China Morning Missive And here I am having to debunk at every turn the errant belief of a Social Credit as ore in China. When, in reality, one is - for all intents and purposes - deeply imbedded into the American social fabric. The obsession over credit scores in the US is a symptom of an economy with a foundation build of dead slaves.

CNBC

Credit scores fall for the second year in a row as more borrowers miss payments

The average FICO credit score fell two points year over year to 715. The resumption of federal student loan delinquency reporting was a key factor.

Have a great story to share on IMF voting rights. Just swamped with work today. Let’s just say, the Beltway dragged its feet on the issue way back in 2010 and China just said “fine, I’ll do it myself”. Voila. In comes the AIIB, New Development Bank and more recently the SCO Interbank Consortium.

For those interested in more long form China commentary, I also did this interview a couple weeks ago. I’m probably my own harshest critic. New to the podcasting guest world. This interview though is decent and as direct. Pretty succinct too.