Morning Reading

Morning Reading 5.8.2012

al-Jazeera Journalist Expelled from China . . .

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/05/08/china-expels-al-jazeera-correspondent/?mod=WSJBlog

http://chinageeks.org/2012/05/taking-the-easy-way-out/

. . . and foreign private equity firms?

http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/05/08/the-quest-for-control-over-china%E2%80%99s-private-equity-sector/?mod=WSJBlog

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Turns out Mongolians in Arlington aren't all that rare:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/02/AR2006070200875.html

Comeback Special

US vs. China: Slow Jam the News - Isador's Fugue (Brian Glucroft)
http://www.isidorsfugue.com/2012/04/will-hu-jintao-slow-jam-news-like.html

Venture Capital is Sucking (your money) - Noahpinion (Noah Smith)
http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/venture-capital-is-sucking-your-money.html

China China China

http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/04/video-children-travel-on-zip-line-across-abyss-to-and-from-school/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MiniTofublog+%28Ministry+of+Tofu+-+Featured+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://seeingredinchina.com/2012/04/16/the-lives-of-recent-chinese-graduates-does-a-university-degree-bring-a-better-life/

Morning Reading 4.13.2012

Morning Reading
Didn't even read this, but I imagine it will provoke an uproar from you
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/04/almost-20-of-3rd-graders-have-cell-phones/255655/

Details on China's internet outage - Wall Street Journal (Paul Mozur)
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/04/13/new-clarity-on-china-internet-outage/?mod=WSJBlog

Rules for Dining Out - The Atlantic (Tyler Cowen)
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/05/six-rules-for-dining-out/8929/

Faith Off!

http://kiddynamitesworld.com/jon-stewart-faithoff-easter-vs-passover/

Morning Reading 4.10.2012

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What does life in rural China look like - Seeing Red in China (Tom)
http://seeingredinchina.com/2012/04/10/what-does-life-in-rural-china-look-like/

Morning Reading 4.9.2012

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The impact of cities - Marginal Revolution (Alex Tabarrok)
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/04/new-cities.html

Lakes and Oceans - XKCD
http://xkcd.com/1040/large/

More saber rattling over the South China Sea . . . what could possibly go wrong? - Wall Street Journal (Brian Spegele)
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/04/09/chinese-general-philippines-faces-last-chance/?mod=WSJBlog

Bonus Evening Edition

What is the Vix signalling? - Vix and More (Bill Luby)
http://vixandmore.blogspot.com/2012/04/vix-premium-to-spx-historical.html

Ok, normally I don't actually care if you like what I post or not.  I try to get stuff you will like and keep out stuff you won't, but I actually will shed a tear if you don't think this is awesome . . .
http://ordak-ordak.blogspot.com/

Morning Reading 4.4.2012

Anonymous on the March - Josh Chin (Wall Street Journal)
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/04/04/anonymous-hacks-chinese-government-websites/?mod=WSJBlog

Meme Competition - (Scientific Reports)
http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/120329/srep00335/full/srep00335.html

Morning Reading 4.3.2012

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littleBits Ted Talk
http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2012/04/the-littlebits-ted-talk.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AVc+%28A+VC%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Surprising Probability Estimate of the Day - Alex Tabarrok (Marginal Revolution)
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/04/surprising-probability-estimate-of-the-day.html

Morning Reading 3.30.2012

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I struggle in trying to decide if different cultures are really that different.  At the end of the day, we are all humans and have certain tenancies as a result.  I can't tell if this proves my point or proves it wrong, but it does something, that's for sure.  Perhaps unfair to judge from one video, but at the very least it seems Chinese men are better dancers than Chinese women, probably the opposite of the "West". - Ministry of Tofu
http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/03/videos-viral-chinese-song-inspires-queer-funny-dances-and-outdoor-workouts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MiniTofublog+%28Ministry+of+Tofu+-+Featured+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Is there a better example of a product that only comes from places where the people that use it want to go? iPad owners as a whole probably don't want to go to China, but tea drinkers probably want to go to all the places tea comes from (which are on the whole "exotic").  Is this actually true? - Uncornered Market
http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2012/03/tea-gardens-bangladesh-panorama/

Back to the first point, would US press (or Americans in general for that matter) call someone a "chubby girl"?  Perhaps so. - Ministry of Tofu
http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/03/facebooks-zuckerberg-on-vacation-in-shanghai-netizens-chatter/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MiniTofublog+%28Ministry+of+Tofu+-+Featured+Articles%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Morning Reading 3.27.2012

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Is China still a Police State? - Seeing Red in China (Tom?)
http://seeingredinchina.com/2012/03/26/china-is-still-a-police-state/

