Monthly Archives: December 2007

links for 2007-12-28

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Graham Webster

Japanese Dictionaries on Leopard (Muninn) The new Apple OS has Japanese dictionaries built in. (tags: japanese language technology apple leopard dictionary) NIPPON　FALCONS　LEAGUE Our blog’s intention is to request the US government to grant us a chance to defend our mother … Continue reading →

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Bush and Chávez on Equal Ground in China

Posted on December 14, 2007 by Graham Webster

Chinochano notes [es] that most visits by foreign heads of state to China result in the same press release, names changed. In Spanish from the blog, here are the two hypothetical* examples. George W. Bush Hugo Chávez Pekín, 2 nov … Continue reading →

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Librairie Avant-Garde – Brilliant Nanjing Bookstore

Posted on December 12, 2007 by Graham Webster

Today, just as my wandering was turning into a walk home, I passed the Librairie Avant-Garde in Nanjing, a bookstore in an apparently never-used parking garage. Needless to say, I was not able to resist. Though its selection of foreign-language … Continue reading →

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Hitting the Road: Nanjing, Shanghai, and ???

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Graham Webster

I’m going to be bouncing around China a bit after more than four months in Beijing. I am flying tomorrow (Tuesday) from Beijing to Nanjing, where I will be doing some reporting and research. I’ll be heading to Shanghai around … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-12-06

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Graham Webster

Why China cracked down on my nonprofit (Christian Science Monitor) (tags: China ngo censorship) China expresses “grave concern” that USS Kitty Hawk passed Taiwan on way back to Japan (AP) (tags: china-us military taiwan navy) France and the ecological new … Continue reading →

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Tom Daschle on China-U.S. Environment Cooperation

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Graham Webster

My former employer, CampusProgress.org at the Center for American Progress, has published a lengthy piece by former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (a senior fellow at CAP) on U.S.-China environmental responsibility. His central argument is that a leadership vacuum … Continue reading →

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Staging for the Beijing Olympics—in Japan

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Graham Webster

Noted without comment. A large travel agency is planning a big promotion overseas to get foreign sports teams to stay in Japan before going on to Beijing for the start of next year’s Olympic games. They are touting the facilities, … Continue reading →

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Me in the Boston Globe on Deval Patrick and China

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Graham Webster

Among the several reasons this site has been slow recently is that I’ve had a glut of work. Yesterday, I covered Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s trip to China. The story appears in Tuesday’s Boston Globe business section. Gov. Patrick pushes … Continue reading →

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