The news is abuzz with China's recent stock market crash. The naysayers are all coming out. Not that they were ever hiding, but now it's a parade - with horns and drums to toot! Some reports are however darn right silly. For example in this CNBS report titled How China might have given itself a black eye, a reporter would first accuse China of committing the sin of … [Read more...] about So China is Doomed Because of a 30% market crash … ?
Okinawa, Taiwan, and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in United States–Japan–China Relations
This is not the first time I have read and linked to articles in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus that I find sensible, instead of the misinformation and disinformation we see so often preached in Western press and Japanese press. I thought this article by Kimie Hara gives a more balanced Japanese view of the issue of territorial dispute between China and Japan and … [Read more...] about Okinawa, Taiwan, and the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in United States–Japan–China Relations
Google alters name of disputed South China Sea reef
So it's official folks. Google has altered the name of of a disputed South China Sea reef on its map from Huangyan Island to Scarborough Shoal. Since Google says so, it must be so. Has to be so. … [Read more...] about Google alters name of disputed South China Sea reef
陈平：对西方模式的迷恋导致了这次股灾/ On the stock crash in China
Recently the Shanghai stock market index went from around 2,000 to 5,100, and now crash back to 3.900. There were talks and actions on how to stabilize the market, from the cutting of transition cost to possible entering of Social Security fund, from blaming of shorts, derivatives, and future trading, to foreign hedge funds. There were suicides and rumors of suicides pressuring … [Read more...] about 陈平：对西方模式的迷恋导致了这次股灾/ On the stock crash in China
Xinjiang in the News Again … as Political Islam is Ignored Yet Again
So Xinjiang in on the Western news again. In the last few days, articles have appeared at Reuters, Wall Street Journal, the Christian Science Monitor, to name just a few... Here is an excerpt from the Christian Science Monitor: … [Read more...] about Xinjiang in the News Again … as Political Islam is Ignored Yet Again