Sorry if I haven't posted other articles about this, but the Chongking drama is really getting out of hand:
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/03/27/chongqing-mystery-who-was-neil-heywood/?mod=WSJBlog

Nokia stores selling non-Nokia phones? - Isidor's Fugue (Brian Glucroft)
http://www.isidorsfugue.com/2012/03/nokia-stores-selling-variety-of-phones.html

Morning Reading 3.26.2012

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In case you haven't been keeping up with these . . . - Book Dedications (Wayne Gooderham)
http://bookdedications.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/a-literate-passion-letters-of-anais-nin-henry-miller-1932-1953-ed-by-gunther-stuhlmann/

Debating a Hard Landing - Patrick Chovanec (Patrick Chovanec)
http://chovanec.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/debating-a-hard-landing/

Calculated Risk on Propublica on Fannie and Freddie (Meta) - Calculated Risk Blog
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/03/propublica-fannie-and-freddie-principal.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CalculatedRisk+%28Calculated+Risk%29

LAZY LATE EDITION!

http://www.isidorsfugue.com/2012/03/inside-android-store-in-zhuhai-china.html

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/855802805/lowline-an-underground-park-on-nycs-lower-east-sid?ref=popular

Morning Reading 3.21.2012

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What is interesting about this picture? - Isador's Fugue (Brian Glucroft)
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rsVFBUPOwF7yr88YFu7rb3zwmJ7SucfefVqDx3bjXfA?feat=embedwebsite

I love Amazon
http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-buys-kiva-systems-775-million-2012-3
http://www.businessinsider.com/we-are-what-we-choose-2010-6
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-makes-ordinary-control-freaks-look-like-stoned-hippies-says-former-engineer-2011-10
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-visionary-2011-4

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Morning Reading 3.19.2012
Bike marathon . . . bike-a-thon?  I guess you have to bike that far to get anywhere in LA - The Atlantic (Nate Berg)
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/03/la-unofficial-late-night-bike-marathon/1521/

Another reason Mark will complain about technology.  The old fashioned way works better? - Time (Maia Szalavitz)
http://healthland.time.com/2012/03/14/do-e-books-impair-memory/?iid=hl-main-lede

Apple, China, and the Truth.  I am sure you read lots of stuff on this, but I liked this one the best because of the spin it puts on it - New Yorker (Evan Osnos)
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2012/03/mike-daiseys-mistakes-in-china.html

The Daisey-ian response
http://mikedaisey.com/audio/prologue.mp3

So who attacks who first?
China v. Japan
North Korea v. South Korea
China v. Taiwan
United States v. China
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303812904577288983989668016.html

Morning Reading 3.13.2012

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How big is Atlanta's airport? - Atlantic (Mark Byrnes)
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/03/scenes-above-atlantas-massive-international-airport/1465/

The perfect loaf of bread?  For some perhaps - Lifehacker (Alan Henry)
http://lifehacker.com/5892768/bake-bread-in-a-coffee-can-for-perfectly-round-evenly-baked-loaves-with-little-crust

Rough pre-game meal at the Olive Garden - Yahoo! (Chris Chase)
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/entire-arena-football-team-cut-during-pregame-meal-190741599.html

China v. South Korea? - Wall Street Journal (Jeremy Page)
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/03/13/china-south-korea-in-row-over-submerged-rock/?mod=WSJBlog

Where has Chinese taxpayers' dollars gone? - Ministry of Tofu
http://www.ministryoftofu.com/2012/03/video-where-has-chinese-taxpayers-money-gone/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MiniTofublog+%28Ministry+of+Tofu+-+Featured+Articles%29

Morning Reading 3.12.2012

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A Train Journey from Iran to Turkey - Uncornered Market (Audrey Scott)
http://www.uncorneredmarket.com/2012/03/iran-turkey-train/

Blogging Over Thyme
http://www.bloggingoverthyme.com/
This is the girlfriend of one of the other students in Sara's class.  She is in culinary school and writes about it.  It is new to me and I honestly haven't read more than a couple of posts, but I am going to try to start from the beginning and thought you might enjoy it too

High Speed Rail in China - Seeing Red in China (Tom ?)
http://seeingredinchina.com/2012/03/12/high-speed-railway-collapse-in-hubei-a-tragedy-averted-by-luck/

Capital Gains from My Favorite Economist - The Economist (Scott Sumner)
http://www.economist.com/economics/by-invitation/guest-contributions/proper-tax-rate-capital-income-zero

Morning Reading 3.8.2012

Morning Reading
Tarp Charts
http://dealbreaker.com/2012/03/tarp-charts/

http://homepage.eircom.net/~odyssey/Quotes/Popular/TV/Westwing4.html