August 15th is drawing close. It is a good time to think about China's relation with Japan. Besides, a new survey on this topic was discussed in Yomiuri Shimbun, August 4, 2008. "Only about one-third of Japanese think the relationship between Japan and China is good in contrast to nearly 70 percent of Chinese who view the relationship positively, according to a survey … [Read more...] about How do the Chinese really feel about Japan, the new Yomiuri/Xinhua Survey
Archives for August 2008
(Letter) How fast China can catch up the US in GDP? It may be faster than you think.
In 2002, the GDP of China was 10.2 trillion yuan, and the GDP of the US was 10.6 trillion US dollar. At the year-end exchange rate, China's GDP was 11.7% of the US'. In 2007, the GDP of China was 24.7 trillion yuan, and the GDP of the US was 14.0 trillion US dollar. At the end-end exchange rate, China's GDP was 24.0% of the US'. If we assume the relative paces of the … [Read more...] about (Letter) How fast China can catch up the US in GDP? It may be faster than you think.
(Letter) Terrorist attack in Xinjiang ahead of Olympics
BEIJING - Two men rammed a dump truck into a group of jogging policemen and then tossed explosives into their barracks Monday, killing 16 officers... … [Read more...] about (Letter) Terrorist attack in Xinjiang ahead of Olympics
Why are the Chinese so upset II: Being an internationalist
Thanks for all the thoughtful feedback to my previous post. Your suggestions of overcoming East-West misunderstanding with multiculturalism (Alice Poon), attention to individual choices, within-group differences (Wu Di) and between-group commonality (Daniel) remind me of the Foreword written by former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations Hatano Yoshio for Nitobe Inazo’s … [Read more...] about Why are the Chinese so upset II: Being an internationalist
From vegetable field to bird's nest: witnessing the birth of the national stadium in Beijing
Many of you perhaps have already seen the stunning computer rendered image, shown above, of the national stadium, better known as the bird's nest. But do you wonder what it looks like during the seven years of building? … [Read more...] about From vegetable field to bird's nest: witnessing the birth of the national stadium in Beijing