The sign at the left is from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The pandas like it quiet. No wonder they are going extinct in modern China! It’s noisy here, between the construction and the traffic. It seems like every major road has a building project, every block has a new building going… [Read More]
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Marriage Markets
I’ve always loved demography. It came into play back into my health-care analyst days, and it is probably the most significant factor in the global economy right now. On Friday, I was in Chengdu’s Peoples Park. It’s delightful, with a mix of monuments, snack vendors, garden paths, and a lake where you can rent rowboats…. [Read More]
Singing in Bars
In Asia,people sing in bars, and not just karaoke. Yes, I’m generalizing broadly, but I’ve decided that it’s a good idea to have a song ready to go when my hosts expect me to take a turn. It is: “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”. which is easy to sing and is a traditional… [Read More]
Intellectual Property in Emerging Markets
I’m teaching in China now, which is an intellectual property free-for-all. My students are using photocopied textbooks, and bootleg DVDs are for sale everywhere – one of my colleagues found Men in Black 3 already, which is a little disturbing. A few years ago, I attended a conference on investing in India, held at the… [Read More]
In China on the 4th of July
July 4 has always been a huge holiday in my family. It’s big for Americans in general, of course, but my grandfather was born on July 4 in England. He always said that he had to emigrate because no one celebrated his birthday back in Durham. He used to tell us that the fireworks were… [Read More]
