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From the New York Times (link): Persistent labor shortages at hundreds of Chinese factories have led experts to conclude that the economy is undergoing a profound change that will ripple through the global market for manufactured goods. The shortage of workers is pushing up wages and swelling the ranks of the country’s middle class, and […]
Read MoreFrom the Jamestown Foundation’s China Brief, via Asia Media (link): Liberal academics and intellectuals have at least indirectly faulted the Hu administration for hesitancy in pushing for reforms, particularly those related to the political system. Senior economist Wu Jinglian, a one-time adviser to former premier Zhu Rongji, has since late last year cited several shortcomings […]
Read MoreThree articles in the New York Times about Chinese art and the art market, in relation to the Asia Week now in New York: Carol Vogel writes about the market for Chinese contemporary art (link): Sitting in the back row among a crowd of 400 people at Sotheby’s York Avenue salesroom yesterday morning, a Singapore […]
Read MoreSheep grazing near mountains in Tibet, by monkeyking via flickr
Read MoreSheep grazing near mountains in Tibet, by <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/cpj/”>monkeyking</a> via flickr
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