Monthly Archives: July 2007

U.S. ’08 campaign silence belies importance of China – Yahoo! News Food safety fears and broad economic concerns keep China in U.S. headlines, but the epochal rise of America’s greatest potential rival has barely rated a blip so far in … Continue reading →

米国内の反日集団の実態ーー『中国「反日」の虚妄』（文春文庫）古森義久著から：イザ！ 花崗齋雜記 Jottings from the Granite Studio: Urban Hiking Beijing: The Forbidden City BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Support for Japan PM ‘at new low’ According to a survey by Jiji Press, Mr Abe’s popularity stands at 25.7%, his worst … Continue reading →

China and Japan: Agreeing on History? Interview with Japanese Historian Shinichi Kitaoka – Helen Vatsikopoulos :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代 Professor Shinichi Kitaoka from Tokyo University, former deputy Japanese ambassador to the United Nations, heads the Japanese side of … Continue reading →

Observing Japan: Combating the China threat thesis Japan’s Ministry of Defense has issued its first white paper as the Ministry of Defense, and it seems that this year’s edition is unique in its focus on China as a threat to … Continue reading →

China’s eco-city faces growth challenge CDT on Dongtan Eco-City Ampontan – Raining on Mr. Abe’s Parade

Top Democrat candidates back China currency bill – Yahoo! News Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York, Democratic front-runners in the November 2008 presidential race, signed on last week as co-sponsors of bipartisan legislation that … Continue reading →

The Declaration of Independence in Chinese Nanking – the film Japanese WW2 massacre film premieres in Beijing – Yahoo! News “Nanking,” a U.S.-made film documenting eyewitness accounts of atrocities committed by Japanese troops in China during World War Two, opened … Continue reading →

China takes up civic work in Africa 1,809 Chinese troops, police, military observers, and others are deployed worldwide. The majority – 1,273 – are here in Africa, building roads, setting up clinics, patrolling troubled villages