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June 15, 2005

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Daily linklets 15th June

China and the Vatican are rapidly moving towards mutual recognition, and Hong Kong's Bishop Zen says Taiwan's Catholics have nothing to worry about. It will be interesting to see exactly what kind of compromises are made by both sides.
The double life of Time magazine's Saigon correspondent.
ASEAN, Myanmar and the China influence.
Jing has an extensive look at the reaction to Mark Steyn's China piece.
Smuggling Playboy into China, which is handy given Xinhua has declared victory in China's war on porn. And a sex for exams scandal in Beijing.
Marmot notes significant changes in the US Pacific Command.
All Jedi are Presbyerian and other amusing subtitles (via A/P)
Today is the 5th anniversary of the North-South Korea summit.
Asiapundit has some reactions to Microsoft's position on its censorship of its blogging software in China.
The politics of hunger in North Korea. It's straight out of the Mao playbook.
Fighting fires can be hard. One burning since the Qing dynasty has just been put out in Xinjiang. Qing was from 1644 to 1911.
Taiwan sends its air force pilots to train in the US, and China to France.
Wretchard on the problems in the Philippines.
Brad Setser asks how to explain China's success?
An interesting debate on China, the strategic threat (via Thomas Barnett).
Right, no more diet Coke
(13:56) Three years ago, I received the most outlandish of all corporate grants: for three months I would get paid to live in Beijing and play punk rock. My benefactor was a stationery corporation that manufactured address labels, file dividers... (via Shanghai Slide)
The only Michael Jackson trial summary you need to read.
Does China exist? A look at where China is as a place and why Americans are so uncomfortable with China.
A reappraisal of China's economic reform.
If you're going to steal a power cable, don't wreck 7 pylons while you're doing it. It makes it even more obvious.
Happy blogday, Helen.

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