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September 09, 2005

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Daily linklets 9th September

Happy birthday, Paul Chater.
The economics of Super Girl, China's TV talent search phenomena.
China's nuclear power industry is booming, but what to do with the nuclear waste?
Engrish: a labour of love, popular for the wrong reasons.
China's next manned spaceflight is weeks away. A momumental waste of money.
Debating China's peaceful rise as America's military again questions China's military buildup.
The Jin's are getting married...in Jerusalem in an Orthodox Jewish wedding. They are descendants of the 1,000 year old Jews of Kaifeng.
North Korea allegedly uses Bank of China accounts to funnel money.
Giggle at Philip Cunningham's Open Letter to Hu Jintao.
The Lee Kuan Yew interivew in Der Spiegal has set off a lot of China discussion. There's a "deep historical" view of Chinese expansionism (via Jonathan Dresner, who comments on expanionism vs. expansion). Michael Lotus/Lexington Green argues for more engagement, trade and deterence. Thomas Barnett replies with a more optimistic view of American parternship with China.
Japan is wasting a valuable asset: its women.
Todd Crowell looks at the response after the Kobe '95 earthquake and its similarities to New Orleans, today.
Logan Wright is sceptical of the ability of China's banking reforms to fix its financial system, and he notes a pipeline of more bad loans to come.
(16:41) Hong Kong again tops the Cato's Economic Freedom poll, one seemingly designed to make small Asian city-states perpetual winners, despite those cities being dominated by oligopolies and the Government. Dan Drezner notes an intriguing finding about the relationship between economic and other freedoms.
Evaluating the RMB revaluation - the conclusions are the longer term problems are capital account restrictions and a far from market economy. Brad Setser asks if the Alan Greenspan free put option extends to China.
Thomas Barnett intoduces Michael Pillsbury, a key China hawk in the US government, and contrasts his views on China with Robert Zoellick.

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Two birds with one stone: how to solve the Iran and Japan nuclear problem
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Pillsbury's logic flaws
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