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China’s Misreading Of The Global Economy (Aug 31)
The Chinese leadership's support of state capitalism is a worrying trend which does not portend well for the future.


Tencent Makes Thailand Investment With Sanook.com (Aug 30)
Tencent recently bought 49.92% of Sanook.com, a Thailand portal, for HKD$81.7 million. The 2,496 shares were purchased from Cape Town-based MIH, which owns Sanook.com and also holds 35% of Tencent. Tencent will get two seats on Sanook’s board, and will also have the right to nominate candidates for the company’s executive president. Sanook was launched [...]


Useful Skills For Remote Workers (Aug 24)
Here is an article which will show you how to become a productive member of a virtual team.


Has China Embraced An Outdated Version of Corporate Capitalism? (Aug 23)
China's government has limited the growth of its private business sector by not making capital readily available. It is time to change this policy and actively help it to grow.


Commentary: Chongqing as Chicago on the Yangtze (Aug 18)
Bo Xilai, Chongqing's mayor, has brought major changes. Do these changes portend similar policy changes in China?


Podcast Interview About US, China with Eric Garland of Competitive Futures (Aug 12)
Paul Denlinger and Eric Garland talk about China's strategic vision in a podcast for Competitive Futures.


ChinaVortex Interview with Handel Jones, Author of Chinamerica: The Uneasy Relationship That Will Change the World (Aug 9)
Handel Jones talks about his new book, Chinamerica: The Uneasy Partnership That Will Change the World.


My Take On Social Media Tools For Influence (Aug 4)
Paul Denlinger takes a close look at several tools for measuring social media influence and knowledge.


How Molycorp Minerals Is A Test Case for US, China (Jul 29)
Molycorp Minerals wants to raise more than US$500 million to re-open a rare earths mine in California so that the US will not be completely dependent on China for rare earth imports. Let's hope they are successful.


New Article on Google in China (Jul 25)
I was quoted for an article on Google in China for Wharton. The article is in Chinese.