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It would be an understatement to say that the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report released this week after 7 years of research, is alarming. While reading it, I was so overwhelmed with sadness and fear that I had to walk away and have a look at the exquisite beauty of the panoramic view of the ocean here in Malibu. The thought that our lovely village community will likely be significantly affected

While I am not of Buddhist faith, I was recently sent an email from a friend in the Buddhist community encouraging me to dial into the Mindfulness and Climate Action conversations hosted and arranged by One Earth Sangha. Ever curious, I started by looking at their website, which directed me to a background paper on the topic. It was extremely well drafted by Lou Leonard, Vice President of Climate Change at the World

It’s been sometime since my last posting, but overwhelming developments and trends in China have compelled me to set aside everything else to write down current observations. Tides are changing ever rapidly in our current times, and it may be a long time before we will be able to become too comfortable economically or politically. Not surprisingly, the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and slowdown of the Chinese econ

The week started with Panasonic, a huge Japanese global corporate, making not just a “cost of living adjustment” to salaries for its expats working in China, but actually a “cost of not living” adjustment to expat pay. What was most shocking in their announcement this week is that such a pay adjustment is not applicable to Chinese employees. I guess in their view, the life of a foreign expat is worth more than the li

The question of how government economic reform will play out will certainly be an ongoing debate. There are the naysayers that say that the hugely debt perpetuated economic growth will eventually unravel and end in a severe economic downturn. However, the Chinese communist government is still very powerful and very much in control. Unlike, other “free” economies, they still have the ability to counter balance destabi

This week, it’s all about the renminbi. Some say, Beijing has instigated the steepest fall in the value of its currency since the devaluation of 1994, when the export boom began. The main reason being to slow down the strengthening of the currency, which has hit a record high, and this could result in reducing China’s competitive position in the export market vis-à-vis other developing economies. However, the central