Han Feizi’s 50th: Tesla, Chinese math and America’s face problem

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Hey, Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons Why I should be the one you choose All those other girls, well, they’re beautiful But would they write a song for you? (Ha-ha) –…

“Repetition is reputation!” the grizzled banking industry veteran told the young Turks at a department training event. A few talking points were all we needed. The rest was noise, hand waving, glad-handing and binge drinking.

We made our sell-side reputations through endless repetition of maybe five bullet points. Silence was the enemy – worse than being wrong, worse than being tiresome, worse than looking like a fool. Words must be said. Reports must be published. Noise must be made. Or the cash register stops ringing.

This is Han Feizi’s 50th article for the Asia Times. Three years ago, Asia Times columnist David Goldman (now Senior Advisor at the US State Department) invited one of his habitual Twitter trolls (Han Feizi’s alter ego) to write an article on China’s misunderstood consumption. And now Han Feizi is typing out his 50th article.

Liberated from the sound of the ringing cash…

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