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Eamonn Fingleton's commentaries on the politics and economics of American decline

 
 
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Jaws: A note for books editors and reviewers

Sandcastle Empire Posted on February 29, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 20, 2010

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 →

Posted in American decline, Book reviews, China, Global economy, Manufacturing, Sino-Japanese relations | Tagged amazon, catalog, clifford stoll, in praise of hard industries, in the jaws of the dragon, links, omission, Sino-Japanese relations, tim berners-lee

Piranhas in the Amazon system

Sandcastle Empire Posted on February 10, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 20, 2010

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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Posted in American decline, Book reviews, China, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade | Tagged 787, aig, amazon, bogus reviews, christopher lafleur, dianne roberts, misrepresentation, nanking, online catalog, Sino-Japanese relations

The untold story of Japan’s war compensation record

Sandcastle Empire Posted on May 3, 2006 by Eamonn FingletonApril 3, 2011

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 →

Posted in Book reviews, China, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade | Tagged charles a. stenger, compensation, draper-johnson, ian buruma, iris chang, japan times, knickknacks, reparations, semantics, Sino-Japanese relations, torture, unit 731, wages of guilt, william draper, zhou enlai

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