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August 12, 2005

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Daily linklets 12th August

The meanings lost and gained in translation.
Spike gets the inside on how DVD piracy works in China (about half way down the entry).
The slow dismantling of Chinese oil price controls.
China's economy in 2005 is not what it was in 2000.
I've updated some additional readings on the yuan basket and market reforms.
Breaking news: Asian female doctors considered hot. Curiously they look at nurses.
Online collaborators have translated the latest Harry Potter to Chinese, well before the official version. All the excessive secrecy over the manuscript means foreign language publisherers are always at a disadvantage, especially in online times.
Putting some numbers on Chinese crime, although we know official Chinese stats are rarely reliable.
Japundit updates the Japanese general election race, while John looks at Koizumi's motivations.
Another Hong Kong theme park people are dying to get into.
Happy Chinese Valentine's Day, with a bit of history to boot. China beat Hallmark by centuries.
Buddhist MP3s. Is there anything you can't find on the net?
I've seen Lee Kuan Yew talk and he's impressive for an aged authoritarian. John has extracts from an interview between LKY and Der Speigel where he talks about China's military modernisation, North Korea, Asian vs European values and so on. Meanwhile on the ground its cops vs military in Singapore, the land of the 4 person riot.
A look at the Yahoo-Alibaba deal.
South Korea bravely resists the evil imperialist forces...of iPod.
(14:00) Japan and the bomb: Winston Marshall on Japan as a great non-nuclear power.
Another link on Japan's election: Koizumi's great gamble.
I've just stumbled across a potentially interesting blog (on Blogspot): Leaking State Secrets, a behind the secnes by a journo at a Beijing paper.
(17:00) On condemning terrorism.

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