About
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.
Twitter: @gwbstr.
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Recent Posts
- Key U.S.–Japan meeting overshadowed by U.S.–China diplomacy
- ‘National interests’ and dealing with U.S.–China distrust
- A great paragraph: Wen Jiabao as prodding CCP rule
- Some notes on This American Life’s retraction episode #Apple #China
- The rise and fall of a migrant food cart in China, from Tricia Wang
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- China Rhyming
- Elite Chinese Politics and Political Economy – Victor Shih
- 花崗齋雜記 Jottings from the Granite Studio
- Frog in a Well – The China History Group Blog
- Frog in a Well – The Japan History Group Blog
- Japan Focus
- RConversation
- The China Beat
- YouMeiTi 有媒体 – Tricia Wang
China
- 两元文化奇物 (biculturalfreak.net)
- China and the World – Ella Chou
- China Digital Times
- China Financial Markets – Michael Pettis
- China Law Blog
- China Media Project at HKU
- Dance to the Revolution – Ella Chou
- Danwei.org
- EastSouthWestNorth
- James Fallows
- Letters from China – Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
- See China
- Shanghaiist
- Sinocentric
- The China Game
- The China Reader – Lyle Morris
- The China Tracker – Forbes
- The China Vortex
- The Opposite End of China
- Wangjianshuo’s Blog
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Tag Archives: China
On the multiplicity of individuals in China
James Fallows got worked up over David Brooks’ ignorant musing about Chinese and Asian collectivity. The product was this excellent paragraph, which follows part of Brooks’ words. If you show an American an image of a fish tank, the American … Continue reading
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Tagged China, David Brooks, James Fallows, Race, Stereotypes, The New York Times
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Online Voices Aren’t Everything in China
In the months leading up to the Beijing Olympics, which began Friday, English language media have published countless stories on China and its capital. But many of these stories echo each other and few break new ground in the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, China, Deng Xiaoping, Framing, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet, Laobaixing, Mao Zedong, Media, Olympics, Property Rights, Wen Jiabao
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Beijing Universities Top U.S. Doctorate Feeder List
Beijing University (aka Peking University) and Qinghua University (Tsinghua) top Science magazine’s list of top undergraduate schools for students obtaining U.S. Ph.D.s. A new study has found that the most likely undergraduate alma mater for those who earned a Ph.D. … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Beijing, Beijing University, China, China-U.S., China-U.S., Qinghua University, United States
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When the U.S. Wants to Criticize ‘Chinese Art’
In The New Republic, Jed Perl exercises no economy of words in lambasting art from China and its growing global following. Based on a reading of “Chinese art” that does not apparently leave the island of Manhattan, Perl makes several … Continue reading
Mapping the Future of the Transpacific Internet
Anyone living in China and communicating with the Western Hemisphere or Europe knows that even when government controls aren’t slowing down the internet, any disruption of undersea fiber optics in the Pacific can bring traffic to a crawl. From MIT’s … Continue reading
Cuba–China Ties in Focus as Standing Committee Member Visits Fidel
Fidel Castro met with He Guoqiang, a member of China’s powerful Politburo Standing Committee, for more than two hours yesterday, discussing numerous and diverse topics such as Tibet, Taiwan, food prices, the Olympics, and Fidel’s health (He conveyed President Hu … Continue reading
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Tagged China, China-Cuba, China-Latin America, Cuba, Economics, Fidel Castro, He Guoqiang, Latin America, Politburo Standing Committee
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China’s 2008 Labor Law: Does It Work, or Is It Just a Financial Burden?
Our friend Lyle Morris has a well-reported piece at YaleGlobal on China’s new labor law, which went to effect at the beginning of this year. Under the law, which affects both domestic and foreign companies operating in China, workers will … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Economics, Fair Trade, Labor, Law, Lyle Morris, Trade, YaleGlobal
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Venezuelan–Chinese Investment and an Industrial Showcase
Lest a week go by without new evidence of strengthening ties between China and Venezuela, a massive trade show featuring Chinese companies and products opens tomorrow in Caracas. The fair includes more than seventy Chinese firms from numerous industries, ranging … Continue reading
Tagged China, China, Latin America, NDRC, Trade, Venezuela, Zhang Xiaoqiang
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George Bush Sr.’s Frustrated Tenure in China
One of George H. W. Bush’s less discussed jobs, lost among president of the United States, ambassador to the United Nations, and CIA director, was head of the U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing during the Nixon administration. Bush’s China journal … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, China, China-U.S., China-U.S., George H.W. Bush, Henry Kissinger, James Mann, Richard Nixon
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