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Not only China’s wealthy want to study in America – LA Times

December 29, 2015 By in Business Administration, Economics, Education, Millennials, People, Politics, Science, Search engine optimization, Society, Students Leave a comment

This is an amazing must-read article from the LA Times. The article describes how three months before the gaokao , China’s all-or-nothing college entrance exam that can determine whether students become cashiers or CEOs, Kenny Fu was having second thoughts.

Source: Not only China’s wealthy want to study in America – LA Times

This story once again highlights the amazing drive, determination and tenacity of the Chinese people.

Now a US education is within the sites of ordinary middle class Chinese living in mainland China. Articles on Chinese studying in America are amongst the most-read in China’s main newspapers too.

My colleague John Gelmini would regard this as part of China’s swarming out program. But why are the Chinese targeting California and not Germany for example?

 

Greece’s terrible choice: receivership or liquidation | The Australian

July 13, 2015 By in Austerity, Berlin, Business Administration, Economics, Euro Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Food, Foreign Policy, France, Germany, Italy, People, Politics, Search engine optimization 1 Comment

This an outstanding article and video interview, published in the Australian. Check it out!

via Greece’s terrible choice: receivership or liquidation | The Australian.

The headline is stark but realistic. Either Greece allows receivership, effectively foreign control or it’s liquidation.

Germany is now playing hard-ball and humiliating Greece, which they hope will be a powerful signal for other Southern European countries to stay in line. France meanwhile has been playing a strong-hand supporting Greece.

The context is that Germany’s domestic politics is weary with Greece. Angela Merke, Germany’s Chancellor, has been papering over the cracks in the Eurozone for years. She prefers incremental rather than strategic decisions. But she faces two political crises. Firstly, there’s domestic opinion in Germany. Secondly, there’s the US, France and Italy that are worried by the geo-strategic implications of a Grexit – Putin is ready to give Greece help with energy.

Perhaps, the greatest crisis is that the hard-left government in Greece has not been honest with the Greek people – it has been arrogant and mislead the Greek people about the strength of their negotiating hand.  This could well lead to an early change of government. Once the ECB turns off the emergency liquidity tap to Greek banks, rapid implosion is expected to follow.

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