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The Currency Debate

I am getting quite confused by the currency manipulation discussion surround the Chinese RMB.  Today, Nobel Laureate Krugman came up with this piece in the NY Times. 
I read it once, twice, thrice.  But I think I am missing his point still.  Here’s where I think his logic lies.  Exchange rate is determined by supply and [...]

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The Rio Tinto Debacle

There is something about the Rio Tinto case that has been bothering me.   Perhaps it is because I cannot quite form an opinion on it – one one hand, I am appalled by the due process of the legal proceedings.  Where the accused employees were held without charge for 5 weeks, and without right to [...]

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Non-US view of the world

Refreshing sometimes to read coverage from non-US media. 
Financial Times:
Inflation risk forces China to act on currency
Tibet: The first foreign media reports
China will not be cowed
The Olympic threat to China
Asia Times:
Power crisis for Guangdong industry
Tibet, China and the West: Back to Stereotypes
Stumbling towards Confucius-ville

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