A very interesting post on the dangers of doing business in China. You must be very careful in negotiating lower prices from your Chinese factory because just asking for lower prices could cause your company some very serious blowback.

A useful complement to the Educated Deb Posts on japan if anyone has the time to read it. “Japan Raid by U.S. Is Out of Question”

This has been the story for a long time now. At some point it is going to end, but accurately predicting that end has made a fool out of a lot of people. How Best to Describe the U.S. External Balance Sheet