links for 2007-04-28
By Graham WebsterApril 28, 2007, 03:20 am UTC+8
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“So, with an eye toward a Japanese public that expects the new prime minister to get the same treatment as the old, the White House is taking pains to turn alliance into friendship, designing the Abe visit to allow the leaders plenty of time to talk subst
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“contenders included Wang Guangya, Chinese ambassador to the UN, the director of the Department for International Wang Jiarui and the present ambassador to Japan, Wang Yi.”
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Speaking during his first trip to the US as leader, Mr Abe said he felt deep sympathy for wartime “comfort women”.
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「辛酸をなめられた元慰安婦の方々に心から同情するとともに、極めて苦しい状況に置かれたことについて申し訳ない気持ちでいっぱいだ」
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“Another view expressed by Korean bloggers is that Cho Seung-hui was not actually the perpetrator, but a victim and even try to find similarities between 9/11 and this incident.”
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MENU FOR A CAMP DAVID LUNCHEON HONORING THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN ON FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007 Cheeseburgers Onion Rings Fruited Slaw Apple Pie Blue Bell Ice Cream
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“Every high school student in China was supposed to get some elementary computer education. However, the fact was far from the requirements set by the country’s National Education Ministry.”
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Such a large cut means China could end up by 2010 with “by far the most aggressive global warming pollution reduction policy of any country in the world,” Douglas Ogden, director of the China Sustainable Energy Program at the Energy Foundation
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Via Observing Japan
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On Haass’ essay
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Commentators have noted that the prime minister has taken seven months since his appointment to make it to the American capital, while it took him less than two weeks to travel to Beijing and Seoul.
