Did public pressure lead to arrest of serial rapist? Not according to what I've read.

If you have been following the various issues/scandals involving reverse-merger US-listed Chinese companies, CFO magazine recently ran a brief update about where things are at the moment, particularly with regard to class action suits and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Here's a taste: Driven in part by abundant reverse-merger filings by firms in China […]

Is the pendulum swinging back towards privatization? Maybe, but don't expect to see a repeat of the mid-90s.

Is the pendulum swinging back towards privatization? Maybe, but don't expect to see a repeat of the mid-90s.

Greece-Proofing China http://t.co/zfrOneyw -> US law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf files for bankruptcy http://t.co/pexGgECq Wow, just wow. You don't see that every day. -> China Daily: "China to revive cash-for-clunkers pogram" http://t.co/yKq9UXfz 1st Yang Rui, now we've got an actual pogram on our hands. Damn -> Tea Leaf Nation: Police Break Car Window to Administer […]

Greece-Proofing China http://t.co/zfrOneyw -> US law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf files for bankruptcy http://t.co/pexGgECq Wow, just wow. You don't see that every day. -> China Daily: "China to revive cash-for-clunkers pogram" http://t.co/yKq9UXfz 1st Yang Rui, now we've got an actual pogram on our hands. Damn -> Tea Leaf Nation: Police Break Car Window to Administer […]

The answer is, of course, yes, but the real question is by how much? I honestly do not believe we know the answer to that question. James Fallows noted this on his blog yesterday: After another several-month stay in China last year, I came up with one proxy for China’s ability to take this next […]