links for 2007-05-14

Admiral Timothy Keating, making his first visit to Beijing as commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, emphasized the need for military friendship and cooperation between Beijing and Washington,

I don’t know how much can be read into this incident. That is, are ‘reporters’ supposed to engage in ‘coming collapse of China’-speculations every time that they file something? The problem with invoking the ’87,000 illegal disturbances’ every time is tha