Sinomania

Comments & Recommends

• Website: www.sinomania.com/
• Location California
• Party registered independent
• Politics libertarian

Favorites

• Favorite Blogs On a daily basis: TPM, Drudge, Calculated Risk, Big Picture, Morgan Stanly Global Economic Forum, Follow the Money, Eschaton, Juan Cole, google news, TMZ
• Favorite Books Anything with China or Chinese in the title.
• Favorite Quotes "Where the bulk of the population cannot read true democracy is impossible." H.L. Mencken

Bio

Ben Calmes writes the Sinomania! website and blog and China news and business matters. He has traveled alone extensively throughout eleven provinces, municipalities, and special administrative regions in China. His views on China have been sought by Moody's Investors Service, the World Economic Forum, the New York Times, Xinhua Finance, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Ben worked in the White House in the administration of President George H.W. Bush and as a consultant to the Clinton/Gore Transition Team. He has held responsible positions at government sponsored enterprises at the federal, state, and city level as well as the US Department of the Treasury and private enterprises. Ben has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a M.A. from USC.