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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: April 2009
links for 2009-04-15
RConversation: My chat with Anti-CNN.com Rebecca MacKinnon, formerly of CNN Beijing, visits Anti-CNN.com and answers netizen posts. (tags: china RebeccaMacKinnon CNN Anti-CNN.com)
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Research ethics, journalism, and paid participation
I am new to academia’s conventions on research involving human subjects—so new, in fact, that I’m just now completing my basic certification. The standards are not without resonance for me, however, given the emphasis placed by journalism educators on the … Continue reading
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Tagged ethics, human subjects, journalism, research, Society of Professional Journalists
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How do you say mobile phone in Chinese?
Why is a mobile phone in China known as a shouji (手机, roughly, “handset”)? At least in the 1990s, some people knew the rare machine as a dageda (大哥大). I’ve been reading Jack Linchuan Qiu’s new book, Working-Class Network Society: … Continue reading
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Tagged China, dageda, Jack Linchuan Qiu, mobile, mobile phone, movies, shouji, Working Class Network Society
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