Chinese communist party… Manchurian Base Camp, Part III: The DPRK’s Northeastern Strategy 15 Sep 201015 Sep 2010 Manchurian Base Camp, Part I: In the 1930s Kim Il Song regarded Manchuria, or Northeast China, as an immense area into which to project anti-Japanese struggle and wherein he could…
China… Merkel in the Middle Kingdom//German State Reports on China//经济合作，人权批评：近日的中德关系 18 Jul 2010 If Sino-German relations cross your radar screen as a topic of significance, then it is certainly worth your time to read JustRecently's link-rich roundup of the recent state visit to…
Japan… Japanese Departures 2 Jun 20102 Jun 2010 Thanks to the clarion calls of the immortal James Brown, it has become clear: I'm back, and Yukio Hatoyama has indeed "gotten up off of that thing," relieving pressure by…
Chinese communist party… Wen Jiabao’s Cyber-Forum 2 Mar 2010 According to the story (link on the picture), Wen Jiabao recently participated in an online forum with Chinese netizens during which he received 65,000 questions and exhibited an unusually personal…
Chinese communist party… 人多没办法！ Viewing Chinese Power thro the Lens of Spring Festival Chaos 5 Feb 2010 As pundits both knowledgeable and sketchy proclaim a new era in Chinese global assertiveness, it's helpful to recall one thing: the Chinese people are an immense force, a force whose…
Uncategorized Excellent Resource: DPRK TV on YouTube 8 Jan 20108 Jan 2010 I have had the signal pleasure of running across a few YouTube snippets from Korean Central Television before on that Zeitgeist-friendly medium of YouTube, but the site maintained by this…
American Foreign Policy… China-Iran-Russia: Geopolitics and Soft Power 12 Dec 2009 Via Professor Juan Cole's groundbreaking Informed Comment website, an illustrated commentary on Sino-Iranian relations by Pepe Escobar in France (in English): Then, via Al Jezeera's English service, a short report…
Sino-North Korean relations Follow-ups on Wen Jiabao’s Pyongyang Trip 4 Nov 20095 Nov 2009 The Martyrs' Cemetary which Wen went to is actually, according to this Chinese news site, about 100 kilometers east of Pyongyang. I had always imagined that this bust looked down…
Sino-North Korean relations Worth Reading re: North Korea 9 Oct 2009 Haggard and Noland, authors of the comprehensive Famine in North Korea, are at it again, with a 43-page research report surveying prison camp experiences in the DPRK. (Via East-West Center.)…
Sino-North Korean relations “Kim Jong Il Felicitates Chinese Leaders” — Updates on North Korean-Chinese Relations 4 Oct 20094 Oct 2009 I wish I could take credit for the title of this post, but it's another idiomatic KCNA creation. It headlines a story regarding Kim Jong Il's praise to China…
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