links for 2007-04-19

Japan’s Daily Youmiuri had an editorial about Wen Jiabao’s visit today:

There is some truth to it. In 2002 the accidental road death of two schoolgirls by a US army armored vehicle caused an anti-American rampage. Many white people were harassed, and some were actually beaten. This for the accidental death of two girls that w

BEIJING — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gained “fruitful” results during his recent three-day trip to Japan, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said Tuesday. Speaking at a regular press briefing, Liu listed a number of areas where the two coun

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Ordinarily, news websites are very careful about information on the Internet, especially when it comes to such a major story. But if the source of information is some official news agency, Xinhua or China News, they will cite it.

There are 100,000 Koreans studying in the United States, and except for Cho, none of them—as far as I know—have shot up their schools. That sounds about right to me.

EU trade chief Peter Mandelson said: “I do not rule out initiating or joining action at the WTO if, in our view, China is failing to takes its responsibilities seriously.”

Anyway, Shanghaiist decided not to post anything yesterday (other than some links) about the mass shooting. There just wasn’t enough good information out there that made it pertinent to our readership, and regardless, whatever information there was could

During these years, Asian countries have undergone accelerated economic growth, and economic cooperation has become widespread

I have no idea whether that paragraph will still be in the story the next time you, or I, or anybody else, clicks on it. This one link has, over the last 24 hours, connected to the following very different versions of reality, with no mention, in any of t

AAJA President: AAJA never advocated “ignoring the identity of the shooter” as Ms. Suh stated.

South Korea takes exceptional pride in Koreans who have become successful in the United States. So people here were stunned and ashamed that the gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in American history was a South Korean

A visit by Abe to the Yakusuni Temple would stop the process.