tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post7075343113384700771..comments2024-03-08T06:18:28.125+11:00Comments on Bronte Capital: Death, Ferraris and naked exotic girls: racism, politics and garbage data in ChinaJohn Hemptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03766274392122783128noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-1673508520050356452012-09-05T16:12:14.582+10:002012-09-05T16:12:14.582+10:00Maybe its Ferrari that's the problem. Its happ...Maybe its Ferrari that's the problem. Its happening in Singapore too. <br /><br />At 4:09 a.m. on May 12, Chinese national Ma Chi sped through a Singapore stop light in his $1.4 million Ferrari 599 GTO and slammed into a taxi, killing himself and two others and sparking a wave of anti-foreigner sentiment<br /><br /><br />http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-25/ferrari-deaths-fuel-anti-foreigner-anger-before-singapore-poll.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-17050437307852392022012-09-05T11:27:52.688+10:002012-09-05T11:27:52.688+10:00if you trust your source so much, why not just ask...if you trust your source so much, why not just ask him/her if ling gu is still aroundAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-48074675696266133622012-09-05T10:57:09.709+10:002012-09-05T10:57:09.709+10:00Well, whatever caused the crash, it definitely was...Well, whatever caused the crash, it definitely wasn't the girls grabbing the wrong stick... The 458 only comes with paddle shifters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-13239629142567475812012-09-05T06:36:29.800+10:002012-09-05T06:36:29.800+10:00John,
I think we're witnessing the final deat...John,<br /><br />I think we're witnessing the final death-throws of a dying regime in China.<br /><br />This all sounds like the cry from the 1980's when we believed that Japan was going to take the top-spot from the US and we had many ostentatious displays of consumption. Today, substitute China for Japan, but the narrative is the same and the outcome will, at least, rhyme.<br /><br />John.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-61065081412415193582012-09-05T03:32:14.391+10:002012-09-05T03:32:14.391+10:00John,
Your insight is 100% correct. Here is a lin...John,<br /><br />Your insight is 100% correct. Here is a link from an overseas Chinese website related to the accident:<br /><br />http://news.creaders.net/photo/subject_details.php?nid=530504&id=506265<br /><br />There is no transparency at all in China. Ordinary Chinese are not allowed to knows things within the corrupt Forbidden City.<br /><br />EGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-32169449495481114912012-09-04T19:09:51.635+10:002012-09-04T19:09:51.635+10:00John,
I kind of missed your point here - why the i...John,<br />I kind of missed your point here - why the identity of girls matter?<br /><br />I mean, in a story "one's son crashed an exorbitantly-priced car while trying to have fun with girls in it" is in my mind already reputation-damaging beyond nuances like girls race or whatnot. Isn't it?<br /><br />Regards,<br />Dmitry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-29967591679931193442012-09-04T18:20:38.750+10:002012-09-04T18:20:38.750+10:00"mid level" politics?? Sure this is no B..."mid level" politics?? Sure this is no BoXilai gets destroyed type of situation but this is a very real moving of chess pieces on the board. This guy isnt going to get his Standing Committee seat, undermining Hu at least somewhat. <br /><br />After all, the big secret of Chinese politics is that the predecessor to the newly appointed President gets to put in at least 3-4 allies on the Standing Committee, which is why most actual reforms occur a year or two before the leadership does their generational shift. <br /><br />Zeming was able to hamstring Hu, and even hold onto his Military Commission role, literally splitting the executive power, and Hu wants to do the same thing to the next guy. <br /><br />Basically, had Bo Xilai not gotten himself Game of Throned out of power, this would have been THE story of Chinese internal politics for 2012. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-76938975885954668122012-09-04T14:56:14.708+10:002012-09-04T14:56:14.708+10:00I think death is a fact that is not able to be spu...I think death is a fact that is not able to be spun even in China.<br /><br />But the identity of the girls? Well that is subject to much spin.John Hemptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766274392122783128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-92178569173949798392012-09-04T14:49:02.679+10:002012-09-04T14:49:02.679+10:00Reminds me of the Thai heir to the Red Bull empire...Reminds me of the Thai heir to the Red Bull empire.. Just arrested for killing a policeman while driving a Ferrari this past week.. <br /><br />Looks like there was an attempt a at a coverup.. <br /><br />http://www.npr.org/2012/09/03/160515208/an-heir-to-red-bull-fortune-is-arrested-in-police-officers-deathAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-80240068656009600862012-09-04T13:36:27.519+10:002012-09-04T13:36:27.519+10:00am i missing something? the websites all say that...am i missing something? the websites all say that the driver died, so if ling gu is it, then he's dead right?Kaiyuan Wanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07421322722775594265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4815867514277794362.post-85179324794341977192012-09-04T13:06:34.070+10:002012-09-04T13:06:34.070+10:00I'm sorry for his loss. Must be devastating to...<br /><br />I'm sorry for his loss. Must be devastating to lose a child, no matter how. Such an event can be so debilitating that it could be reason enough for his change in position.<br /><br /><br />Having said that, I'm glad the [supposedly] speeding car did not kill other people. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com