This is interview provides an interesting comparison of China today with Japan circa 1990. The source is George Friedman, principal of Stratfor, an independent analysis firm of world strategic issues. Their observations of prior situations has been accurate. He believes China “will collapse” in the coming decade and that America will be the primary beneficiary:
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What has become clear over the years is that the existing regulatory system, in the USA and other developed countries, was built in an era of mostly domestic production. To the extent these regulators had to deal with imported products, they were dealing with products with comparable developed safety standards and regulatory systems. The system, […]

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China surpasses US as the world’s biggest energy consumer, but immediately rejects title

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Just out on Google’s official blog - They have had their systems attacked from sources in China with the apparent attempt to steal intellectual property and to seek e-mail addresses of human rights advocates in China. I believe Google when they swallowed hard the restrictions placed on Google.cn but as they say in their blog:
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This is a set of commentary and analysis from a specialist in international affairs that might be off most people’s radars. The group is called Stratfor. They specialize in international analyses for businesses and investors.

China and Separatism
China also faces significant hurdles, albeit none as daunting as Russia’s challenges. China’s core is the farmland of […]

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Buried deep in a Thomas Friedman column, he picks up an concept from economics that will become, I hope, a greater part of public discussion.
Friedman was writing about a visit he made to Costa Rica.
These days, visitors can still see amazing biodiversity all over Costa Rica — more than 25 percent of the country is […]

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New York Times reports:
BEIJING — Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.
In an investigative report published Monday by a state-owned newspaper, public security officials in the city […]

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Tom Friedman, columnist and author of The World is Flat, attended the Olympics. After going there, he penned the following column.
The Olympics may just be a sporting event, but it is hard not to read larger messages into the results, especially when you see how China and America have dominated the medals tally. Both countries […]

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Saturday January 12, 4:37 am ET
By William Foreman, Associated Press Writer
Safety Scares, Rip-Offs: China’s Rough Capitalism Daunts Foreign Buyers but Still They Come GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Ron Rust and Beve Kozub were poking around the toy booths at China’s biggest trade fair two years ago when something caught their eye: pouty-faced baby […]

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Much focus in the general press has been about toys and pet food but a more sinister situation is brewing - our medicines. Both real and fake medicine are coming from China and Asian suppliers. As we found with pet food, and to a lesser extent toys, we don’t know who makes our medicines. There […]

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