the ARF is a shot in the foot for US influence in SE Asia and a natural boon for China's.
China's military modernization plans.
Bryan Caplan's never met a Hong Kong libertarian and notes a survey saying the city has paid only lip service to being laissez-faire (although in a followup post he gets a couple of pointers). He says the lack of democracy under British rule was a key component in Hong Kong's ascent. It might also be that the world's "free-est" economy is anything but. There are libertarians here, but they are a tiny minority. One problem with Caplan's theory - people vote on far more than just economic issues. Indeed economic issues have rarely been a bone of contention in recent Hong Kong politics. Hopefully I'll come back to this one.
New Hong Kong blogs: Hong Kong mess and Exponential Cringe.
(14:00) And the winner of t-shirt of the year is...
Gweilos, turn "they all look the same" to your advantage.
Convinced the Chinese economic miracle is here to stay? Chinese companies don't share your confidence.
Chinese prison labour is profitable.

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Comments:

Simon, it behooves me to regretfully inform you that Sina has not quite outdone Xinhua on the flesh factor quite yet. As I mentioned at the Peking Duck, the woman on the picture isn't quite a woman. Thats a transgendered man. :)

posted by: Jing on 07.12.05 at 08:06 PM [permalink]

Hey, I'm non-discriminatory...as is Sina.

posted by: Simon on 07.12.05 at 08:10 PM [permalink]