Environmental Politics in East Asia… Odyssey of Extortion: Chinese Press Coverage of the North Korean Boat Hijacking 25 Sep 2014 How is it that the world beyond Beijing and Pyongyang becomes aware of Chinese-North Korean fishing disputes in the Yellow Sea? North Korea remains silent on such matters, so information…
China… Liaoyang-Dalian: The Transformation of China’s Rust Belt Unrest 28 Aug 2011 The 14 August 2011 protests in Dalian, forcing the closing of a major chemical plant there, have inspired a fair amount of news in the Anglophone and Sinophone press. Now the…
Cultural Politics… “Tibehtalaš” and Harnessing the Flood-Gates of Ethno-Nationalism: Hydroelectric versus Indigenous Power. 25 Jun 2011 In keeping with our interest in Tibetan issues on this blog, I am glad to bring you another guest post by Kristiana Henderson of Pacific Lutheran University. Here's some…
East Asian modernity… China’s Public Square Debate over Nuclear Power: Refracting Germany 31 May 201131 May 2011 Imagine my suprise to open the webpage of the Huanqiu Shibao this morning to find the headline "German Environmental Ministry Announces that Germany Will Close All Nuclear Plants by 2022."…
American Foreign Policy… The News from North Korea: Relations with China, Aerial Drone Denunciations, Green Totalitarianism, and the Middle East 19 May 2011 Since the emergence of putative successor Kim Jong Eun into the public eye, the North Korean news media -- specifically the Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA -- has taken…
China… High Altitude Social Isolation Tense Political Situation = Dream Job for Foreign Aid Worker in Tibet 6 May 2011 In the best cases, one of the unheralded side benefits of being a professor involves the holding of office hours, the offering of an open door. This morning, the open…
Cultural Politics… Updates on Sino-North Korean Relations 22 Apr 201122 Apr 2011 Chinese TV reports that preparations are underway for North Korean heir apparent Kim Jong Eun to visit CCP leaders in Beijing in "late April or early May." Accordingly, a rather…
East Asian modernity… Japanese-Inflected Utopias and the Search for a Boat: Supporting Research Threads 7 Apr 201115 Apr 2011 Pimping products isn't the style of Sinologistical Violoncellist, or what the Brooklyn literary blog Moby Lives calls "a single scholar's East Asia Journal," but when a product is tied to…
American Foreign Policy… Bibliotheque Blast Out #4: United Nations Library, Geneva 1 Apr 20111 Apr 2011 With but nine minutes to go and up against a French keyboard in the UN Library and Archives in Geneva, Switzerland, a few thoughts: - Yosuke Matsuoka is a tough…
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