+China | May 23, 2007

China’s` New’ National Anthem!

By billpowell721

More than other city in China—and maybe the world?—Shanghai has one thing on its mind: money and how to make it. That is intensely true right now, with the city wholly in the grip of stock market mania. (Market up again today, to another record.) This can get a little tedious; you can’t go anywhere [...]

+China | May 23, 2007

Rosemary’s Baby Does Darfur, Divests Petro China

By billpowell721

More on divesting Darfur, with Chinese companies again in the crosshairs. Jody Williams, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner for her work (I think) in banning landmines, and (retired?) actress Mia Farrow take on the Oracle of Omaha directly in a WSJ piece today about why Americans should divest any holdings they may have in Chinese [...]