We were born Born to be wild We can climb so high I never wanna die – Steppenwolf The Great American Novel (GAN) is the Super Bowl of world literature. Every February, America showcases its most dazzling display of athleticism. But the rest of the world barely knows who’s playing. Of course, Americans are similarly […]

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You’re simply the bestBetter than all the restBetter than anyoneAnyone I’ve ever met     Tina Turner The free market is falling apart. That we all know. Lamentations on the current state of affairs abound. The free market has immiserated the middle class. The free market has created oligarchs. The free market has de-industrialized the Western world. […]

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Country roads, take me home To the place I belong – John Denver The jig should have been up when the Varsity Blues scandal broke. Oh was it delicious. Hollywood actresses, hedge fund managers, winery owners, real estate developers and other assorted muckety-mucks sneaking their low-watt spawn into elite colleges. The fraud was so absurd […]

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So you think you’re lonely Well my friend, I’m lonely too I wanna get back to my city – Journey To grow the pie, or to recut the pie, that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler for China to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous infrastructure construction, or to take arms against a sea […]

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The order is rapidly fadin’ And the first one now Will later be last For the times they are a-changin’. – Bob Dylan China’s economy is currently on the operating table, hunched over by surgeons, chest cavity splayed open, hooked up to a cardiopulmonary machine, surrounded by nurses staring at monitors flashing vital signs. It […]

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A man makes a pictureA moving pictureThrough the light projectedHe can see himself up close – U2 Even Xi Jinping threw China’s football team under the bus. During a photo-op at San Francisco’s APEC summit, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin congratulated President Xi for the Chinese football team’s win over Thailand. “I think there was […]

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It’s a matter of trust It’s always a matter of trust – Billy Joel After the Hong Kong protests of 2019, Han Feizi figured time had run out on his carpet-bagging days in the fragrant harbor. Ah, well, all good things come to an end. It was a pretty good run and the mainland never […]

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“And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives, where we’re gonna be when we turn 25” – Vitamin C Below, we present the two most depressing charts on China. These are the two data series most bandied about by China bears – both long-term and short-term. And ugly they do look. […]

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“But your picture on my wall, it reminds me that it’s not so bad. It’s not so bad.” – Yves V & Ilkay Secan The jury is in on what ails China’s economy. It was only a matter of time. And the obvious solution – we are told – will be politically treacherous. The verdict is unanimous. China’s investment and export-led model has finally run its course. Not only that but the […]

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