Archive for March, 2008
Inflation in Shanghai
Inflation in Shanghai It’s March 19,2008. I’m walking home and have to stop to buy a 2 liter of coke. He price for coke has been 6.10 RMB for months, or for at least as long as I remember, given I do the same thing almost everyday. Today I walked into the store [...]
China’s looming Olympics disaster
The Beijing games are supposed to showcase China’s stature on the world stage. But they’re producing protests at home and may shut down big hunks of the nation’s economy. I was in Beijing this weekend March 14-17 2008 and all the whisper was about how the government is spending so much money on the Olympic [...]
