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Title: Don't Panic - Chinese "News" View count: 2632 Rating: 5.0 (44 ratings) Description: Jan 11 Update Mike's away in China! After a frantic day, here's some news... I went on the subway system here; that's freaky! Took a ferry from Kowloon to Hong Kong too, but we ate at an "English pub" LOL Real news: 'News' from the South China "Sunday Morning Post" (free with the room) Shanghai Disneyland deal almost in the bag: http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=30285c01371ce110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News&ss=China Here's Disney's Hong Kong page: http://www.hongkongdisneyland.com (If it turns up in Chinese, click the 'English' link at the top) Marks megastore lacks the spark in Shanghai: http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=6fb83622d70ce110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News&ss=China Pirates fight over ransom, five drown: http://www.scmp.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3ecb3622d70ce110VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&s=News&ss=Asia+%26+World US suffers worst year of job cuts since 1945: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/07402ca6-de50-11dd-8372-000077b07658.html Yearly Job Loss Worst Since 1945: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123150742539367897.html george4title video on Unemployment agencies not prepared for the load: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZbeKhtTYJE URoutoftime on unemployment numbers (His take on unemployment number starts at about 5m 15s): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=VrYwmEeSpPk Shadowstats alternate data: (You need to scroll down a bit to get to unemployment numbers) http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data Canada is also suffering (but not as bad as the US) 70,700 more full-time jobs vanish: http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/568564 Is this significant? Obama is going to visit Canada first! How nice; will he get on Air Force One to Mexico after that? http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/568859 Peace... more work to be done here :( Tags: china, hong kong, economic collapse, m&s, jobs, jobless, unemployment, travels, feveriam, Author: FeverIAm |
