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September 21, 2005

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Daily linklets 21st September

The importance of the Taishi elections.
After a hard fought agreement, China already sees the North Koreans backsliding on the nuclear deal...and begs everyone (read North Korea) to live up to their promises. What's the betting that when the NK negotiators spoke with their superiors in Pyongyang, they got told they'd screwed up? China Hand talks about the talks, asking if they are a fiasco, business as usual or both? Oranckay wonders if the latest flap is the result of mistranslation. Andrew Sullivan says it was the Americans that blinked.
While on North Korea and money laundering, the Norks make US$250 million counterfeiting when they're not allegedly laundering it via Macanese banks.
The China-Japan drilling dispute escalates.
China's income gap reaches alert level. Who knew China had a green/yellow/red warning system on income gaps?
Hitler and the Japanese election.
China's sixth largest export market is Wal-Mart, who now source 65% (and growing) of non-food products from China.
Clinton and Lewinsky are coming (pardon the pun) to China (yes, it's safe for work).
Today's must read: In East Asia, there's more than one way to rise...."peacefully" and "normally".
In ASEAN, consensus is not unanimity.
How to get a $10 million dollar job with one simple email.
The cynical traveller commentates on the Japan vs India World Cup qualifier.
In Malaysia, Lina Joy is a Muslim for life, even if she doesn't want to be.
Jack Risko on China's tiny economy...a good read for those hooked on PPP comparisons.
Tyler Cowen's thoughts on China's central bank.
Tom Barnett is full of admiration for the new head of the US Pacific Command and his attitude to China - Fox Fallon.
Rupert Murdoch has hit a brick wall in China. He's probably pissed off his toadying didn't pay off.
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Ian Lamont reads China Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice.
Ted Turner thinks Kim Jong Il is a regular guy and he doesn't mind sacrificing the people of Japan and South Korea to KJI's meglomania. Ted should go back for Arirang.

posted by Simon on 09.21.05 at 12:32 PM in the Daily linklets category.

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Comments:

Thanks, as always for the links Simon. Yesterday's Linklets were the best ever in my opinion.

Congratulations also, on the UK Guardian newsblog link. It was funny, last night I was actually reading the Guardian newsblog, came across the Starbucks/Great Wall post and then realised that that the story had come from Simonworld. Could have knocked me down with a feather!

Hope it provides a few extra hits.

posted by: Martyn on 09.21.05 at 12:50 PM [permalink]

Thanks Martyn - yesterday's linklets did seem a particularly "heavy" edition.

As for the Guardian link, it was worth a few hits and it's always nice to get noticed by such places. Clearly no patch on your Instalanche...but I'll take it.

posted by: Simon on 09.21.05 at 01:03 PM [permalink]

Unfortunatey, Insta-lanches happen but once in blue moon but I'm pleased that I was fortunate enough for it to happen to me once. When they do come around, it a makes for a hell of a time sitting watching 600-700 hits per hour come in.

I think we China people do well to have such a great blogasphere. I just wish all those Blogspot and Blog-City people would move to a non-blocked-in-China blog host.

After all, if I was a Chinese censor looking at the list of all the China-related blogs on Blogspot and Blog-City, I'd be feeling very pleased with myself.

You can't tell me that those blog hosting sites are way and above better than the hundreds of the blog hosting services.

Sorry, glad I got that off my chest. It's a bit of a pet peeve I have.

posted by: Martyn on 09.22.05 at 04:08 AM [permalink]