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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.
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Tag Archives: Barack Obama
A strange photograph
U.S. President Barack Obama and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao were photographed in Copenhagen. Where the heck are they?
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Two things China and the U.S. can celebrate
Economic prosperity and basketball. Those are two things neither the United States nor China could seem to live without these days. This by way of mentioning the White House Flickr feed, which is pretty cool. Here, “Chinese Vice Premier Wang … Continue reading →
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The straw man of Internet-fueled civil discourse
Just because people are online doesn’t mean they engage in civil public discourse. This simple idea has emerged as one thread of conventional wisdom in recent years, especially in the context of the People’s Republic of China. In an open … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, China, China–U.S., civil society, Internet, James Fallows, Rebecca MacKinnon, rhetoric
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Obama Says He Would Hear From Dalai Lama Before Going to Olympic Ceremony
Without saying definitively he would not attend the Olympic opening ceremony in Beijing one month from today, U.S. Senator Barack Obama said as president he would skip the ceremony without hearing from the Dalai Lama that there had been progress … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barack Obama, Beijing, Bill Clinton, China, China, China-U.S., China-U.S., Dalai Lama, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Human Rights, John McCain, Olympics, Tibet, U.S. Election 2008, United States
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The U.S. Candidates on China I: Democrats
The Council on Foreign Relations has compiled a summary of what the candidates for U.S. president have to say about China, or really, what they’ve had to say—most statements are vague and many are a few months old. The CFR … Continue reading →