Saturday, February 9, 2008

Posts of the Week: 2/3 - 2/9

Happy Spring Festival to y'all.

This has been one long week. Lots of excitement Stateside with the Super Tuesday. And, I just checked the current returns and it looks like Obama's currently ahead in Washington and Nebraska, and in a statistical tie in Louisiana.

In China even Warren Buffet would be a speculator at China Financial Markets
It's always nice when the government gives you the wink and the nod on buying and selling.

Establishing FICEs in China: Registration procedures explained at China Briefing
Forgive me, but I really really enjoy boring legal topics.

A couple of posts on the metals industry at Managing the Dragon
Jack Perkowski covers the latest for BHP, Rio Tinto, Alcoa, Chinalco, and Baosteel, and the implications for the China and world aluminum, steel and iron ore industries.

China's Five News at China Law Blog
Lots of fun stuff on China's 5 major legal changes.

Graphing China: Shanghai Moves Up the Value Chain at This is China! BLOG
While I think dry legal commentary is pretty neato, I really like graphs, charts and spreadsheets. This chart, by Bill Dodson, conveys a lot of information and it avoids misleading design.

Shanghai's Extreme Makeover at All Roads Lead to China
Interesting piece on constructing Pudong.

Gross imbalances at Free Exchange
I missed this last week, but this is Free Exchange's response to James Fallows's recent article in The Atlantic about China's dollar reserves.

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