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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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- Key U.S.–Japan meeting overshadowed by U.S.–China diplomacy
- ‘National interests’ and dealing with U.S.–China distrust
- A great paragraph: Wen Jiabao as prodding CCP rule
- Some notes on This American Life’s retraction episode #Apple #China
- The rise and fall of a migrant food cart in China, from Tricia Wang
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- Frog in a Well – The China History Group Blog
- Frog in a Well – The Japan History Group Blog
- Japan Focus
- RConversation
- The China Beat
- YouMeiTi 有媒体 – Tricia Wang
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- China and the World – Ella Chou
- China Digital Times
- China Financial Markets – Michael Pettis
- China Law Blog
- China Media Project at HKU
- Dance to the Revolution – Ella Chou
- Danwei.org
- EastSouthWestNorth
- James Fallows
- Letters from China – Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
- See China
- Shanghaiist
- Sinocentric
- The China Game
- The China Reader – Lyle Morris
- The China Tracker – Forbes
- The China Vortex
- The Opposite End of China
- Wangjianshuo’s Blog
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Monthly Archives: November 2008
links for 2008-11-28
Library Research Guide for the Regional Studies — East Asia Workshop, Fall 2008 A remarkable collection of links compiled by East Asia librarians at Harvard University. (tags: china japan eastasia research library harvard)
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links for 2008-11-27
Chinese Internet Research Conference Call for Papers (tags: cfp conference china-internet china)
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links for 2008-11-25
John B. Judis: Debt Man Walking: The US, China, Japan and the Foundations for a New Bretton Woods (Japan Focus)
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links for 2008-11-24
Jennifer Lind: Memory, Apology, and International Reconciliation (Japan Focus)
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links for 2008-11-20
Chinese Nationalism and Its Impact on Brands (China Digital Times) (tags: china nationalism marketing ogilvy) As Global Recession Threatens, China Pulls Back on Environmental Efforts (Washington Post) (tags: china environment)
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Life Magazine China Photos Now on Google
I’m just starting to look through what they’ve posted, but via Kottke I’ve learned that Life Magazine and Google have teamed up to release many of the magazine’s never-released images. Naturally I started fooling around with China and Beijing pictures, … Continue reading
China Tops Japan as Biggest Holder of U.S. Debt
Just a little note. It had been on my mind since Tobias at Observing Japan noted Japan’s erstwhile distinction as the holder of the most U.S. Treasury bills. He was discussing Niall Ferguson’s column, named with the “unfortunate word” Chimerica, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chimerica, China, Economics, national debt, Niall Ferguson, Observing Japan, Tobias Harris, United States
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links for 2008-11-18
BofA, in CCB Play, Stays Course (Wall Street Journal) Bank of America buys more of China Construction Bank. (tags: bankofamerica banking chinaconstructionbank china-us finance) East and West: Never the Twain Shall Meet? (Strange Maps) (tags: xkcd west east maps geography) … Continue reading
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China, Japan, and Transpacific Academic Exchange: New Data
China is the hot new place to study abroad. That’s the headline The New York Times culls from the Institute of International Education’s new report on educational exchanges between the United States and a battery of other countries. But China … Continue reading
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Tagged China, China, China-Japan, China-U.S., IIE, Japan, study abroad, Triangle, United States, United States
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links for 2008-11-17
East Asia Forum Blog of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research at Australia National University (tags: blog economics eastasia australianationaluniversity) Obama Skeptics in Asia (RealClearPolitics) Chinese leaders sent congratulations that included a subtle reminder that they expected Obama to … Continue reading
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