On November 29, 2011, the Washington Post cited on a page 1 story a study done at the Georgetown University that China's nuclear arsenal was 10x as large U.S. government official (and experts) estimates. The study and the article drew a great deal of attention. The information was false. MIT Associate Professor of Political Science, M. Taylor Fravel, has done an excellent … [Read more...] about MIT Professor, “Open Sources and Information Laundering”
Responding to China Law Blog: “Chinese Students In America. It’s Bad Out There.”
Dan Harris over at China Law Blog made a bold post today relaying complaints students at the University of Washington have for their fellow international students from Mainland China. He qualified that the complaints were directed at students from China and not of students with Chinese ethnicity. He also qualified the students whom he got the complaints were "sophisticated, … [Read more...] about Responding to China Law Blog: “Chinese Students In America. It’s Bad Out There.”
A conversation with Shaun Rein on China
(On January 5, 2012, I sat down with Shaun Rein, founder and Managing Director of the China Market Research Group, to talk about China. He gave us his insights into major events of 2011. In this hour-long interview, we touched on many topics: pollution, CNN and Christian Bale's recent run-in with Chinese police, food safety, Weibo, and so on.) YinYang:2011 was another … [Read more...] about A conversation with Shaun Rein on China
Calling China “Currency Manipulator”. Racism, and/or sore loser mentality?
U.S. Senate passed the "China currency manipulation bill" around October. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/11/senate-passes-china-currency-manipulation-bill/ You can find the text here. http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s1619/text The action hints at Racism at its core, buried under layers of political procedural jargons. A few points for thoughts. … [Read more...] about Calling China “Currency Manipulator”. Racism, and/or sore loser mentality?
Some thoughts at Lake Tahoe
Below are couple of shots taken at Lake Tahoe where I vacationed this past week. Generally, I was impressed with how environmentally conscience American society has become, and the pristine waters and clean beaches at the lake reminded me of that. Recycling is in full force. I recall back in the 80's, recycling was still not a daily vocabulary. It is today. … [Read more...] about Some thoughts at Lake Tahoe