Japhet Weeks
Japhet Weeks is a graduate student in Asian Studies and Journalism at UC Berkeley.
Opinion: Medvedev Must Seize the Moment in China
Jing-dong Yuan, an associate professor of international policy studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, writes in The Moscow Times about Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s upcoming state visit to China:...
Read MoreCDT Bookshelf: The Man Who Loved China by Simon Winchester
The Man Who Loved China, a new biography by Simon Winchester (author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa), tells the fascinating story of British scientist Joseph Needham and his lifelong love affair — literal and...
Read MoreMedvedev Visits China on His First Foreign Trip as Russia’s New President
Russia’s new president Dmitry Medvedev is headed east rather than west on his first foreign trip in office, and the symbolism hasn’t been missed by the news media. The AP reports, “It’s a sign of how the...
Read MoreA Jolt to China’s Bedrock
Evan Osnos of the Chicago Tribune takes a look at how the Chinese government has reacted to the Sichuan temblor and what that means for the country’s future: In another era, Chinese citizens would have asked whether these...
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