What's the most absurd nonsense that's out there in the American press lately? Now that the Wall Street Journal has jumped into the fray, asserting, "Chinese Hackers Hit U.S. Media," I thought the paper would at least cite some hard evidence. Alas, no. Instead, when you see the whole article premised on "people familiar with incidents said" or "several people familiar with the … [Read more...] about Chinese hackers hacking Western journalists to want to know what they THINK about China?
Archives for January 2013
Joseph Nye tells NPR’s Neal Conan China’s concerns over containment can be dismissed
Joseph Nye recently spoke to NPR's Neal Conan about the disputed islands in the East China Sea between China and Japan. Overall, I think Nye adds a helpful voice of moderation within the American public discourse on this issue. In the U.S.-China context, I also fully agree with him that if there is any sort of containment towards China, it is certainly not the same type as … [Read more...] about Joseph Nye tells NPR’s Neal Conan China’s concerns over containment can be dismissed
Xian Y-20’s Maiden Flight
Despite all the flaws of the US aviation industry (as illustrated by the 787 post below), the US and the West remains many years ahead of China in just about every part of the aviation value chain. However, this gap just got smaller yesterday with the maiden flight of the Y-20, a Chinese counterpart to the Russian Il-76 and the US C-17. Upon entering service, the Y-20 and … [Read more...] about Xian Y-20’s Maiden Flight
US Grounds Boeing 787, The Anatomy of a 20 Year Denial, and a Bubble of Self-Confidence
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323301104578257862879948292.html An almost sad tribute to Boeing's 787 above, attributes the recent Infernal Batteries problem of two 787 a week apart from each other, both while in normal operations, to the growing pain of "innovation". Except, this was not "innovation". Using such batteries in airplanes perhaps, but the … [Read more...] about US Grounds Boeing 787, The Anatomy of a 20 Year Denial, and a Bubble of Self-Confidence
CIA’s role in anti-Chinese genocide
The ethnic Chinese in Indonesia has faced many decades of racism and sometimes pogroms from Indonesians envious and suspicious of the Chinese. What is lesser known is that the US and especially the CIA played a cunning, covert role in spreading the defamatory lies and colluded with the racist Islamic government of Indonesia inciting the racial violence and ethnic cleansing … [Read more...] about CIA’s role in anti-Chinese genocide