"houses are for living in, not for speculation”: Learning from Singapore & distancing itself from Hong Kong, China’s southern megacity of Shenzhen plans to have 60% of residents living in government-subsidized housing. But land for huge project is scarce. caixinglobal.com/2020-09-03/pri… https://t.co/qIOqEFb0dp
With fx reserves below $1bn, less than annual debt payments and recent downgrade to Caa2, Laos is on the brink of default. Last Asian sovereign to default was Myanmar in 2002. State owned electricity company has huge debts. China is major creditor. ft.com/content/dc3f59… https://t.co/J9YElHcCCg
Uncoupling? China’s top financial regulators unveiled new draft rules to make it easier for foreign investors to access the country’s $15.4 trillion bond market in a further effort to open up and bolster domestic financial markets. caixinglobal.com/2020-09-03/chi… https://t.co/W0EwX3wg3q
Beijing is preparing broad support for so-called 3rd generation semiconductors for the 5 years through 2025. $1.4 trillion through 2025 for technologies ranging from wireless networks to artificial intelligence. 3rd gen chips have no established leader. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/4gAanjuZne
RT @kevinlaughlin: And Moscow State University has a Department of Permafrost. twitter.com/adam_tooze/sta…
RT @HaoGao12: Drone swarms in combat experiment with PLA combined brigade. @jpg2t785 @KushigumoAkane @z5J6NWig6ByNnsC @nose_anpo @Rupprech…
Human land use change began 8000 years ago. But (only) in the past century has more than half of the terrestrial biosphere been transformed into the most intensively used urban, village, cropland, and rangeland anthromes. Ellis, Erle C.. Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction https://t.co/oy0nVOSCIX
New word – homogenocene Coined in 1980s by Gordon Orians and other ecologists to describe the global mixing of species. In becoming a global species, humans were taking the rest of the biosphere with them. Ellis, Erle C.. Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction https://t.co/zVKhX2Fgxb
Permafrost, the jumbled layer of soil, ice, prehistoric plants and the occasional frozen mammoth covers 67 percent of Russia’s land surface! More and more is melting and unleashing unpredictable and sometimes violent reactions. nytimes.com/2020/09/05/wor… https://t.co/o4fRkrb0us
Changes in Earth’s carbon cycle are often presented as prime evidence of a human-altered planet. Yet there are many reasons why anthropogenic changes in Earth’s global biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen are more significant. Erle C. Ellis, Anthropocene: A Very Short Introduction https://t.co/D3HnegRURK
The final credits of Disney’s Mulan remake offer “special thanks” to eight government entities in Xinjiang, including the public security bureau in Turpan, a city in eastern Xinjiang where several re-education camps have been documented. theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/… https://t.co/t2E5lR13Nv
RT @Rainmaker1973: Not all demolitions can be implosions, because each type is its own form of art. That's the case for the construction si…
RT @gareth_gore: @adam_tooze I grew up round the corner – close enough to be able to smell what they were making. Back in the 80s, a much s…
Humans account for about 36 percent of the biomass of all mammals. Domesticated livestock, mostly cows and pigs, account for 60 percent, and wild mammals for only 4 percent. Wild animal weight has been massively reduced over last 10,000 years. ecowatch.com/biomass-humans… https://t.co/TNOIEAH6n2
> 28 million Americans continue to receive regular unemployment or pandemic unemp assistance every week. But there is little momentum in Congress for a stimulus deal. @GregDaco via @SoberLook thedailyshot.com/2020/09/04/bro… https://t.co/QyrwnmKVbL
The idea of an Anthropozoic era seems to have emerged btw 1873&5 in exchange between George Perkins Marsh who lived in Italy and whose book Man and Nature, was translated into Italian in 1872, and Antonio Stoppani. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_S… https://t.co/oCpLxxGhJf
The Heinz baked bean factory in Wigan in the north of England is the largest food-processing plant in Europe and rolls out some 3m cans of beans each day. economist.com/1843/2020/09/0… https://t.co/k51k49ngQr
In July, property sales in China’s 30 major cities surged ahead of 2019 levels and are up 16% yoy as of September 2nd. And this isnt a matter of "COVID flight". @GoldmanSachs via @SoberLook https://t.co/i04Xgo0Wgr
RT @NathanTankus: I realized recently that it would be useful to make the explicit case for why the Federal Reserve had the legal authority…
The uptick in the Shanghai Freight Index indicates rising export demand. @topdowncharts via @SoberLook https://t.co/CIwoWG1BPb
The use by Beijing of export controls on precious AI technology to potentially thwart a TikTok deal also underscores that it is not just America, but also China, that is moving to decouple its technology industry. @RanaForoohar ft.com/content/371e13… https://t.co/JNtvxBmCZh
Ok, this is a headline I never expected to see! "Vietnam automaker VinFast unveils $164k SUV to burnish brand. Luxury model goes on sale same month government slashes economic growth target" asia.nikkei.com/Business/Autom… https://t.co/XmqOC8kfPv
RT @JustinSandefur: How India deliberately gamed the World Bank's Doing Business rankings. (Old but well-reported piece — now relevant ag…
Yan’an was revolutionary base of Mao after Long March. Also site of 1st major “rectification" campaign of party in 1940s. -> As tension in Beijing mounts, are noisy clips on CCTV featuring famous apple orchards of Yan’an a harbinger of a purge to come? asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… https://t.co/FxBSG6gNjG
China’s cities created chengguan police force in late 1990s to tackle non-criminal forms of disorder, after dismantling of planned economy left urbanites less dependent on the state and triggered a wave of rural migration into cities = hugely unpopular. economist.com/china/2020/09/… https://t.co/SESj8LuQ9p
Across China, political study campaign is underway in police forces, prosecutors offices & judicial chambers, focusing on "spirit of rectification” a la Yan'an Rectification Movement of 1940s. Potential victims in Youth League are bracing for onslaught. asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… https://t.co/9j8Wj57qoA
RT @georgemagnus1: @adam_tooze It could be random but most likely not. It’s exactly half way between the centenary next year of the foundin…
@davidbent Totally agreed. Literally just in terms of our own body mass.
RT @nonmouse: @adam_tooze The “wild mammals” and “wild birds” slices are approaching zero – in addition the the Anthroposcene we are also l…
Around 60% of the beans bought in British shops are made by Heinz. Not so in the US! economist.com/1843/2020/09/0… https://t.co/fGVKeUW0gM
According to estimate by @TomOrlik, @RoyeBjorn, @sharonchenhm uncoupling from the US is really going to hurt Chinese growth. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… https://t.co/xrsaasrOWU
In China today, many governmental programs have completion dates of 2035. In that year, Xi, born in 1953, will be 82. One year short of “eternal chairman” Mao. asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks… https://t.co/i4ZAGOsmQ3
Estimates of the Biomass of the Biosphere by Kingdom highlight the relevant insignificance of humanity. But our total preponderance amongst larger life forms on land. Wild mammals have been squeezed into a tiny niche. pnas.org/content/pnas/1… https://t.co/i4o50WIBiS
@edwardfishman @davies_will Ahh … to be revealed in subsequent photos!
"The crisis mentality is just not there right now on the Republican side.” Better unemp data undermine willingness of GOP to cut a fiscal deal v. Fed & Dems calling for action -> impasse which is dangerous for states and cities. ft.com/content/363eb1… https://t.co/rLqF9iulQQ
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