[lbo-talk] East Asia

[dredmond at efn.org]

This is big. While Bananamerica descends into outright madness, East Asia is 
scrambling the Evangelions (or sailing up the Anduin with reinforcements for 
Gondor, if your taste in allegory runs to prehistory):

Economics:   http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1058250,00.html
Geopolitics: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3173414.stm

I didn't think it would happen for another five years.

-- DRR