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I’ve talked before about the challenge facing the Chinese economy.
Here’s two charts from that detail the slow down and the impact its having out of the main coastal areas.
More and more of the world is inextricably linked into China’s success as shown by Export trade as a proportion of world GDP.
and the overall source of China’s imports
Which shows that more than half of Chinese exports originate in Asia.… Read more
After 34 years of booming economic growth averaging over 9% per year (the longest sustained period of rapid economic growth in human history), China’s credit-fueled, investment-driven growth model is exhausted and increasingly unstable. Chinese economic growth slowed to the lowest level since 1999 last year, expanding 7.7%.
Policymakers have recognized the need to re-balance economic growth and are now slowly transitioning away from a credit and export driven economy to one driven by consumer growth.… Read more
If you’ve ever wondered what you’re most likely to die from at any given time, check out this data visualization posted to Reddit by UCanDoEat.
The 2010 data is from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, and it provides an interesting look into the most common causes of death for different age brackets.
Ever wondered how much time the average person spends looking at their TV, computer, phone or laptop? Well, this chart shows exactly that, broken down by country.
Produced by Mary Meeker for her annual presentation on internet trends, the chart reveals some interesting insights. Clearly Indonesia and the Philippines are glued to their screens- and I think Singapore would be up there too based on what I see each day on the bus- but it’s the breakdown where it get interesting.… Read more
Some people have it, others don’t.
And you certainly know those who don’t have empathy, the UK and US television series “The Office” has a great example of an empathy less boss.
Empathy is the ability to understand and affect the emotional states of others.
a. The ability to “read” the emotions and emotional states of other.
b. The ability to determine the situations/triggers that cause various emotional states in others.… Read more