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Fright of the Day: Justice Breyer Argues Value of American Judges Consulting Foreign Law
It is a scary day in June when a justice of the United States Supreme Court insists upon the value of looking to foreign law and practice as an aid in the interpretation of American law.
Curiously, Justice Breyer, in yesterday’s brief defense of this argument at Brookings, adapts the shabby and insubstantial construct of “displacement,” [...]
Inflation picking up speed
From Bloomberg.
This article sums up nicely the inherent dangers when inflation begins to rise at rates like this.
China Inflation Quickens; Close to Fastest Since 1996
May 12 (Bloomberg) — China’s inflation accelerated to close to the fastest pace since 1996 as food prices soared and the government slowed gains by the yuan.
Consumer prices rose 8.5 percent [...]
EU Grant Opportunity for Training and Research in China
Editor’s Note: This grant appears to be a superb opportunity for “cultural immersion,” followed by hosted research. Click the link below to go to the EuropeAid page. On the left frame, select “By Country” from the drop down box. Then click the “Open” and “Grants” check boxes. The grant program will [...]
CNBC Interview: The Real China Price and Olympic Shutdowns
Last week, I was asked onto CNBC to discuss Inflation in China, energy price hikes, and the Olympic shutdown were the topics discussed.
I apologize for my lack of enthusiasm, and a few mumbled words…..but it was really early in the morning and the monitor was on a 5 second delay.
The intellectual weak point of the [...]
Who Is To Blame For Fat Chinese Kids? Who Will Be Blamed?
3 weeks ago my staff and I celebrated the opening of the new Wujiang Road food street. It was a great day as we had grown tired of all the other food, but when we got down there we realized that we should have eaten first and then gone down there.
3 Coffee shops - [...]
Chinese Pirates in Spanish Waters
Spanish Police Crack Down on CD/DVD Piracy Operation Involving Chinese Labor
Spanish police have disrupted an organized criminal syndicate based in Madrid that was producing counterfeit CDs and DVDs on an industrial scale. The group operated burners that could produce 150,000 CDs and DVDs each day, worth an estimated €600,000 daily (US$ 920,577) or €219 million [...]
Chinese Corruption and School Construction — No Longer A Suitable Media Topic
Here is Caijing magazine’s attempt to explain in English the causes of the collapse of school buildings during the Sichuan earthquake. Yes, construction standards existed, goes the article, but weren’t implemented. That English language translation — intended to be the magazine’s face to the world — appears to be a compilation of several [...]
Direct Flights from Taiwan to Mainland China
In the mid-1980s, Taiwanese businessmen, at least those of a cautious nature, were too frightened to participate in the triangle trade （三角貿易）. That business moved product under the radar from Taiwan into China, when direct trade was prohibited with major consequences for Taiwanese (imprisonment and fines) and Chinese (who knows? execution, probably).
An [...]
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