Didn’t waste any time…

Woman nurses a tetanus paralyzed puppy back to health

The “advanced tooling” were Taiwanese. China doesn’t make Apple products so much as Taiwan (Foxconn) makes products in China with Taiwanese managers and Chinese labor. Taiwan technology and Taiwan management is the secret sauce.

Beijing seems to have infuriated Washington. Could be… (1) Africa conference related. China has announced it is pouring billions into the continent, some of it for military purposes. (2) Integrated circuits. China has achieved self-reliance and it’s scaring the hell out of

China’s economy has been collapsing since the 1990s. From less than US$ 1 trillion GDP, it “crashed” all the way to US$20 trillion. Let’s just hope things turn around for the gentle giant.

To get a room full of bankers salivating, tease them with plans for a sovereign wealth fund. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup…

In an effort to compete against China, should the U.S. forgo anti-trust concerns?

— Eliminate local government agencies — Privatize certain services — Nationalize education

Mafia bosses always pour money back into the communities they rip off.

Excellent argument for intelligent design. DNA sequences include buried code that “indicate” in unusual circumstances: e.g., high-radiation zones, toxic gas atmospheres, etc.

Guessing robots shouldn’t be standing on two legs and our insistence to anthropomorphize them is slowing the entire robots industry down.

Those weren’t communists up in the sky, but pilots belonging to the Nationalists. The CCP has selective memory.

The reason Smoot-Hawley is not invoked these days: (1) SH imposed broad, sweeping tariffs, while today’s tariffs are focused on specific industries; and (2) tariffs previously were defensive and applied to a wide range of nations. Now, tariffs are primarily directed at China.

East Asia vs. America?

I predicted the return to isolationism in “What’s Wrong w China.” Steak dinner to anyone (first or best) who can find an earlier suggestion in print. Call it $100.

China is hiding the fact that its economy is doing worse than it appears. Or it’s hiding that it’s doing better. We have no idea.

China has done a GREAT JOB minimizing the extent of its stranglehold over the global economy via-a-vis strategic supply chains. Going to be a fun next decade.