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Paul Denlinger takes on the Twits who insist on framing the three-day moratorium on online entertainment (games, video, etc) in observance of the quake as just another instance of information control by the CCP.

Interesting commentary from Paul Denlinger on why Baidu is in a very sticky spot, and what the company "should" do to get out of it - leading to the grand, but not likely inaccurate, comment that "Chinese companies will not become global leaders".

Paul Denlinger makes some good points on how the US economic crash may take down China as well. "For both sides, it was a dream which was too good to be true. Now it’s over, and the Beijing Olympics are turning into the final hurrah for that period."

Watch out ladies, Chinese men are on the prowl. According to this article in Mop, one Chinese man set out to settle a score against Western men, by staking out Western women visiting Beijing during the Olympics.

A Tibet expert believes that Tim Johnson misquoted him in an article about the relocation of Tibetans (see article recommended by Pandapassport). This proves that the Western media edits articles about Tibet to match a pre-ordained perspective.

A translation of a Global Times article regarding the apparent decline of China "demonization" in Western media. As China and the West's relationship tightens, the focus of the Western news' attention is also beginning to shift. Is naivity being replaced by conformity?

This great post at the 88s tears apart an article by Anne Applebaum entitled "Blame China". In what the 88s claims is the "worst foreign policy analysis" he's ever read, the article essentially puts all the blame for a nuclear DPRK on China's shoulders.

What effect does China have on prices in the West, and by extension Western interest rates and Western perceived purchasing power?

Lower CPI means lower interest rates over the past decade. Yet this article highlights than cost savings now mean higher inflation in the future as Chinese wages and the Renminbi appreciate faster than of countries where production was switched from.

Can China move up the Value Chain fast enough to offset this?

Some great advice about investing and doing business in China, post-US financial meltdown, from the often spot-on Paul Denlinger.