Reply #67: Yeah. But there was the long lunar new year holiday and genuinely freakish weather

[Ghost Dog]

to take into account.

My take is that at least China in the EastAsia region is open-eyed and quite prepared to increasingly depend on domestic internal economic activity for the forseeable future, where (still) overheating and inflation are seen as the biggest threats.

edit: BTW This year is the Year of the Rat, I understand...