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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.
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• Fellow on U.S.–China Relations, The China Center, Yale Law School
• Adjunct Instructor, Center for Global Affairs, New York University
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Recent Posts
- Evaluating 3 key recommendations of the Blair-Huntsman IP Commission report
- 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
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- China Media Project at HKU
- China Real Time Report – WSJ
- ChinaFile
- Danwei
- EastSouthWestNorth
- Frog in a Well
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- Letters from China – Evan Osnos
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Tag Archives: The New York Times
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 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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Three great paragraphs on the internet and Chinese ‘revolution’
This from Guobin Yang of Barnard College, Columbia University, in The New York Times: Protest is also increasingly common on the Internet. I recently counted 60 major cases of online activism, ranging from extensive blogging to heavily trafficked forums to … Continue reading
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Tagged China, contention, Guobin Yang, protest, revolution, The New York Times, Yang Guobin
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A Literary Note: Benjamin Hale, Alexandra Kleeman, and LEAP
It’s been a good few months for my more literary friends. Most recently, an old friend Ben Hale (website, blog) has published his first novel and received very good reviews, including in the New York Times Book Review. I was … Continue reading
Chinese music in the NYT, and a photo blog to watch
Photographer Matthew Niederhauser and New York Times reporter Andrew Jacobs highlight China’s exploding music festival scene in Sunday’s paper and online, where they have an accompanying video. In other news, Matthew has relaunched his photo blog, where you’ll find coverage … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Jacobs, blogs, Matthew Niederhauser, Music, music festival, Photography, The New York Times, Video
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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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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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ABC’s Efforts to ‘Laugh With’ an Imaginary Version of Japan
The things I miss living outside the United States. New last week from ABC, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, has gone to work reinforcing the “odd Japanese” trope with laughter directed at the unsuspecting nation. David Marx writes at … Continue reading
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Tagged ABC, David Marx, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, Japan, Japan-U.S., Marxy, Néojaponism, The New York Times, TV, United States
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