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From the New York Times: A young Japanese woman in the comic book “Hating the Korean Wave” exclaims, “It’s not an exaggeration to say that Japan built the South Korea of today!” In another passage the book states that “there is nothing at all in Korean culture to be proud of.” In another comic book, […]
Read MoreFrom the Financial Times: The focus on China has increased after Beijing reported this week its first human cases of bird flu. There are currently two confirmed cases – a young boy in Hunan province and a woman in Anhui province who has died – as well as another suspected case, the boy’s sister. She […]
Read MoreFrom Spiegel Online: Just days before his visit to China this weekend, US President George W. Bush has called on Beijing to pursue democratic reforms and open up the country. There’s just one problem: throughout Asia, Bush has a massive credibility gap when it comes to human rights and freedom.
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: China’s senior leadership on Friday honored the reformist Communist Party chief whose death sparked the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations, breaking more than a decade of official silence on his legacy. But notably absent from the politically sensitive ceremony was the man who approved it, President Hu Jintao. The memorial for the […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: Thirty years ago, George W. Bush was a business student on vacation in Beijing. His father was the U.S. envoy there, forging ties to a nation still isolated from the West, and the younger Bush decided to see the city from behind the handlebars of a bicycle. “I can remember […]
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