Category Archives: Trade

Nanking: A sequel to a sequel to a sequel

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Eamonn Fingleton

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 →

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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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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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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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The Sphinx in winter

Posted on March 1, 2004 by Eamonn Fingleton

America’s burgeoning trade deficits threaten Greenspan’s legacy. (This article was first published in the March 1 , 2004 issue of the American Conservative.) For those who watch the American economy, the Internet boasts few more useful resources than the web … Continue reading →

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The silence of the laureates

Posted on August 13, 2001 by Eamonn Fingleton

Surprise, surprise — America’s economics laureates are uneasy about the U.S. trade deficits. (As first published in the American Prospect on August 13, 2001.) Are America’s trade deficits too high? Judging by the American intellectual establishment’s body language, the answer … Continue reading →

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The anomalous position of Christopher LaFleur

Posted on April 25, 2001 by Eamonn Fingleton

When the history of American trade policy is written, people will ask what the U.S. State Department was doing. An insight into the answer can be gleaned in the career of Christopher LaFleur. At a crucial time for US-Japan trade … Continue reading →

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