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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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- ‘National interests’ and dealing with U.S.–China distrust
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- 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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Monthly Archives: March 2009
links for 2009-03-20
Blown to Bits » Blog Archive » MIT Adopts an Open-Access Policy
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Mapping China’s international internet business
At Mobinode, Piet Walraven has published the results of some research into Chinese internet companies forming partnerships with overseas entities, and there’s a map. Walraven describes the map: It is a summary of all overseas operations organized in two categories: … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, geography, Internet, map, Mobinode, Piet Walraven
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Admiring the Periodic Table of Typefaces
I’m not sure where I came across this, but as someone who loves type and can never remember the names of the ones I like, I’ve found this very helpful. Not to mention attractive. Check out the hi-res version. Now … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Commons, design, periodic table, typefaces, typography
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links for 2009-03-13
Rising Voices » New Citizen Media Projects Foster Rising Voices in Ivory Coast, Liberia, China, Mongolia, and Yemen (tags: china media blogging risingvoices globalvoices)
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links for 2009-03-12
Real Time Rome (tags: research mit map visualization mobile) CORRESPONDENCE: A New Era of Corruption? Benkler: "I largely agree with Starr in his prediction of the effects of media diversification and competition on the traditional model of most regional newspapers … Continue reading
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Proposing Association for Asian Studies ’09 hashtag: #aas09
As a student of Asia and the Internet, it occurred to me I’ll want to see what others are experiencing during this year’s Association for Asian Studies meeting in Chicago this month. Having just booked my ticket, I propose #aas09 … Continue reading
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Tagged #aas09, Association for Asian Studies, Chicago, conference, hashtag, social media
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Live Blog: L.A. Times Editor Russ Stanton and online booster Jeff Jarvis at Harvard Law
I’m just settling in to the beginning of this week’s meeting of the Internet: Issues at the Frontiers seminar I’m taking this semester in the law school. This week we have two guests—Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine and the City University … Continue reading
links for 2009-03-07
iwishicoulddescribeittoyoubetter. (tags: art Beijing)
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links for 2009-03-04
新语丝Xin Yu Si (New Threads) Home Page (tags: chinese blog politics science)
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links for 2009-03-03
Asian Studies WWW VL (tags: china research japan library asia resource) China WWW Virtual Library – Internet Guide for Chinese Studies (WWW VL/ANU/Heidelberg Univ.): Main Page (tags: china internet research chinese library) …My heart’s in Accra » Michael Anti and … Continue reading
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