Thomas --
"The site you found is why I still like Internet so much after all these 14 months I'm on! It's a virtual goldmine, at least in an intellectual sense! (SI is one in the pocket, too, sometimes...<g>)."
Yes, I think that site has great potential. Now, how long with the free emailed updates last? Seems like I'm getting about one per day. Nothing yet on the far east but I'm sure that won't take too long. Again, here is the URL to the link where you can subscribe to the free global intelligence updates:
stratfor.com
Note that the market in China is down considerably now. Are they next? According to the STRATFOR people, China is not going to avoid this mess. They go on to say that China and Indonesia are the most vunerable to political fallout.
"It appears to us that the logical consequence facing Asia is a massive delegitimation of regimes. In some countries where hardship might be mitigated and social discipline is high, delegitimation might well be avoided--we have Singapore and Taiwan in mind. In other countries, like Malaysia, where a degree of nationalism continues to serve as a social glue, nationalism may forestall disintegration. And in relatively democratic states like South Korea and Japan, the
instability might be contained in the political system, if all goes well. But in the best conceivable scenario, two nations in Asia are extraordinarily vulnerable in 1998: China and Indonesia."
stratfor.com
Craig |
