Author: Graham Webster

  • links for 2007-03-05

    U.S. wants China to be open on spending “A top U.S. envoy on Sunday urged China to be more open about its military spending, hours after the government announced a 17.8 percent increase in its defense budget — the biggest in more than a decade.” (tags: chinaus) China tells US not to send wrong signals…

  • links for 2007-03-04

    Sex slave denial angers S Korea, Abe cabinet reaffirms Kono Statement Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said Abe’s remarks were “not helpful” and the truth must be faced. And the Abe (tags: comfortwomen southkoreajapan abeshinzo songminsoon) NPR : China Needs Economic Reforms, Paulson Says Henry Paulson is going to China for the third time in his…

  • Hillary Brings China Into '08 U.S. Presidential Contest

    How issues involving China will play in the 2008 U.S. presidential election is yet mostly uncharted territory, but Senator Hillary Clinton revealed revealed some China talking points this week after the Shanghai market’s burp heard round the world. Sounding bells of economic populism, Clinton told CNBC the United States faces a “slow erosion of our…

  • links for 2007-03-03

    Abe’s latest comfort women comments are nothing new » Japan Probe Digs up transcript of October 2006 statement that Abe cabinet would follow Kono Statement and a better translation of Abe’s actual statement this week rescinding that support. (tags: abeshinzo comfortwomen) 時事ドットコム：従軍慰安婦「強制の証拠ない」＝河野談話の見直し否定せず−安倍首相 The original Abe statement in Japanese from Jiji. (tags: abeshinzo comfortwomen) Occidentalism beats…

  • Abe's 'Comfort Women' denial: U.S. reaction, a victim speaks, and classifieds

    Just joining us? See this entry and this follow-up. New developments: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte would not comment on Abe’s specific words, but AP reports: “Our view is that what happened during the war was most deplorable,” he said when asked about the sex slave issue. “But … as far as some…