Arrogant Americans need not apply, the decline (?) of the West and what if the Chinese stop buying US paper?
February 24, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment
“The enemy always has problems of his own of which you are unaware.” – George C. Marshall
Not that China is necessarily our enemy, but they are certainly a competitor, and I don’t normally borrow money from my competitors. Some interesting articles covering all sides of the USA declining(?) debate and other silliness.
America On The [...]
Days 6-13 – Shanghai Hooters, Mao’s Revenge, and rotten cell phone companies
January 18, 2010 by whit · Leave a Comment
Day 6 – Woke to steady rain after a fitful sleep. The Chinese believe in sleeping on hard beds, as it is supposed to be good for you. And when I say hard, I mean sheet of plywood hard. And how having your hips so sore you can barely get out of the bed in [...]
China steps up, slowly but surely
October 27, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
In my post yesterday, I wrote that China was not embracing “green” technologies…yet.
This article in The Washington Post gives a good overview of the steps China is taking to make that ‘yet’ come quickly. Nuclear may not be everyone’s idea of clean energy, and certainly there is a large CO2 cost upfront to build the [...]
The Law of Conservation of Filth
October 26, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
The Law of Conservation of Filth: In order for something to get clean, something else must get dirty.
Corollary to the Law of Conservation of Filth: It is possible for everything to get dirty and nothing to get clean.
This is one of Murphy’s Laws. I used it in my answer when asked recently about [...]
No, it’s a want to issue
October 3, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
Cogitating on the 60th anniversary of the PRC, one cannot fail to consider the current state of the USA, and as a microcosm, our domestic automotive industry.
Yesterday, it was announced the deal with Penske to buy Saturn fell through, and so dies another GM marque. In this case, I have a personal interest, as I [...]
The 60th anniversary of the PRC
October 1, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
I still have my Deng Xiao Ping commemorative pocket watch celebrating the 50th anniversary. I remember I bought it in Beijing the day my lovely wife and I found out she was going to have our first child. A blessing she used later that evening to get out of a drinking contest she’d accidentally started [...]
China’s Fuzzy Math…Who do you trust?
September 14, 2009 by whit · Leave a Comment
“China’s growth figures fail to add up” says the headline. And the sky is blue, you say?
“China’s gross domestic product figures are among the world’s most closely watched since they can move markets or boost hopes of an imminent recovery.
But the latest set of first-half numbers provided by provincial-level authorities are far higher than [...]
I was fed up with middlemen & poorly run factories distorting pricing, failing to control quality and allowing intellectual property (IP) to be knocked off, so I decided to do something about it. 
