Investors Ignore Risks in Pursuit of Growth in China

By MELANIE LEE and CLARE BALDWIN | REUTERS, SHANGHAI — When the Chinese social networking site Renren goes public in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 May 11 | Posted in Asia, Stocks | Comments (0)

China’s Economy at an Inflection Point

Under its new five-year plan, China’s economy will shift away from reliance on export growth, write columnists Anil Gupta and […]

By Aidualc | 01 May 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Why Investors Stopped Worrying About Japan

For all the talk about animal spirits, the stock market can be a cold-blooded beast.   Take Japan. The situation […]

By Aidualc | 30 Apr 11 | Posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China’s 9.7% GDP–No Easy Answer n Inflation

China’s GDP rose 9.7% in the first quarter. The nation’s consumer prices rose 5.4% in March compared to the same […]

By Aidualc | 27 Apr 11 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

China and the End of the Deng Dynasty

By Matthew Gertken and Jennifer Richmond, Stratfor, Beijing has become noticeably more anxious than usual in recent months, launching one […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Apr 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Commodities and the global economy after QE2 – Simon Hunt

By Simon Hunt, Simon Hunt says, 2012 will see a new round of money printing by the Fed resulting in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Innovation, Espionage, and Chinese Technology Policy

  Innovation, Espionage, and Chinese Technology Policy Prepared statement by Adam Segal Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and […]

By Aidualc | 22 Apr 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

More Foreigners Snapping Up Foreclosed Property

By Jonathan Beer, 247 wall st site, Foreigners purchased about $41 billion worth of residential property in 2010, accounting or […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Y2K=QE2

From http://www.marketanthropology.com site, History shows us that each bubble needs a tragic muse. The Nasdaq Bubble had both the allure […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Apr 11 | Posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America | Comments (0)

BRICS Make Move to Shove Dollar Aside

by David Marsh, Market Watch, China and four other leading high-growth economies have taken landmark steps toward lowering the importance […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Apr 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)