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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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Tag Archives: China
Free Chinese Dictionary for iPhone in the Creative Commons
Today a colleague showed me that what I had hoped for has come true: There is a full-featured, free, Creative Commons licensed dictionary, and there is a good iPhone application to use with it. The dictionary is CC-CEDICT, and the … Continue reading
Tagged Cass Sunstein, CC-CEDICT, China, Chinese, Creative Commons, DianHua, dictionary, iPhone, Language
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Republican curricula in the US and China
Gina Russo at Frog In A Well has an interesting post drawing a tentative parallel between US conservative groups that advocate “the teaching of Western culture and a triumphal interpretation of American history” (in the Times‘ summation) and Republican era … Continue reading
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Tagged China, citizenship, civility, curriculum, education, Frog In A Well, Gina Russo, Republican China, United States, 文明
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Life Magazine China Photos Now on Google
I’m just starting to look through what they’ve posted, but via Kottke I’ve learned that Life Magazine and Google have teamed up to release many of the magazine’s never-released images. Naturally I started fooling around with China and Beijing pictures, … Continue reading
China Tops Japan as Biggest Holder of U.S. Debt
Just a little note. It had been on my mind since Tobias at Observing Japan noted Japan’s erstwhile distinction as the holder of the most U.S. Treasury bills. He was discussing Niall Ferguson’s column, named with the “unfortunate word” Chimerica, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chimerica, China, Economics, national debt, Niall Ferguson, Observing Japan, Tobias Harris, United States
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China, Japan, and Transpacific Academic Exchange: New Data
China is the hot new place to study abroad. That’s the headline The New York Times culls from the Institute of International Education’s new report on educational exchanges between the United States and a battery of other countries. But China … Continue reading
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Tagged China, China, China-Japan, China-U.S., IIE, Japan, study abroad, Triangle, United States, United States
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Olympics Journalists Say More About Their Home Country Than the Host
What have the Olympic Games done to affect the world’s discussions about China? Perhaps, very little. Instead of delving into the diversity and complexity of “China,” journalists focused on sports, especially the journalists’ home team. Cultural reporting, too, reflected the … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Roker, China, China, John Burns, Media, NBC, Olympics, The New York Times, Today Show
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China’s New Anti-Ship Missiles and U.S. Forces in Japan
China is working on the world’s first anti-ship ballistic missile, according to some defense analysts. Tobias Harris writes that the ASBM may be based on an existing missile that has a range of 1,800 km, and he notes that such … Continue reading
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Tagged ASBM, China, China-Japan, China-U.S., Military, Missile, Tobias Harris, Triangle, U.S. Navy, United States
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Photographer Michael Wolf’s Hong Kong ‘Architecture of Density’
This picture is stolen from photographer Michael Wolf’s website, where he as lots of great work, including this series on Hong Kong architecture called “Architecture of Density.” The work has been shown at Beijing’s 798 Photo Gallery among many other … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, China, Density, Hong Kong, Michael Wolf, Photography, Urban
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