The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating conversation with U.S. Senator, Dianne Feinstein, who recently came back from a trip to China speaking with Jiang Zemin and Zhu Rongji. It reported, "A Conversation With Dianne Feinstein," where the senator (who is also the chairwoman of the powerful Senate Intelligence Committee) admitting the February 2010 $6.4billion arms sales to … [Read more...] about U.S. Senator, Dianne Feinstein, on the recent $6.4billion arms sale to Taiwan: “I believe that’s a mistake on our part.”
The coming decades explosion of Chinese culture
China Daily has just reported a "Chinese calligraphy work sold for record $57.1M" at the Poly 2010 Spring Auction on June 4, 2010. This record price puts Ming Dizhu's work within the same league as van Gogh and Picasso in terms of how much was fetched from an auction ("Portrait of Dr. Gachet," $139million, inflation adjusted, van Gogh; "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust", … [Read more...] about The coming decades explosion of Chinese culture
BeiDou (COMPASS), China’s GPS, to service Asia by 2012 and the world by 2020
China has just successfully placed into orbit her fourth satellite, which over the next ten years would complete a constellation of 35, to offer navigation and communications services to the world. By 2012, the BeiDou (COMPASS), in Chinese, 北斗卫星导航系统, system becomes operational for the Asia region. By 2020, it will service the entire globe. China joins the U.S. (GPS) and … [Read more...] about BeiDou (COMPASS), China’s GPS, to service Asia by 2012 and the world by 2020
“they hate the Japanese”
Recently I visited Japan on business, and on my way to the airport, I heard some comments that gave me some real pause for thought. There were three of us sharing the airport shuttle; a Canadian woman of European decent who works for Siemens in R&D, an African American man who is a sales executive, and myself. Upon learning the woman was from Canada, the African American … [Read more...] about “they hate the Japanese”
The Cheonan incident – what do you make of it?
On 26 March 2010, South Korean (ROK) naval ship, Cheonan was sunk 1.9 km off the southwest coast of Baengnyeong Island. 46 of the 104 sailors were presumed killed. South Korea claims the ship was sunk due to a torpedo attack from North Korea (DPRK). "The cause of this explosion was not immediately determined, although experts said that an external explosion was likely, as … [Read more...] about The Cheonan incident – what do you make of it?