I want to wish everyone Great Health, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year! :/-.` :. ./-` :hNNmy` yNh- .mNh -omMo … [Read more...] about Happy New Year
Errors of Soft Power, a Year-end Review
As 2013 comes to an end, we draw upon some lessons of this past year, particularly in regards to the concept of "soft power", which is discussed often on this forum and in the Western media. … [Read more...] about Errors of Soft Power, a Year-end Review
Another Suspicious Chinese Espionage Case
http://www.reuters.com/investigates/china-military/#article/part3 http://m.ice.gov/news/releases/1309/130906denver.htm?f=m A Chinese national, who was residing in Oakland, Calif., pleaded guilty Sept. 3 to conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act and to Smuggle Goods from the United States. This guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney John Walsh, District of … [Read more...] about Another Suspicious Chinese Espionage Case
A Sobering View of Asia, Why Pivot Will Fail
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