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Transpacifica is primarily written by me, Graham Webster. I'm an analyst, journalist, and consultant on East Asian politics and technology. Here, I write about East Asian politics mostly in China and Japan, the Internet and society, the environment, and contemporary art. Unavoidably, I sometimes veer off topic—even with a topic as large as the Pacific.
By day, I work at the EastWest Institute in New York City, but all opinions are my own and do not represent EWI or any of my other clients or employers.
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Olympics Journalists Say More About Their Home Country Than the Host
What have the Olympic Games done to affect the world’s discussions about China? Perhaps, very little. Instead of delving into the diversity and complexity of “China,” journalists focused on sports, especially the journalists’ home team. Cultural reporting, too, reflected the … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Roker, China, China, John Burns, Media, NBC, Olympics, The New York Times, Today Show
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China’s New Anti-Ship Missiles and U.S. Forces in Japan
China is working on the world’s first anti-ship ballistic missile, according to some defense analysts. Tobias Harris writes that the ASBM may be based on an existing missile that has a range of 1,800 km, and he notes that such … Continue reading
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Tagged ASBM, China, China-Japan, China-U.S., Military, Missile, Tobias Harris, Triangle, U.S. Navy, United States
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Photographer Michael Wolf’s Hong Kong ‘Architecture of Density’
This picture is stolen from photographer Michael Wolf’s website, where he as lots of great work, including this series on Hong Kong architecture called “Architecture of Density.” The work has been shown at Beijing’s 798 Photo Gallery among many other … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, China, Density, Hong Kong, Michael Wolf, Photography, Urban
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On the multiplicity of individuals in China
James Fallows got worked up over David Brooks’ ignorant musing about Chinese and Asian collectivity. The product was this excellent paragraph, which follows part of Brooks’ words. If you show an American an image of a fish tank, the American … Continue reading
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Tagged China, David Brooks, James Fallows, Race, Stereotypes, The New York Times
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Online Voices Aren’t Everything in China
In the months leading up to the Beijing Olympics, which began Friday, English language media have published countless stories on China and its capital. But many of these stories echo each other and few break new ground in the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, China, Deng Xiaoping, Framing, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet, Laobaixing, Mao Zedong, Media, Olympics, Property Rights, Wen Jiabao
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