Rob Ayling writes: "Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Tom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied with in seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not? why not indeed!!" (The wondrous poetpic is by Jack McCabe, who I hope forgives me for scribbling all over it with Photoshop)
The PC16: Identifying China's Successors
Low wages,high growth-production of goods which find
markets
This
was China.It was also England in the Industrial Revolution
and
Japan and China post World War 2(with American assistance)
Conventional
wisdom post reparations World War One intuited
that
prosperity (advancing a middle class),meant evolutionary democracy.
China
as a metaphor means many things-most contradictory.Size is one!
Expansion
of Japan created a context for the Pacific in World War Two
China
is expanding her presence in the South China Sea and Indian
Ocean
China
is also investing in infrastructure of developing and emergent nations in
Africa, Asia ,South America etc
Her
market size means when she coughs,we get colds.We are all
interconnected.
Growth
is neither constant nor assured.PC sales are down,one can only buy enough smart
phones
And
low wage industries like garments and footwear can be outsourced to cheaper
countries
So
China needs create markets in her own country,as well as expand
overseas.
Before
we count her time as past,remember that dragons still exist
They
just change shape ,as markets and strategies do..as we will..as China does,we
watch..and follow
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