I think the Chinese economy may be out of steam.
I read an article the other day (on mpbile so Ill edit in a link at home later) about how China set a goal to reduce carbon emissions. And so far have hit an 8% reduction in their total emissions in four months. Which sounds fantastic. In the grand scheme of things China is going to be hit the worst by changing climates, since most of their cities are coastal. Authoritarian regimes are awful, but if they set out to do something they'll get it done (by whatever means nessecary, which isn't exactly a good thing) so at least the global benefit outweighs that, in my opinion.
I can't see how a country with an economy that size could cut their emissions by 8% in four months by implementing new policies. It doesn't add up. I've been to China several times over the last 14 years, and although I agree that they do things big. I cannot see such an effort being successful, they have a powerful culture of shirking government directives.
:) Really, who are they? No Wikipedia page. Oh here it is: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Media Doesn't answer much. I didn't know they own the Verge. Comcast. Yuck.
Oh, wow. Talk about guilty by association. And old Ezra Klein made it sound like an idealistic project he was sacrificing his time at Wonkblog for. Vox does reasonably good content sometimes, and so does SB Nation. But still, they have portrayed themselves somewhat misleadingly.
Echoes a longstanding thesis I've had on China. I feel like it's an obvious point that economic expression and freedom is fundamentally the same as individual expression. These are people creating jobs, wealth, and opportunity for themselves and countrymen by making real their disparate visions and dreams. Expression made real and monetized. Cat is out of the bag.