About
Transpacifica is primarily written by Graham Webster, a fellow researching U.S.–China Relations at the Yale Law School China Center. Here, since 2006, 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.
I speak only for myself and do not represent any of these things I'm affiliated with:
• Fellow on U.S.–China Relations, The China Center, Yale Law School
• Adjunct Instructor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
• Contributor, 八八吧 :: 88 BarTwitter: @gwbstr.
Website: gwbstr.com.-
Recent Posts
- Review: ‘How New and Assertive is China’s New Assertiveness’ by Alastair Iain Johnston, Spring 2013
- Updated: Did the Chinese government really call Diaoyu/Senkaku a ‘core interest’?
- Is the China-Japan confrontation Xi’s inside political play, or part of a broader move?
- Why one might think the US government sees China as threat no. 1
- Fighting ‘the myth of unitary control’ in China cybersecurity politics
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Twenty-five Links
- Asia Unbound – CFR
- 八八吧 :: 88 Bar
- China Brief – Jamestown Foundation
- China Dialogue
- China Digital Times
- China Economic Watch – PIIE
- China Financial Markets – Michael Pettis
- China Law & Policy
- China Media Project at HKU
- China Real Time Report – WSJ
- ChinaFile
- Danwei
- EastSouthWestNorth
- Frog in a Well
- GlobalTalk 21 – Jun Okumura
- James Fallows
- Letters from China – Evan Osnos
- Néojaponisme
- North Korea Economic Watch
- Rectified.name 正名
- Shanghaiist
- Sigma1
- Sinocism – Bill Bishop
- Tea Leaf Nation
- The China Story Journal – ANU
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Tag Archives: censorship
What it means when we say NYT is ‘blocked in China’
Shanghaiist has just posted a fairly snarky story claiming, as it summarizes well in the headline, that “The New York Times might or might not be blocked in China (but probably isn’t).” I think they’re off the mark. The writer’s … Continue reading
The private sector battle over SOPA (me in Al Jazeera)
Following yesterday’s demonstrations against U.S. Congressional legislation that could severely constrict free speech and online innovation, I argue in Al Jazeera English that private interests in internet policy are here to stay. It would have been the most expensive political … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Jazeera, censorship, Internet, SOPA, United States, Work Published Elsewhere
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The best phrase I have read this week
From Andrew Jacobs’ story on Great Firewall “shoegate”: … from iPads and designer shoes to carnal rewards offered by admiring women of the sort that China’s Internet guardians would likely deem harmful to the nation’s morality.
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Tagged Andrew Jacobs, censorship, GFW, Great Firewall, shoegate, The New York Times
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