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China’s ghost cities are still being developed. — [VIDEO]

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Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1986 huge concert in Houston, Texas + Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1988 epic concert in London’s Docklands, U.K. + Jean-Michel Jarre’s 1981 historic concerts in China. — [VIDEO]

Don’t miss the laser harp: Click on ‘More’ for the rest of the post (plenty of rare Jarre concert videos).

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Globalization + Technology = Economic Progress — [VIDEO]

Peter Thiel (the sound is weak, beware):

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China’s economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016. — [CHART]

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Are citations in science journals reflecting serious, genuine and productive R&D? — [CHART]

However the report points out that a growing volume of research publications does not necessarily mean in increase in quality. Via Jason Ruspini.

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What China is doing with all that copper… — [LINK]

Copper in China.

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China’s ghost cities — [VIDEO]

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“The hacking of Google that forced the search engine to withdraw from mainland China was orchestrated by a senior member of the communist politburo, according to classified information sent by US diplomats to Hillary Clinton’s state department in Washington. The leading politician became hostile to Google after he searched his own name and found articles criticising him personally, leaked cables from the US embassy in Beijing say.”

“The politician allegedly collaborated with a second member of the politburo in an attempt to force Google to drop a link from its Chinese-language search engine to its uncensored google.com version.”

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Jim Rogers on commodities, the commodity bubble, gold, the gold bubble, crude oil, the crude oil bubble, China, the China bubble — etc.

Via Joe Weisenthal:

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Nathan Myhrvold on geo-engineering to combat global warming

Great interview on CNN — video. He also talks about “investing in inventions”.

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