http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/john-glaser-intelligence-foreign-policy-world/2013/dec/13/americans-can-do-without-bogus-narratives-china-po/ This is a rare big picture sobering look of Asia, boiling down the Asian Pivot as nothing more than "bogus" and "propaganda". But more practically, unstatedly, the facts are ripe for the reasons why the Pivot … [Read more...] about A Sobering View of Asia, Why Pivot Will Fail
Full Time Nationalistic Journalism In Review
There comes to a level of nationalism in journalism that trends a full time full-tilt kind of bias, to the point that "bias" seems almost inadequate. This is now in the Western media. Take couple of stories, (really non-stories made into stories). (1) "USS Cowpens: Why China forced a confrontation at sea with US Navy". (2) "China Rejects More US Corn Amid Trade … [Read more...] about Full Time Nationalistic Journalism In Review
China “Withholding” Visas From Foreign Journalists. Plenty of Self-Censorship At Home.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-withholds-visas-nyt-bloomberg-reporters-21144608 This is apparently a continuation of an old story of how China is "expelling" foreign journalists en masse. However, there are some conflicting details in the story itself. "Withholding" visas means they accepted the applications, but won't issue the the visas. However … [Read more...] about China “Withholding” Visas From Foreign Journalists. Plenty of Self-Censorship At Home.
A Different Memorial Riles Japanese Nationalists, By Merely Talking About It.
Japan recently reacted negatively with much fanfare, over the news that the South Korean and Chinese governments indicated "progress" on "cooperation" to build a Memorial Hall for Ahn Jung-Geun, who shot and killed Hirobumi Ito, then Japan’s top official in Korea, at the railway station in Harbin in northeast China in … [Read more...] about A Different Memorial Riles Japanese Nationalists, By Merely Talking About It.
Another Housing Bubble in US? (Under the Cover of China’s Housing Bubble)
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/housing-sales-drop-worrisome-signs-west-2D11624125 Apparently, the lure of money makes people forget lessons of the past. So when recently the housing prices started to rise again in the Western regions of US, People are starting to dump houses, hoping to cash in on the higher prices. (either that, or just trying to get themselves out of … [Read more...] about Another Housing Bubble in US? (Under the Cover of China’s Housing Bubble)