La réalité rattrape la Chine
- Soaring commodity prices push China’s trade balance into the red The Guardian The commodities boom has pushed China’s trade balance into the red for the first time since 2004. Official figures...
View ArticleTGV égale cochonnerie inutile et couteuse
- China’s train wreck The Washington Post For the past eight years, Liu Zhijun was one of the most influential people in China. As minister of railways, Liu ran China’s $300?billion high-speed rail...
View ArticleL’économie planifiée: un autre échec
- Are China’s factories running out of power? The Globe And Mail Why has Global Sticks, a manufacturer of wooden ice cream sticks, moving from Dalian, China, to Thunder Bay, Ontario? It’s the kind of...
View ArticleL’orage approche…
- China ratings house says US defaulting The Straits Times A CHINESE ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said on Friday, a day after Beijing...
View ArticleLe charbon: le nouvel ami des écologistes !
- Global warming pause linked to sulfur in China The Boston Globe Scientists have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth’s temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of...
View ArticleLa Chine se joint au Tea Party
- China demands U.S. ‘live within its means’ Los Angeles Times China called on the United States to « cure its addiction to debts » and « learn to live within its means » in a searing commentary...
View ArticleLes États-Unis plus communistes que la Chine ?
- Coke chief criticises US tax rules Financial Times Coca-Cola now sees the US becoming a less friendly business environment than China, its chief executive has revealed, citing political gridlock and...
View ArticleMême la Chine est dans le rouge
- China’s debt spree returns to haunt The Daily Telegraph Bail-outs are coming thick and fast in China. In less than a week the authorities have had to step in to prop up the banks, rescue the...
View ArticleWho is John Galt ?
- China’s young millionaires set to migrate abroad in big numbers The Times of India One out of seven young millionaires in China is trying to migrate to other countries despite the country’s massive...
View ArticleEt si la Chine s’effondre…
Vous vous inquiétez de la situation en Europe ? Attendez de voir la situation en Chine… À ceci, ajoutez que l’indice manufacturier en Chine est à son plus bas niveau en 32 mois et que la croissance du...
View ArticleSi Obama n’en veut pas…
- Stephen Harper’s bet may pay off The Vancouver Sun China is set to embrace Canada’s offer of more crude, heating up competition with the United States as the world’s top two oil consumers jostle to...
View ArticleEncore un échec pour les verts
- China Solar Makers Face Suicidal Prices Bloomberg BusinessWeek Losses for China’s largest solar manufacturers, including Suntech Power Holdings Co. and JA Solar Holdings Co. may continue through...
View ArticleLe géant aux pieds d’argile
- China’s epic hangover begins The Daily Telegraph China’s credit bubble has finally popped. The property market is swinging wildly from boom to bust, the cautionary exhibit of a BRIC’s dream that is...
View ArticleBientôt sur nos écrans: le crash chinois ?
- Is a Chinese economic slump on the horizon? The Washington Post Housing may settle who’s right. China has vastly overinvested in housing, argues Lardy in a new book (“Sustaining China’s Economic...
View ArticleDamn if you do, damn if you dont
Voici ce qu’on pouvait lire dans le journal Les Affaires le 12 décembre 2009 à propos de Stephen Harper et de la Chine: L’idéologie n’a pas sa place en diplomatie Stephen Harper a ignoré la Chine et a...
View ArticleVoitures électriques: fail !
- Why Electric Cars Are More Polluting than Gas Guzzlers Time It’s unspoken, but every driver gliding around town behind the wheel of a Prius is thinking the same thing: “I’m saving the planet. What...
View ArticleArguing with Idiots: Marie-Claude Lortie
Dans un texte publié dans La Presse la semaine dernière, la chroniqueuse Marie-Claude « Granola » Lortie s’indigne du fait que l’on puisse retrouver des produits chinois dans nos supermarchés. Selon...
View ArticleLa mondialisation n’est pas à sens unique…
- Chinese Open First Car Plant in Europe Der Spiegel It used to be that European carmakers opened plants to assemble their cars in China. Now the Chinese have turned the tables with the opening of...
View ArticleRessources Québec, chronique d’un fiasco à venir
- Chinese demand for iron ore falling, say miners The Daily Telegraph Australian iron ore miners, key beneficiaries of China’s booming manufacturing economy, have signaled demand growth is finally...
View ArticleObamanomics vs. Harpernomics
Qui de Stephen Harper ou Barack Obama a eu les meilleures politiques économiques ? Voici le verdict avec la Chine comme point de comparaison (Obamiste, s’abstenir)… Victoire très facile de Stephen...
View Article