I'd like to give people a heads up on the accessible work from two outstanding legal scholars specializing in international maritime law and especially China's territorial disputes. Many may already know Professor Jerome Cohen who has down excellent work not on developing the rule of law within China's legal system but in teaching law to Chinese law students. His academic … [Read more...] about More on China’s territorial disputes (with Japan).
Announcements
Democracy Is Ruining Capitalism – Does China Do Capitalism Better Than America?
Slate/Intelligence Squared appears to be planning an interesting live debate on March 13 - with Orville Schell and Peter Schiff arguing for the motion in the title and Ian Bremmer and Minxin Pei against. Details of the debate can be found at the slate and intelligence squared websites. The intelligence squared site - in particular - features a good and interesting set of … [Read more...] about Democracy Is Ruining Capitalism – Does China Do Capitalism Better Than America?
Announcement: 2012 Hidden Harmonies Essay Contest
We are excited to officially launch the 2012 Hidden Harmonies Essay Contest. In doing this, we hope to bring more awareness to the 'Chinese' perspective. The best 3 essays will be awarded prizes with an iPad 2 ipad 3 going to the top essay. This year's topic will answer the following question: Every society has a set of values around which it builds its culture. The West likes … [Read more...] about Announcement: 2012 Hidden Harmonies Essay Contest
Hidden Harmonies bloggers and readers make a difference
We are here to offer a balance that is sorely lacking in the mainstream Western press about all things 'China' and 'Chinese.' Some of you might have wondered how this endeavor is fairing as we approach our second year. Allen and I are grateful of the authors and those of you who come here to comment. This short post is a 'thank you' and an example of the real impact this is … [Read more...] about Hidden Harmonies bloggers and readers make a difference
Some thoughts at 100k
We are about to pass the 100k 'visitors' (metric is not exact science, and I actually suspect it should be 'visits') mark soon, though the map doesn't count our RSS readers traffic. (We are also moving onto a bigger server, so please bear with the recent sluggishness for just a little while longer. There are 950+ articles and 36k+ comments on the blog.) Allen and I … [Read more...] about Some thoughts at 100k