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July 15, 2005

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Daily linklets 15th July

The origins of Chinese characters.
The French in Hong Kong and local nationalism. Seriously, if you're not reading that site everyday, what's wrong with you?
Research guides to Chinese law.
There's no such thing as a free lunch, but in Hong Kong there are free newspapers. ESWN notes a survey of expats the evaluate's English language news quality in 14 countries (under Brief Comments...they need permalinks, ESWN!) China, Taiwan and Hong Kong are all surveyed.
The top 10 most shameful quotes from modern China.
How the cops caught Taiwan's top gangster.
Chinese kids are learning honest is not the best policy.
Hong Kong's newest credit card rating agency (using the cuteness scale).
You can't get good sushi in Honkers.
The link between the yuan and oil.
AP has a Gloria/Philippines wrapup and notes Subic Bay is being abandoned again.
Fons joins the SCMP bashing game (it's easy to play!), calling out its overestimate on Chinese blogs.
90% of HK employees have job related health problems. They include hypothermia and frostbite.
Danwei called it: WAP porn hits mobile phones.
America gives G4 the finger. Check out the pictoral version.
The accupuncturist, his wife, a business book and an advice site.
North Korea is worried about the internet spreading South Korean popular culture: If theyâ€™re so worried about decadent and bizarre fashions, how come the country is being run by a guy with teased, bouffant hair who wears high heels and those thoroughly butch work overalls?
Google is taking sides on the Dokto/Takeshima Islands.
The direct and indirect influences of the Great Firewall.
If things don't work out, you can always think about becoming a Mumbai rat catcher.
China's economy is slowing down.
(13:30) A Chinese general mentions the nuclear option over Taiwan. As in the good old days of the Cold War, the only way to generate Mutually Assured Destruction is to form a credible threat that you will use your nukes in your enemy's mind, thus forcing a stalemate so long as you think your enemy is as mad as you. Dr Strangelove is laughing. Jing naturally has some interesting thoughts on the matter. If you read what the general says, his statements are crazy. That's what MAD relies upon. Will wants to know the Chinese for "loose cannon".
(17:00) The dismal science strikes again: the freakonomics of love.
Things the Mongols got right: they ranked mandarins just below prostitutes but above beggars.
And finally in the way too weird category, a study has shown a man's breast can sooth a crying baby.

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Comments:

Simon, thanks as always for the Daily Linklets.

Did you see that article "Foreign investment slips on rising costs" in the China section of today's Weekend Standard? It sort of adds to The Coming China Crunch post you had yesterday.

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/
std/China/GG14Ad01.html

posted by: Martyn on 07.15.05 at 03:03 PM [permalink]

Thanks Martyn. There's also a linklet today about China's slowing economy. It's all happening, but people haven't woken up to it yet. The nail in the coffin, so to speak, will be a summer revaluation of the yuan, just as growth slows and when it's least needed. But the revaluation has never been about economics.

posted by: Simon on 07.15.05 at 03:13 PM [permalink]