links for 2005-07-20

• Fortune.com: Netscape
  netscape history
  (tags: netscape)
• The Peking Duck: A finite miracle?
  Hard infrastructure like roads and utilities are easier to build than soft infrastructure like rule of law and capital markets.
  (tags: china india)
• The Peking Duck: America's paranoia over China's bid for Unocal
  is there a punk song called "give me something to fear?" there oughta be
  (tags: china cnooc unocal)
• EETimes.com - Indian talks stuck over Intel cash request, says report
  well, it can't hurt to ask, can it?
  (tags: india intel ic)
• Joined at the Hip - NYTimes
  Friedman on the Tiananmen-Texas Bargain
  (tags: china us economics)
• China Has an Ancient Mariner to Tell You About - NYTimes
  Zheng He as political prop
  (tags: zhenghe china)
• How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart - NYTimes
  (tags: costco walmart)
• Shanghaiist: Wal-Mart sets up shop in Shanghai
  (tags: shanghai walmart)
• Haier, Partners Drop Bid to Buy Maytag - Yahoo! News
  (tags: haier whirlpool maytag)
• Shanghaiist: Shanghai to raise subway fares
  d'oh
  (tags: shanghai subway)
• SiliconBeat: Google opens China research center
  (tags: china google microsoft)
• The Business Experiment
  Can't get to TypePad, but if I could, I'd tell you http://thisisgoingtobebig.typepad.com ref'd this cool/interesting idea.
  (tags: businessexperiment opensource distributedwork crowdwisdom)