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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: July 2009
links for 2009-07-29
发展简报 China Development Brief's Chinese edition is still going. (tags: ngo china activism chinese) China and U.S. Pledge Climate Teamwork – Dot Earth Blog – NYTimes.com
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California apologizes to Chinese Americans; U.S. Congress next?
Chinese migrants in California faced discrimination, violence, and forced expulsion from their homes on many occasions beginning in the mid-19th century. One historian’s account found almost 200 “roundups,” in which Chinese were pushed out of jobs, homes, and cities by … Continue reading
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Tagged Apology, Asian Americans, California, China-U.S., history, Jean Pfaelzer, Ling Woo Liu
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links for 2009-07-21
27062201.jpg (JPEG Image, 1476×1101 pixels) – Scaled (57%) New Scientist image on Internet population and penetration in the world. (tags: internet statistics visualization map)
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links for 2009-07-20
How Much Asia Communicates (Or Not) | Thomas Crampton Crampton: "TeleGeography’s map of intra-Asia Telecommunications Traffic Flows shows a few interesting things about how Asians communicate (or not). The measure is millions of minutes of telecommunications traffic over one year … Continue reading
links for 2009-07-17
奥巴马“以华说华”，试图打破中美环保困境 "中国古有“以夷制夷”之道，今有“港人治港”之法，而看来美国正在仿效实施“以华说华”之术。" (tags: michaelanti china-us)
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links for 2009-07-16
Poor in Colorado may get free phones – The Denver Post "If approved, the plan by TracFone Wireless in Miami would make Colorado the 17th state it has settled into with free cell service for the indigent, a form of … Continue reading
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links for 2009-07-14
新闻眼：7·5事件报道透露出西方媒体的“傲慢与偏见” This is a very thorough look at the "'arrogance and prejudice' of the western media" surrounding the recent events in Xinjiang. From a major state-sponsored news site. (tags: china media bias xinjiang urumqi 西方媒体 china-internet)
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links for 2009-07-13
China to get an iPhone without Wi-Fi? | Apple – CNET News "Apple may have blinked first in the ongoing battle with the Chinese government to allow the company to sell a Wi-Fi-enabled iPhone in that country. The back-and-forth battle … Continue reading
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links for 2009-07-12
An Ethnic Struggle in China Goes Global Dru Gladney writes of the "viral" transmission of news and expansion of the recent events in Xinjiang. "All pandemics have three aspects: the initial virus, the vector transmission and an available host. The … Continue reading
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links for 2009-07-09
Hermit Eclipse: Total Solar Eclipse: July 22 2009 (including China) The total eclipse begins at local dawn, 00:51:17 UT on July 22 in the Arabian Sea, just off the coast of India. The path is already over 200km wide here, … Continue reading
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