For those inclined to pessimism.............

"The experts had been expecting the growing Chinese middle class to pick up the buying slack if the export markets sagged. But if Chinese workers aren’t making as much or not working at all that may not happen. And the ordinary Chinese are becoming more and more aware of how the capitalist deck has been stacked against them by the government and military elites, who cream most of the gains. That results in more under currents of discontent.  And don’t forget the one child policy which is quickly disrupting the country’s demographics—China is ageing rapidly with too many frustrated Generation Y single men without enough Generation Y single women."


A full year's worth of global negativity is available right  here.  Might as well get it all out of your system at one time.  Makes it easier to move on.  I won't be revisiting Jonathan for a while.