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Category Archives: Sino-Japanese relations
Appearance on BBC World
Posted in China, Japan, Sino-Japanese relations
Tagged bbc world, senkaku, Sino-Japanese relations, trawler
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A reviewer who has read the book
The American radio industry’s top liberal talk show host has had some nice things to say about my book on China. That’s flattering. What’s even more flattering is that he has read the book. Really read it, that is. One … Continue reading
A message for the Times: Justice delayed is justice denied
The New York Times prides itself on its uniquely high standards of accuracy and fairness. So why did its overseas edition take so long to correct the record when I was misrepresented a year ago? For nearly a year I … Continue reading
Iris Chang: Elegy for a brave writer
Iris Chang was a Chinese-American author and historian who took her own life in 2004. As Paula Kamen recounts in a new biography, Chang had challenged the establishments of two of the world’s most powerful nations. [This review was first … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, China, History, Press, Sino-Japanese relations
Tagged advertising pressure, bataan, charles burress, clustering, counterpunch, ian buruma, iris chang, nanking, newsweek, paula kamen, Sino-Japanese relations, the wages of guilt, urbana-champaign, war compensation
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The Clark-Fingleton discussion
Below, set out in chronological order, is a series of three exchanges between Professor Gregory Clark and me concerning, among other things, the problems for foreign correspondents in reporting the truth from Japan. Clark, a Japan-based educator and columnist for … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Global economy, History, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations
Tagged catherine makino, chatham house, courtis, feldman, gillian tett, gregory clark, hallett abend, jesper koll, kinmont, koki hirota, malcolm kennedy, peter o'connor, Sino-Japanese relations, taid o'conroy, takeo tamiya, tasker, vidkun quisling
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Nanking: A sequel to a sequel to a sequel
News travels slowly where corrections to the New York Times‘s international edition are concerned. See below a correction that appeared in the print edition of the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times‘s international edition, on March 17, 2008. The correction also appeared … Continue reading
Posted in Global economy, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade
Tagged Sino-Japanese relations
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Some of my Forbes commentaries
If you click through on the headings below, you can get to the articles concerned. Most of them focus on international trade or American decline or both. For my first item, however, I chose something different — partly because it … Continue reading →