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From the IHT: Why are Americans so nervous about the emerging East Asian Community? U.S. officials and experts have started wringing their hands over the proposed formation of a group uniting East Asian countries, which will be cemented in place at a summit meeting in Kuala Lumpur at the end of this year. . What […]
Read MoreFrom BBC: “Some people are worried that a stronger and more developed China would pose a threat to other countries,” Mr Wen told Wednesday’s meeting. “Such worry is completely misplaced… even if we become stronger and more developed, we will not stand in the way of others, still less become a threat to others.” He […]
Read MoreFrom the Christian Science Monitor: In a surprisingly broad and deep targeting of thought and expression here, authorities across China have shut or drastically curtailed college Internet message boards – a powerful vehicle for free exchange, and one used far more by non-students than students… The crackdown is another phase of a broad and zealous […]
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese activist Lu Yunfei estimates that by the start of September, 30 million people will have signed his online petition opposing Japan’s bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. “It’s not so large a number,” says the man who runs Patriot’s Alliance Web, putting the figure in the context of […]
Read MoreFrom the Daily Yomiuri, here is the Japanese press’ take on the demonstrations against Japan’s bid to join the United Nations Security Council: An anti-Japan demonstration on Sunday in Shengzhen, Guangdong Province, China, was initiated mainly by private groups of patriotic young people who publicized the rally via the Internet. The rally was testimony to […]
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