Tuesday linkage: Holden, China cities, copyright, Asian Century and more

Asia\'s emerging economies are among the most exposed to financial risks from natural disasters, says a new study. (Thanks Malcolm.)
China\'s cities may be unlivable, but some people are getting around the crush (if not the smog) by building their McMansions on top of a shopping mall.
The Australia-US FTA does nothing to help Holden sell utes in the US.
Joseph Stiglitz says new discoveries in Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique don\'t necessarily mean Africa will succumb to the natural resources curse. (Thanks Steve.)
Ken Henry: Australia\'s education system \'has created Australians so ill-informed many who visit Bali don\'t realise they are in Indonesia.\'
Related: former Lowy Institute Executive Director Allan Gyngell is helping Ken Henry\'s Asian Century White Paper team to whittle down their 500-page draft.
Stephen Grenville is right to raise concerns about the encroachment of US copyright standards on Australia and the region. But more fundamentally, the whole philosophy of seeing ideas as property is suspect (h/t Sullivan):