The Google/China hacking case: How many news outlets do the original reporting on a big story? ยป Nieman Journalism Lab. barely any is the answer. also, this is a great blog about the state of journalism. via ram.

China Is Leading the Race to Make Renewable Energy – NYTimes.com. they’re now the biggest producer of wind turbines.

Rebecca MacKinnon: Google Gets On the Right Side of History – WSJ.com.

Official Google Blog: A new approach to China. some crazy china news.

Liu Bolin : The Invisible Man. some great photographic trickery. via ram.

The Other Side Of China’s 8% GDP “Growth”: Ghost Cities | zero hedge. al-jazeera news piece about an empty city in china.

Audio: Jim Rogers answers your questions – The Globe and Mail. my question was the first one asked which was kinda odd to hear.

Nouriel Roubini – The Almighty Renminbi?. it’s scary to think how large the chain reaction will be when the US loses it’s reserve currency status.

Charlie Rose – A conversation with author Joshua Cooper Ramo. talking about his book, The Age of the Unthinkable. Second interview I’ve seen with him and he’s got a lot of interesting stuff to say about politics, china, and complex systemic problems.

Scenes from the recession – The Big Picture. lots of crazy photos.

China Is Losing Its Taste for U.S. Debt – NYTimes.com. I’ll pair this with a recent Barrons article about US T-bills entitled “Get Out Now!“


YouTube – Did you know?. i want to learn how to do motion videos.

2008 Summer Paralympic Games – The Big Picture – Boston.com. some great photos.

Beijing 2008 – It’s a wrap – The Big Picture – Boston.com. awesome set of photos.

Five American Batters Hit By Chinese Pitchers In Brutal Olympics Game. includes some video footage. one guy was brought to the hospital with a concussion.

The Finance Buff: China’s Stock Market Bubble Burst Fast “A Chinese bank became the most valuable bank in the world. A Chinese life insurance company became the second most valuable life insurance company in the world. A Chinese oil company became the most valuable company in the world.” that definitely sounds like a bubble.

Jim Rogers on CNBC talking about fed bailouts and inflation rates. “I don’t want more regulation. If XYZ needs to go bankrupt, let them go bankrupt. you’ll have lots of self regulation after that”

The Informed Reader – Why a Yuan Revaluation Wouldn’t Help the U.S.. some interesting points on how a cheaper chinese yuan might not even help US manufacturing.

Reduce Reuse Recycle: My phobia of marriage: shark fins. on chinese wedding culture and eating shark fins. via ram.

Digital Urban: Edushi.com – Possibly the Best City Maps in the World?. whoever made this app must have LOVED simcity. via kyle.