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Sin-ming Shaw Sin-ming Shaw is a private investor and a columnist who taught math at Horace Mann School, economics at Columbia Universit, wrote for WNBC-TV News in New York and produced movies in Hong Kong. He was an economist and a fund manager for many years and was a visiting scholar at Harvard, Oxford, Columbia and Princeton during 2000-2008. He was also a former trustee of the American University of Paris. He has a blog: sinmingshaw.blogspot.com |
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| USA | Crony Capitalism in USA El Capitalismo des Amigos en USA USA is Not Sweden President Obama Needs to Get Angry A call for regime change on Wall Street Time to bite the bullet over bankrupt banks US financial Calvary or confusion? Price of trust Obama should not just forgive and forget The death of trust Wall Street's private Santa Detroit: another American icon crumbles Running on empty Race and the US presidential race Expect a new order after 'blood flows in the Street' Ticking time bombs Blood in the street. Dignity amid tragedy provides crucial lesson Hot air in Harvard An odor of racism |
| Hong Kong | Central Banking Can be Better in Hong Kong Boom and bust, again A lesson for our young: get a real job, if you can A risk too far When pride comes before a fall from grace Who can Hong Kong people turn to? Donald Tsang - best and the brightest? A good tax in service of democracy Stardust in thy eyes Stop kowtowing to developers An open alliance of property addicts It’s the budget, stupid! Bow out with some dignity, please A steady rot? Hong Kong's threat to China Hong Kong has the advantage, but for how long? The way this world works - like it or not Don't cry for the SAR . . . at least not yet Taxpayers' cash not for venturing, Mr Minister The suicide of Hong Kong It's time to get real Miserly rich need lesson in how to give Second-rate universities ripe for shake-up Civil service is big, but size not the only issue Is Hong Kong dying? Lower peg to boost economic recovery Time for Tung to stop this abuse of power Following his leader Shocking lack of cultural values An academia trapped in chains Back to a culture of subservience Tung needs full makeover to gain public confidence Homing in on reality DAB has the answer Breathing's easier than believing Bull in a China shop Bending to Beijing A dangerous miscalculation The leadership gap Offensive Xenophobia Meddling Mandarins How to fix Hong Kong Barbarian in the booth Crash in to the real world Hong Kong, the next 50 years My Hong Kong wish list for 1997 China is not Hong Kong's only worry |
| South East Asia | Tango Ambassador In between a banana republic and a failed state Thailand turns banana republic Thaksin can help reawaken the Thai tiger Thaksin and the lessons of Hong Kong Timeless tango Malaysia deserve good press Nations crying for leadership The end of easy money The cure for Asia A currency of confusion Is Singapore's future in Malaysia? |
| Taiwan | The Healing of Taiwan The tragedy of president Chen Give this guy a break! Dealing with the Godfathers War and Peace |
| China | Mao, the false god The next revolution 5000 years of Chinese civilization. 50 years of Chinese communism Jiang's appeal to virtue harks back to Confucius History by the defeted Big China, Little China Let's get real, folks How to get China's attention Who do you think you're kidding? It's true. Asians can't think Why are we unloved? Confronting the big lie Clinton's message China should dump Karl Marx |
| Others | The terrorists' big mistake Proud to call myself a Londoner Vain, venal elite is France's ruin, but Le Pen is not the cure Left still holds the key to France's future Future perfect Terms of enrichment Values true and false |