Tumblr- "My heart goes out to the people living in hardship. In Sanhe Village of Liangshan in Sichuan..." January 4, 2019“My heart goes out to the people living in hardship. In Sanhe Village of Liangshan in Sichuan Province, I visited the families of two villagers from the Yi people. In Sanjianxi Village in Jinan City in Shandong Province, I sat down with the family of Zhao Shunli to hear about their day-to-day lives. In the Donghuayuan community in the city of Fushun in Liaon […]
- "AT A RECENT CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION, one of the assembled venture capitalists wondered aloud, while..." December 4, 2018“AT A RECENT CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION, one of the assembled venture capitalists wondered aloud, while discussing China, whether “democracy and capitalism are compatible.” This man clearly preferred the latter and seemed to consider China as practicing a particularly aggressive, and thereby enviable, form of it.” - Silicon Valley’s Chinese Dream | The Baffler […]
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- "My heart goes out to the people living in hardship. In Sanhe Village of Liangshan in Sichuan..." January 4, 2019
Category Archives: China
Back in the USA
Thanks to the Beatles for expressing these sentiments (amended (slightly)): Been away so long I hardly knew the placeGee, it’s good to be back homeLeave it till tomorrow to unpack my caseHoney reconnect the phone Now, after I convince T-Mobile … Continue reading
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The Wild, Wild West
From the 26th of May until the 3rd of June, I have been traveling with friends in Xinjiang. China’s northwest is dominated by Xinjiang, excuse me for the informality, by the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang is a majority minority … Continue reading
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Cliche Research Techniques
It has literally become a joke that foreign correspondents or others writing about China base all of their observations on taxi drivers. In fact, sometimes it is even funny. From Sinocidal: You’ve just arrived in your 5-Star room at the … Continue reading
Posted in cabs, China, inflation, research
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Welcome Back to Chinese Society
I have just returned from a productive but exhausting research trip to the countryside of Heilongjiang, China’s most northeasterly province. In one county, I was 200 km from the Russian border. More on the adventures will come. I just had … Continue reading
Posted in China, Heilongjiang, inequality
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Opaque Transparency Decision
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signed a regulation to improve government transparency on Tuesday. Various headlines about the move: Government-controlled China Daily:Statute to make government open, cleanWashington Post, 2007.04.24:China Announces Rules to Require Government DisclosuresNew York Times, 2007.04.25:China Sets Out to … Continue reading
Posted in China, land, politics, transparency
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Arable Land Statistics
This CCTV story gives official arable land losses of 300,000+ hectares in 2006.* I question these statistics. The central government has made maintenance of arable land a priority a few years ago. The change in the numbers was immediate: subnational … Continue reading
Posted in arable land, CCTV, China, farming, statistics, terraced farming
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Rags to Riches
Journalists: combining multiple threads of my interest is a nearly fool-proof way to make it onto this blog. Nearly is a necessary qualifier as you never know when I might be traveling for research or having family members join me … Continue reading
Posted in bubbles, China, growth, inequality, real estate, stock market
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