Ennui, information overload, and Happy Birthday Shenzhen!
I have become ferociously bored with blogging of late. Part of it was summertime, with its combination of oppressive heat and other, more enticing diversions. Part of it was (and is) the absolute avalanche of business we’ve been getting – there is a bad economy out there, but people still need help in China. And part of it was (and is and I fear always shall be) the crush of sheer stupidity gushing out of Washington daily. It just is more than I can take most days. It says quite a bit when the business climate is more stable in an ostensibly communist country than a nominally capitalist one.
However, when the IT team is motivated to re-post a sales brochure to freshen up the homepage, I guess that is a sign I best get moving on the blogging front.
I will try to re-establish my blogging discipline, with at least a few posts per week.
In the meantime, here is the article that got me off my duff (hat tip to Dan Beach, aka, “Canada Dan”):
China’s ‘miracle’ Shenzhen marks 30 years. I first visited Shenzhen in 1994 and at the time never imagined it would become my second home. How different it is today than the ugly, gray city 16 years ago. China has a long way to go, but the distance it has traveled has been astonishing.
Other fun stuff:
- There Are Now Enough Vacant Properties In China To House Over Half Of America – bubble, anyone?
- Obama Added More to National Debt in First 19 Months Than All Presidents from Washington Through Reagan Combined, Says Gov’t Data – hmmm…wonder how the Chinese feel about that?
- China’s UN diplomat in drunken rant against Americans – well, at least we are clear on how China’s UN ambassador feels about it.
- Report: Castro says Cuban model doesn’t work – reaaaaaally, you don’t say. As unsurprising as this is, imagine if Cuba tries a “Shenzhen Special Economic Zone” 90 miles off the coast of Florida to turn things around. Another interesting interview with Castro (nothing to do with China, but very interesting what he has to say about the Jews, Israel and Iran).
- You Know The US Is Screwed, When China, Gambia, And Jordan Have Better Property Rights – I’ve felt this in my bones for a while. The USA has been acting for some time as though it didn’t want to be an economic powerhouse, and this is just another example. More on America’s competitiveness here.
- Buck Up, America – for a much more optimistic take. The points he makes about China and India strike me as valid.
More blogging soon, I promise. I really mean this time. Seriously, quit laughing.
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