manipulation

www.nytimes.com — Last week Japan’s minister of finance declared that he and his colleagues wanted a discussion with China about the latter’s purchases of Japanese bonds, to “examine its intention” — diplomat-speak for “Stop it right now.” Senior American policy figures have repeatedly balked at doing anything about Chinese currency manipulation, in part out of fear that the Chinese would stop buying our bonds.

www.chinasmack.com — Chinese people on Tianya BBS discuss Huang Guangyu's arrest for manipulating stock market prices. Some say all rich people are rich because they break laws. Others still admire him because of how he began as a poor man who did not finish school but became very successful.