The Daily Twit – April 22, 2010
Today’s @chinahearsay Tweets is below, edited for relevance and, for today only, spelling and grammar, including an exhaustive check for subject-verb agreement errors:
- Brace Yourself, China Is Finally Removing Its Stimulus http://tinyurl.com/29ltl77
- RT @GE_Anderson: RT @taweili: OMG! Fake Five Fingers appearing everywhere http://thurly.net//l9s
- Eichengreen: Why China is Right on the Renminbi http://tinyurl.com/2at7nvq
- IDG: Illegal Satellite TV in China http://tinyurl.com/26g3w32 – feature story on the black market for sat TV
- RT @niubi: Banking Regulator Redefines “Second Home”_Caixin http://bit.ly/dzKMIl major move, based on # of properties, not mortgages ———- ———- ———-
- China Hush: Talk about Fenqing, start with Michael Wong’s Renren page http://tinyurl.com/2dn9k9k – scary stuff
- RT @HanaRAlberts Why We Need A China Tracker http://tinyurl.com/27omqvg
- Latest China Hearsay: Microsoft Successful in Windows Copyright Suit in Shanghai http://tinyurl.com/23qwhxg
- Microsoft Wins Windows Case in Shanghai http://tinyurl.com/296u6et – 450 users of pirated Windows, 2.25 mil RMB damages (!!!)
- Latest China Hearsay: U.S. Passes Up Second Chance on RMB http://tinyurl.com/29ka8fx
- China imposes tariffs on dumped nylon6 http://tinyurl.com/2aa4srf – not very significant
- BHP Finds Evidence That Suggests Corruption in Previous Projects http://tinyurl.com/y2q4ut3
- China Esquire: dr. wang zhenyao’s visit to give2asia http://tinyurl.com/29bly8c
- RT @chinaeconreview @MalcolmMoore: Why is everything so expensive in China, when everything is made in China? http://tinyurl.com/2ay4v2emalm
- Steve Forbes on US-China trade tensions, RMB, etc. http://tinyurl.com/25cdn45
- Wired: ACTA Backs Away From 3 Strikes http://tinyurl.com/29f5lxc – I still need to read the text that was released yesterday . . .
- RT @chinadivide: Mourning for Qinghai: Going Gray, Forced Donations http://tinyurl.com/2ah5ewg – latest Charles Custer masterpiece
- Patton Boggs: World Bank and Reg. Dev. Banks Sign Agmt for Mutual Enforcement of Debarment Decisions http://tinyurl.com/25pmrc3 (PDF)
- IP Dragon: Youku Fingerprints Against Copyright Piracy and Can Advertisers Be Liable Too? http://tinyurl.com/29hkzge
- Ash won’t cloud Beijing http://tinyurl.com/2auc2fp – I think that headline is missing the word “further”
- China’s middle class under great pressure http://tinyurl.com/2cf8l7v – no surprises here, and new policies not designed to help mid class
- RT @raykwong: Pondering: “Why Lawyers Frustrate Me.” http://twurl.nl/glqbdg – very good post on VC, applicable to other areas also
- Guangzhou studying light pollution fees http://tinyurl.com/249brzp – eg neon lights, not minimal pollution levels
- FT: Rio Issues ‘extra guidelines’ for China http://tinyurl.com/2fjdoj4 – litigation has a tendency to make that happen
- Goldman probe may boost China, India bank stocks http://tinyurl.com/28wkq8w
- FT: Bismarck’s lessons for Beijing http://tinyurl.com/249trru – can’t resist that headline
- RT @AmCham_China: FCPA Breakfast with DOC General Counsel Cameron F. Kerry and Steptoe & Johnson Partners http://bit.ly/bm9bfX
- U.S. delays China yuan probe in aluminum case http://tinyurl.com/25l8pap – More kicking the can down the road on RMB issue
- China Geeks: What an Idiot Foreigner Shows Us About Xenophobia and Sexism in China http://tinyurl.com/2ebq4pe
- RT @limlouisa http://bit.ly/bWQwOt – Agreed. Slate China bike story is moronic. And I have no idea what a “hipster” is. Guess I’m not one.
- Bad loans could take their toll on China’s growth http://tinyurl.com/2cyz36m – Pettis in FT
- Fulbright & Jaworski: “Inbound U.S. Infrastructure Investment” http://tinyurl.com/2b4yttk – review of a CFIUS case inv. PRC mining co.
- Thinking about the press orgy this story could get: “Man arrested for killing 6 in gay sex games” http://tinyurl.com/286843y
- Official sacked after scenic lake filled for luxury villas http://tinyurl.com/255ffac – would love to get this guy in front of a West. jury





