Midas Oracle .ORG » China http://www.midasoracle.org Prediction Markets, etc. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 China’s ghost cities are still being developed. — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/12/china-empty-cities-building/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/12/china-empty-cities-building/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:25:00 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=26822

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/12/china-empty-cities-building/feed/ 0 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] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/09/jean-michel-jarre-concerts-houston-texas-london-docklands-china-moscow/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/09/jean-michel-jarre-concerts-houston-texas-london-docklands-china-moscow/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:27:01 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=26723 Continue reading →]]> Don’t miss the laser harp:

Click on ‘More’ for the rest of the post (plenty of rare Jarre concert videos).

And now, the concert he did in London with Lady Di in attendance:

The 1981 concerts in China (where he was the first Western musician to perform since the revolution):

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/09/09/jean-michel-jarre-concerts-houston-texas-london-docklands-china-moscow/feed/ 0 Globalization + Technology = Economic Progress — [VIDEO] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/08/09/globalization-technology-economic-progress-video/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/08/09/globalization-technology-economic-progress-video/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:23:38 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=26303 Peter Thiel (the sound is weak, beware):

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/08/09/globalization-technology-economic-progress-video/feed/ 0 China’s economy will surpass that of America in real terms in 2016. — [CHART] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/25/china-america-economy-2016/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/25/china-america-economy-2016/#comments Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:25:10 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24313

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/04/25/china-america-economy-2016/feed/ 0 Are citations in science journals reflecting serious, genuine and productive R&D? — [CHART] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/31/are-citations-in-science-journals-reflecting-serious-genuine-and-productive-rd-chart/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/31/are-citations-in-science-journals-reflecting-serious-genuine-and-productive-rd-chart/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:31:21 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24041

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

Via Jason Ruspini.

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/31/are-citations-in-science-journals-reflecting-serious-genuine-and-productive-rd-chart/feed/ 0 What China is doing with all that copper… — [LINK] http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/29/what-china-is-doing-with-all-that-copper-link/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/29/what-china-is-doing-with-all-that-copper-link/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:02:11 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=24008 Copper in China.

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]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2011/03/29/chinese-real-estate-market/feed/ 0 “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.” http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/04/google-hacking-china/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/04/google-hacking-china/#comments Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:54:27 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=22117 “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.”

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/12/04/google-hacking-china/feed/ 0 Jim Rogers on commodities, the commodity bubble, gold, the gold bubble, crude oil, the crude oil bubble, China, the China bubble — etc. http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/01/21/jim-rogers-commodities-bubble/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/01/21/jim-rogers-commodities-bubble/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:04:52 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=20207 Via Joe Weisenthal:

]]> http://www.midasoracle.org/2010/01/21/jim-rogers-commodities-bubble/feed/ 0 Nathan Myhrvold on geo-engineering to combat global warming http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/12/21/nathan-myhrvold-geo-engineering-global-warming/ http://www.midasoracle.org/2009/12/21/nathan-myhrvold-geo-engineering-global-warming/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:11:18 +0000 Chris F. Masse http://www.midasoracle.org/?p=20042 Great interview on CNN — video.

He also talks about “investing in inventions”.

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