Author: Graham Webster

  • links for 2007-03-09

    Abe plans new investigation into wartime brothels AP: “Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that legislators from the governing party would conduct a fresh investigation into the Japanese military’s use of brothels during World War II.” (tags: abeshinzo, comfortwomen) US urges Japan, North Korea to work through differences – Yahoo! News Komori blog post on…

  • U.S. to North Korea and Japan: 'Get Along!'

    I think it’s a little odd that the United States would be telling another country that they should set aside their differences with North Korea, given, you know, the Axis of Evil and the six-party nuclear talks. But that’s exactly what U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey did today: “We recognize and have said that…

  • links for 2007-03-08

    Kyodo News: “Anti-Japanese painting goes on display in China” » Japan Probe A painting of a young girl acting out an anti-Japanese street drama, but an “Anti-Japanese painting?” Come on, Kyodo News, you can do better than that. China, US to meet over subsidy row “China has accepted the US request for consultation and the…

  • 'Does China Matter?'

    Can you imagine anyone asking this question in Foreign Affairs these days? That’s exactly what Gerald Segal, director of studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, did in the September–October 1999 issue. (Summary is available free; full text on Lexis-Nexis.) So, does China matter? No, it is not a silly question—merely one…

  • links for 2007-03-06

    Beijing Moves to End Foreign Favours – Richard McGregor :: China Digital Times (CDT) 中国数字时代 With the passage through the Chinese parliament in the coming days of an innocuous-sounding bill on corporate tax, Beijing will be drawing a symbolic close to nearly three decades of ­policies favouring foreign investment.