CER links: Crowdsourced Facebook translations, China ADRs and A-shares

The Editors suggest checking out the following links:

FT: China 2007 trade surplus a record $262bn - Notable for Stephen Green's estimate that China's imports need to grow about 30% faster than exports for the trade surplus to even begin to be resolved. Long road ahead

JPMorgan's Forecast on China's Internet Sector : China Web2.0 Review - JPMorgan on the growth of China's internet industry

Marbridge: Rumor: Roadmap for Telecom Restructuring Unveiled - Netcome and Unicom to merge; Telecom to get Netcom's CDMA business; China Mobile to get Tietong - says the latest rumor

Wired: The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry - Fred Vogelstein gets the inside track on Apple's iPhone deal-making with AT&T - could it contain a clue to how Apple will negotiate with China Mobile?

Seeking Alpha: Beware of Overtightening Credit in China - Implications of credit overtightening by the authorities next year

Dear China - Bi-lingual electronic postcards from "the West" to China. Does China care?

Treehugger: BioFuel Popularity Expanding - Will Ceetoh Prospects Be Compromised, Forests Be Clearcut? - Cellulosic ethanol plants providing the biofuel for mining operations? Movements in that direction in the US from Cleveland-Cliffs

Seeking Alpha: Chinese ADRs Are in Red Despite Strong Mainland Performance - We don't think A-shares and Chinese ADRs are inversely related, as this post suggests

Venturebeat: Coming soon? Facebook translation, message blasts, and more privacy controls - Facebook crowdsources translations... quick and dirty way into international markets

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