About Erwin

As a 6-year-old kid on the West Coast (USA), I fantasized about moving to Tokyo to write video games for Nintendo. Probably pretty standard thinking for a 6 year old in the 80′s, especially as Japanese domination was everywhere in American pop-culture.

Somehow, after several twists of fate I ended up moving to Shanghai to pursue my entrepreneurial passion, and somehow end up a bit more “Chinese” every morning that I wake up here… That’s not a good thing or a bad thing. It’s just a different thing. Like so much of life here in China, it’s just a different way of looking at the same problem.

It’s quite an interesting business environment here. Prices are low. Exchange rates are favorable. Prices are reasonable. Exchange rates are manageable. The workforce is relatively skilled, especially the young people. The ideas and people from the developed west are greeted with open arms, as apposed to the NIH attitude that still dominates Japan.

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This blog is focused on: China and the USA, in terms of current and forward looking business, economics and politics — and backward looking linguistics, culture and history. There’s also some “tech – geeking out”, some tips for “china life” and about the film business.

Here are some of the most popular articles on Erwin.co – Hope you enjoy them:

• Selling in China… How to do it?
• Dollar Peg: Bad Business for China
• Why Tibet will never be Free
• The USA and Regional Security in Asia Part 1 and Part 2
• The Biggest Peg: Chinese Yuan and Sterilization Bonds
• Leverage and the Chinese Property Bubble
• Carry Trade: USD -> China Yuan -> Commodities
• China Bubble? Jim Rogers “No”. Jim Chanos “Yes”.
• Macau: More gambling than Vegas?
• SOEs: Buy High. Sell Higher? and Even the Police Dept is Building Houses!
• History of China, Dividing up China and War Reparations to Tsinghua Univ
• Tips for Learning Chinese
• PPStream on Mac OS X
• Why so many programs?