On China

A couple of random thoughts I have been munching on:

  1. Just finished reading this book.  Even though many things are most probably not true, even if this guy did only 25% of what they claim he's worst than most of the other dictators in the world.
  2. Finnair's Asian strategy is working.  So much so, that my direct flights HEL-MAD-HEL were full of Spaniards and Chinese coming and going on holiday (there were very few Finns).  There were a couple of "little emperors" but nothing too annoying really.  The comparison with their partner Iberia couldn't be more lopsided, since in their case the results from their Latin American strategy are a mess (if you fly within Europe service is pretty OK, but if you fly long haul the airline changes from Iberia to Siberia).