Monthly Archives: July 2008

Keeping up

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Dorothy Kronick

The Mexican export sector can’t compete with China’s.  Why? In yet another reminder of the uneven evolution of the Sino-Mexican bilateral relationship, Mexican President Felipe Calderón visited China last week with the goal of encouraging investment in Mexico. The press … Continue reading →

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Beijing Universities Top U.S. Doctorate Feeder List

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Graham Webster

Beijing University (aka Peking University) and Qinghua University (Tsinghua) top Science magazine’s list of top undergraduate schools for students obtaining U.S. Ph.D.s. A new study has found that the most likely undergraduate alma mater for those who earned a Ph.D. … Continue reading →

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Obama Says He Would Hear From Dalai Lama Before Going to Olympic Ceremony

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Graham Webster

Without saying definitively he would not attend the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing one month from today, U.S. Senator Barack Obama said as president he would skip the ceremony without hearing from the Dalai Lama that there had been progress … Continue reading →

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When the U.S. Wants to Criticize ‘Chinese Art’

Posted on July 6, 2008 by Graham Webster

In The New Republic, Jed Perl exercises no economy of words in lambasting art from China and its growing global following. Based on a reading of “Chinese art” that does not apparently leave the island of Manhattan, Perl makes several … Continue reading →

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Is Venezuela selling oil to China instead of to the U.S.?

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Dorothy Kronick

The United States is importing less oil from Venezuela, and China is buying more. Is Venezuela putting its resources where Hugo Chávez’s mouth is and using the country’s major export as a geopolitical lever? Or are U.S. imports just catching … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Future of the Transpacific Internet

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Graham Webster

Anyone living in China and communicating with the Western Hemisphere or Europe knows that even when government controls aren’t slowing down the internet, any disruption of undersea fiber optics in the Pacific can bring traffic to a crawl. From MIT’s … Continue reading →

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On Removing Good Feeds From RSS

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Graham Webster

Warning: not about anything particularly Transpacific. For some weeks, I found blogging overwhelming. For someone who gets significant income writing a blog affiliated with a major tech news site and committed to developing this site, this is a disconcerting phenomenon. … Continue reading →

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Profiled in Japan for Looking ‘Non-Japanese’ Near the G8

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Graham Webster

Arudou Debito, or Dave Aldwinckle, is a vocal advocate for the rights of non-Japanese and naturalized Japanese citizens in Japan. Sometimes controversial and always outspoken, Debito most recently shares his experience of being stopped at an airport surrounding the G8 … Continue reading →

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