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Will Chinese cars be sold in the US by 2010?

[ Most Likely ] No (61% chance)
There had been talks about China selling their hybrid cars here in US in the next 5 years: http://www.bloombe... Let's see if we can see if we see the first Chinese car on the US road before 2010.
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
  321 News 13 Comments Report will101 will101 (*)

Online Videos: Rely more on Streaming or BitTorrent?

[ Most Likely ] rely more on streaming (75% chance)
Comcast's decision to cap monthy broadband usage at 250GB is being decried as the end of the Internet as we know it. Maybe so, but it can also be seen as the dawn of the Streaming Era. As the Olympics ...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
  90 News 5 Comments Report ospere ospere (172)

Will the PS3 slim be announced in May 2009?

[ Predicted ] No (73% chance)
When pics of a slim PlayStation 3 were supposedly leaked by a Chinese manufacturer, the Internet was in an uproar. Of course, Sony just played dumb and said they "knew nothing" about it, but more evide...
[ Closed ] on 2009-06-01 EDT, Unanswered
  12 News 0 Comments Report Homer Homer (*)

China: Post-Olympic Economy?

[ Predicted ] Cooling Down (62% chance)
By all appearances, Beijing will be a long-remembered Games, and will probably set the standard for Olympic events for a generation. Unfortunate timing may tarnish China's gold-medal performance, makin...
[ Closed ] on 2009-09-30 EDT, Unanswered
  105 News 6 Comments Report Canada Canada (*)

Will another round of avian flu hit Hong Kong before March of 2009?

[ Predicted ] few cases affecting birds only (45% chance)
The Avian Flu, H5N1, appears to have become endemic now in Hong Kong. News just broke that chickens from a Yuan Long farm have tested positive for the H5 strain of virus, and 5 workers of chicken farms...
[ Closed ] on 2009-03-15 EDT, Unanswered
  6 News 2 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Will Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang compete for 2009 World Championship?

[ Predicted ] Yes he will join (63% chance)
Liu, arguably China's most famous sports star, stunned the country when he withdrew from his heats at the National Stadium suffering from a crippling foot injury with the blanket coverage of the incide...
[ Closed ] on 2009-08-01 EDT, Unanswered
  20 News 2 Comments Report freeman freeman (*)

Bargaining of Baidu Brand in Europe

[ Predicted ] Yes Baidu buys Baidu Europe (51% chance)
Baidu Europe puts brand and domain names up for sale. It is Netherlands-based Internet company with eight employees, is putting its brand name and 10 domain names up for grabs to the highest bidder. Th...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT, Unanswered
  100 News 1 Comments Report Arthur Arthur (*)
Recently, Liza Wang, a famous HK celebrity, suggests that the Chinese government grant pro-democratic legistlators a chance to visit the Beijing Olympics and to promote China-Hong Kong dialogue. 12...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
  78 News 3 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)
Like them or hate them, but the Canadian government led by the Conservatives party will be making its second official apology to a group of people who were unfairly treated by the government in the pas...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-10 EST
  4 News 5 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Indian oil firm to buy Imperial

[ Predicted ] Cancel the deal (45% chance)
Imperial has access to resource-rich Russian oilfields and analysts say that ONGC is looking to secure supplies of oil to fuel India's booming economy. India's biggest oil producer, ONGC, has agreed...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-01 EST, Unanswered
  52 News 0 Comments Report jubilee jubilee (370)
The Chinese sturgeon is an endangered species that is often viewed at as a living fossil. Believed to emerge during the days of the dinosaurs, they are among the first animals that have a notochord, a ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-24 EST
  5 News 3 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Will Google offer iTune type music store in China before 2010?

[ Most Likely ] No Chinese Goog music store (60% chance)
Google just announced a free music download forum exclusive to China. This forum is ad-supported, and let users download music for free. If you read enough about online privacy, you might know that o...
will close on 2010-01-01 EST
  129 News 4 Comments Report oilman oilman (*)
On Sep 15, a total of 1,253 Chinese children have fallen ill after drinking contaminated milk powder, and two babies have died, China's health ministry says. The company at the centre of the growing sc...
[ Scored ] on 2008-10-20 EDT
  28 News 4 Comments Report oWell oWell (*)

First Spacewalk Mission by China

[ End Result ] Yes send back live images
China is readying itself this week for its most ambitious space mission yet. If successful, it will pave the way for permanent Chinese structures in space. The manned mission, which could launch on ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-29 EDT
  8 News 2 Comments Report latver latver (122)

Disqualify 14-Year-Old Chinese Gymnasts?

[ End Result ] Still Qualified
Are they 14? Are they 16? Questions about the Chinese women have been swirling for months, with media reports and online records suggesting that He, Yang and Jiang might be as young as 14. Gymnasts ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-09-09 EDT
  6 News 6 Comments Report osagee osagee (282)