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)
• Bridges and Borders in East Asia: Individual Paper Submission Form
  Abstract submission for the annual conference of the Harvard East Asia Society.
  (tags: harvard heas conference academia)
• Reflections Of A Bridge Blogger (ESWN)
  (tags: china media rolandsoong bridgeblog blogging)
• China’s New Foray Into Latin America (YaleGlobal)
  (tags: china-latinamerica china davidshambaugh latinamerica)
• Study Abroad Flourishes, With China a Hot Spot (New York Times)
  The number of Americans studying in China increased by 25 percent, and the number of Chinese students studying at American universities increased by 20 percent last year, according to the report, “Open Doors 2008.”
  (tags: studyabroad education china china-us academia)
• General Hints That China’s Navy May Add Carrier (New York Times)
  In an interview published in The Financial Times of London on Monday, the official, Maj. Gen. Quan Lihua, did not say whether China was in fact building a carrier.
  (tags: china china-us military strategic quanlihua aircraftcarrier)