The Disgusting Truth About Mao Zedong’s Personal Hygiene
08 May 2024 Leave a comment
in economic history, health economics, Marxist economics Tags: China
New coal plants in China ‘soar’, dismaying climate worriers
12 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth miracles Tags: China
Obsessing about Chinese coal power, and its imagined effect on air temperatures, doesn’t stop the same people doing the obsessing from buying Chinese products made using that power, such as wind turbines, batteries and solar panels. – – – China ramped up coal power capacity last year, according to new analysis, despite a pledge to […]
New coal plants in China ‘soar’, dismaying climate worriers
DON BRASH: SPYING: IT’S WHAT GREAT POWERS DO
30 Mar 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, politics - New Zealand, war and peace Tags: China
There has been fairly predictable outrage this week at the revelation by Judith Collins, the minister in charge of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) and Security Intelligence Service (SIS), that China spied on our Parliament in 2021. China has denied the accusation, but knowing Judith Collins as I do – and have done for…
DON BRASH: SPYING: IT’S WHAT GREAT POWERS DO
Beijing Breaks Seven Decade Cold Weather Record
28 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China
I wonder how their solar panels and frost sensitive EVs are working out for them?
Beijing Breaks Seven Decade Cold Weather Record
Censorship of U.S. Movies in China
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
We introduce a structural econometric model to estimate the extent to which the Chinese government bans U.S. movies. According to our estimates, if a movie has characteristics similar to the median movie in our sample, then the probability is approximately 0.91 that the Chinese government will ban it. During our sample period, 1994-2019, U.S. movies […]
Censorship of U.S. Movies in China
Biden Admin Pledges Millions To International ‘Climate Reparations’ Fund
02 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: China
The Biden administration has pledged millions of dollars to a de facto international “climate reparations” fund at the United Nations (UN) climate summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Biden Admin Pledges Millions To International ‘Climate Reparations’ Fund
Frank Dikotter – The Cultural Revolution – 1962-76
27 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, Marxist economics Tags: China
“The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945-195…
24 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in economic history, Marxist economics Tags: China
Jung Chang and the Cultural Revolution
14 Jul 2023 Leave a comment
in liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: China
Why did so many countries get involved in the Boxer Rebellion?
02 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economic history, international economics, International law, war and peace Tags: China
Why China’s population is shrinking
29 Mar 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing population, China
Population bombs
07 Feb 2023 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing population, China, India, population bomb, The fatal conceit
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