Category Archives: China

Fingleton vs. China: The empire strikes back

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Eamonn Fingleton

East Asian officials don’t take it lying down when a foreign correspondent investigates their guilty secrets. Below is an article I wrote for the International Herald Tribune‘s editorial page on the seventieth anniversary of the Nanking Massacre. The article noted … Continue reading →

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Jaws: A note for books editors and reviewers

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Eamonn Fingleton

Broken links at Amazon are damaging my new book’s prospects. [EF note as of 2010: The relevant links were subsequently established but only after the launch period of my new book had passed.] The prescience of my previous book In Praise … Continue reading →

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REVISED PRESS RELEASE: In the Jaws of the Dragon

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Eamonn Fingleton

February 26, 2008 REVISED PRESS RELEASE: In the Jaws of the Dragon Publication Date: March 4, 2008 Contact: Joe Rinaldi, Director of Publicity, Thomas Dunne Books 646-307-5565 or [email protected] Barbara Monteiro, Monteiro & Company 212-832-8183 or [email protected] STEP ASIDE, TOM … Continue reading →

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Piranhas in the Amazon system

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Eamonn Fingleton

Authors have always taken on vested interests. Now vested interests have found a new way to strike back. The unsuspecting American public assumes that the rise of online bookstores like Amazon.com has powerfully served the cause of truth.  Not necessarily.

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America’s creativity conceit

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Eamonn Fingleton

One of the biggest misconceptions in the American trade debate is the idea that America can count on superior creativity to stay ahead of the crowd. [Article as published in the American Conservative on November 21, 2007.] TOKYO. Almost everything the … Continue reading →

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A quiet anniversary: The Nanking Massacre remembered — and forgotten

Posted on November 17, 2007 by Eamonn Fingleton

All conventional wisdom to the contrary, Japan and China cooperate closely in key policies, most notably trade. In return for economic favors from Tokyo, Beijing has never pursued claims for reparations over Japan’s aggression of the 1930s and early 1940s. … Continue reading →

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The untold story of Japan’s war compensation record

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Eamonn Fingleton

Although it is well known that the Japanese media extensively censor themselves, foreign correspondents in Tokyo are often almost as hesitant to tell the whole truth. Here is the full story on one important aspect of Japanese policy that has … Continue reading →

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Essay: East Asian Alliance

Posted on April 29, 2004 by Eamonn Fingleton

Superficial and largely theatrical bickering notwithstanding, Tokyo and Beijing are joined in a tacit East Asian alliance. (This article was first published in the London-based magazine Prospect in May 2004.) China is now widely seen as the coming superpower. But … Continue reading →

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