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The Debacle In The East China Sea
We’ve all been hearing a lot about the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands lately, what with all the demonstrations in China after the Japanese government purchased the islands from the Japanese owner. Meanwhile, Taiwan is adding their opinion into the mix since three governments claim this territory. So, what’s really going on? What laws govern island ownership? Who [...]
The US Presidential Election: Coming Right Up!
We’re getting to that time every four years when the United States has their presidential election. Both parties have chosen their nominees, not officially but that will happen soon at the conventions. I thought I’d take as objective a look as I possibly could at each candidate, not so much for our American readers as [...]
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Lately there’s been a big brouhaha concerning the Senkaku/Diaoyu/Diaoyutai Islands that are claimed by Japan, China and Taiwan. A bunch of activists from Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China landed on the main island, claiming them for China. They were duly arrested by the Japanese authorities and later deported back to China. A few days [...]
Reading The Tea Leaves…
You’ve probably noticed we’ve been mostly absent over the last few months. Both Wukailong and I had been pretty busy with work and personal matters but we should be far more productive in the coming days. You might also have noticed that this blog has rarely if ever commented about breaking news in China. Two [...]
Israel: Eatliz
What’s an Israeli band doing on Pacific Rim Shots? Aren’t we all about PacRim countries? So how does Eatliz get on here? Easy, they’re about to tour China! The tour is planned around the JUE Festival (which this year headlines Death Cab For Cutie) but they’ll be hitting other cities to increase their exposure. Here are [...]
Taiwan Election Analysis
As most if not all of you have heard by now, yesterday Ma Ying-jeou was re-elected President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) with 51.6 percent of the vote. Tsai Ing-wen had a total of 45.6% while third party candidate James Soong Chu-yu ended up with a mere 2.7%. So what happened? How did Ma [...]
President’s Report: The US-Taiwan Business Council & US-Taiwan Relations – 2011
On Saturday, January 14th, the people of Taiwan will select their President along with various legislative seats. I was over at Michael Turton’s blog “The View from Taiwan” where he had commented and highlighted the report shown below in its entirety. After reading it, I felt it was not only fair to all sides, but very enlightening as far [...]
Hot but Not Burning
During the late afternoon a colleague alerted me to some web posts about a fire in the Guomao/International Trade Center area, very close to where part of the CCTV complex was devastated back in 2008. The charred remains of that building have been standing for a long time and repairs are far from over, so [...]
