Archives:
Asia

ideas, thoughts, articles, news, tools, and information related to Asia, China, India, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia countries.

Startup, dropout: The China tech IPO boom is only beginning

By Bill Powell, Fortune, Investors are pitching the Zuckerberg-Gates-Google model of college-kid startups at China’s prestigious universities. And the kids are […]

China’s Manufacturing Slowest in 9 Months, New Orders Suggest Manufacturing May Have Already Peaked; Australia Biggest GDP Drop in 20 Years

From globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com, By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, Weak economic reports in the US, Europe, Australia, and China tell the same story: […]

China to Clean Up Toxic Local Government Debt?

From nakedcapitalism.com site, Yves Smith, This report by Reuters, suggesting that China was about to Do Something about its local […]

China’s Real-Estate Developers Struggle with Debt; Servicing China’s Total Debt Load is Problematic; Dramatic Slowdown in China Coming

By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, Mish Economic Analysis Blog, Inquiring minds are digging deeper into China’s bank credit bubbles, fixed asset […]

Is Renren Finally Getting Worth a Second Look?

From 247Wallst site, Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) has been an absolutely brutal initial public offering.  Since “The Facebook of China” […]

Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS

by Tom Arup AN INDEPENDENT carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, should be set up to oversee a carbon […]

China’s bid for man-made sun

by David Stanway Duan and his state-funded team of scientists are on a quest for the Holy Grail of nuclear […]

Asia Seeks to Diversify Record Foreign-Exchange Reserves as Dollar Falls

Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank, said Asia needs to use its reserves more productively regardless of […]

Tech in China: Worth the Risk?

Some of tech’s largest companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG), and Yahoo (YHOO) have expanded into China with hopes of […]

U.S.-Pakistani Relations Beyond Bin Laden

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The past week has been filled with announcements and speculations on how Osama bin Laden was […]