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Message to America from China: "Be Nice To Countries That Lend You Money"

The Chinese seem to have decided that it is time they told Americans a few blunt truths. The website of Atlantic Monthly has an incisive and entertaining interview by James Fallows of Gao Xiqing, who manages $200 billion of China’s $2 trillion forex reserves...

A Dash of Financial Sector Hypocrisy

T.N. Ninan has written a typically thoughtful piece in Business Standard this weekend. He points to the fact that the US government is merrily bailing out financial institutions while urging other countries to cut regulations of their financial sector...