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CHRONOLOGY OF FORMOSA HISTORY
May 25, 2016
The attached .pdf is a photocopy of a Chronology of Formosan History from 605 a.d. to 1942 prepared in 1943 at the U.S. Department of State. I recovered it from the National Archives files of the Office of Chinese Affairs at the State Department. While it is over 30 pages long and reflects dated research, it remains a fascinating summary of the island's history from ancient times through the Japanese colonial period and should prove invaluable to all scholars of Taiwan's history.
Is China challenging the Bretton Woods system?
October 30, 2014
Financial Times
China's Middle Class
October 21, 2014
The Washington Post
Comment: An illuminating datapoint for those interested in understanding China...
The entire article is at
China's e-commerce gunrunners
November 4, 2014
Financial Times
Comment: I would take this article more seriously if Xinjiang separatists ever managed to get small arms ... until then, I can't see that it's a real problem for the Public Security Ministry...
How to win a Wargame in the Taiwan Strait
November 5, 2014
China Business Intelligence
… First, assume US fighters have a 100% kill rate, and Chinese fighters have a 0% kill rate . . . Oops! We still lose.
FT: Snowden's "creepy" ties with Russia
February 6, 2014
FT
From the Financial Times - Why do we suppose the US dollar remains strong?
February 6, 2014
FT
From the Financial Times -
Mao Zedong on the Sino-Japan War of 1936-45
April 11, 2013
China Business Intelligence
"In the past, Japan attacked China, and occupied the better part of China. There are now some Japanese capitalist class representatives who see us and say: We are deeply sorry, we in the past had aggressed against you all. I said: No, if it weren't for your aggression and your occupation of the better part of China.
Rare Earths Shakedown
October 24, 2012
CBI
News today that Baotou Steel Rare Earth Group will "suspend production" of rare earths for a month . . . to stabilize falling prices. (see Chuin-wei Yap's article in the Wall Street Journal at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578076030548046800.html)
This doesn't sound like a price-driven decision . . . the price of rare earths has gone up 10 times since 2009 . . . this is more like a shakedown of the global IT industry.
PLA Leadership shuffle
October 23, 2012
CBI
All the major news agencies reported a few moves in the Chinese People's Liberation Army leadership yesterday including: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020363060457807449359393777... http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2012/10/23/a8fd9504-19e5-11e2-ad4a-e...