April 29, 2005

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From South West Asia, Abu Aardvark explains the story behind this video clip. Hat-tip Collounsbury. In an article with more maps and less chicks, Chirol looks at the Great Game around the Caspian Sea.

The JList Side Blog photoblogs a floating shrine, condemns materialism in Japan.... and proceeds to try to sell stuff. Props for the irony. In other Nihon News, Tokyo will start looking into South Korean, Chinese, American, and Dutch textbooks. Huge Entity's report on sexless Japanese married couples and hyper-intimate Japanese youths is mind-bending. Must be a generational thing

Flying Yangbang links to Plunge's first post, where he says South Korea's economic success had nothing to do with Japanese policies. And American liberties have nothing to do with British common law. And pigs fly. Or not.

In the other Korea, they can now load nuclear bombs on missles. Great.

Ashish's Niti wants to subvert anti-Japanese protests in China into anti-Government protests. Just hope that doesn't bother the underground RMB/Dollar futures market.

Nadezhda at Liberals Against Terrorism notes that even more Taiwanese politicians are traveling to China. In exchange, Beijing may eliminate tariffs on farm goods and other products. Some mights call this pandering. Praktike calls this pandaring.

Nathan at Coming Anarchy doesn't think China is approach pre-Battle of Talas levels of influence in Central Asia. North Park University explains what is the Battle of Talas.

The Acorn notes the King of Nepal has arrested the former Prime Minister. You may remember Curzon's gloomy words on Nepal from earlier.

Totally random: Darth Vader has a blog. It's hilarious. Hat-tip Slashdot.

Daily Linket Update: Remember the linklet on sexism in The Economist? Well, that stately British "newspaper" managed to throw in Triste est omne animal post coitum in an article on international farm subsidies. Wow.

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The magnificently self-promoting tdaxp riffs The Economist and Reuters to talk about America's Friend Vietnam.

Danwei looks at Babe Socialism

posted by Dan tdaxp on 04.29.05 at 11:48 AM in the Daily linklets category.




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The information provided for the battle of Talas has a couple of important errors. Mainly that Talas did not in anyway lead to An Lushan's rebellion nor were its ramifications significant at all. The only real significance to the battle is the diffusion of paper technology, and of course the trivia information that this was the only clash between Chinese and Arab armies. The revolt wasn't at all caused by the defeat at Talas, but rather Tang military overstretch, along with a decline in bureaucratic control which led to increasingly decentralized military power.

posted by: Jing on 04.29.05 at 03:19 PM [permalink]

Mmmm... ...JList... ... :P

posted by: Kelvin on 04.30.05 at 05:37 AM [permalink]

I'm shocked. Shocked.

Also

Mmmm... ...JList... ... :P

posted by: Dan on 04.30.05 at 08:43 AM [permalink]




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