Comments on: News Roundup http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:30:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Reports from the ground in Thailand http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-386641 ComingAnarchy.com » Blog Archive » Reports from the ground in Thailand Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:15:38 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/#comment-386641 [...] Thailand’s prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, will resign today after a constitutional court banned him from office and found his party and two others guilty of electoral fraud. Hopefully international flights will now be able to reach Bangkok—see previous post for background here. [...] [...] Thailand’s prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat, will resign today after a constitutional court banned him from office and found his party and two others guilty of electoral fraud. Hopefully international flights will now be able to reach Bangkok—see previous post for background here. [...]

]]> By: bubba http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-386584 bubba Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:02:51 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/#comment-386584 2 things: I think the Indians are going to be (understandably) pissed and perhaps more aggressive following these attacks. This will be another thing to add to the stack of troubles facing Pakistan. As for China's economy, you're right that it is going to take a hit, but don't overestimate the role that exports play in the country's overall GDP. Exports are however more important in maintaining the fat surplus the country has been earning and for providing lots of low-skill manufacturing jobs to soak up laborers. 2 things:

I think the Indians are going to be (understandably) pissed and perhaps more aggressive following these attacks. This will be another thing to add to the stack of troubles facing Pakistan.

As for China’s economy, you’re right that it is going to take a hit, but don’t overestimate the role that exports play in the country’s overall GDP. Exports are however more important in maintaining the fat surplus the country has been earning and for providing lots of low-skill manufacturing jobs to soak up laborers.

]]> By: ElamBend http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-386569 ElamBend Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:43:39 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/#comment-386569 A brother of a friend of mine was supposed to leave for Thailand this morning on a trip he'd been planning for a year. The last I heard, yesterday afternoon, he and his traveling mate planned on taking the first leg to Seoul and then decided from there where to go. A brother of a friend of mine was supposed to leave for Thailand this morning on a trip he’d been planning for a year. The last I heard, yesterday afternoon, he and his traveling mate planned on taking the first leg to Seoul and then decided from there where to go.

]]> By: Roy Berman http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-386561 Roy Berman Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:55:31 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/#comment-386561 Man, is twitter ever annoying. Man, is twitter ever annoying.

]]> By: Younghusband http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/comment-page-1/#comment-386559 Younghusband Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:06:50 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/11/27/bearish-on-china/#comment-386559 Shloky has been covering the Mumbai attack "on Twitter":http://twitter.com/shloky all day. Shloky has been covering the Mumbai attack on Twitter all day.

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