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December 01, 2005

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Daily linklets 1st December

For World AIDS Day, the cover-up in Henan. As I said a couple of days ago, AIDS/HIV is the killer virus already in China. Start worrying more about that and less about bird flu. Fons reports on Shanghai's first AIDS themed restaurant.
Does society form political systems or vice versa? The 88s asks could communism take root in America and can civil society rise again in China?
Some great translations of Chinese intellectuals on democracy from Anti: A piece from democratic nationalist Wang Xiaodong, saying only modernised politics can save China's socialist reform; Liu Junning on taking the first steps towards democracy and Zhu Xueqin saying harmony originates from democracy.
The quiet appreciation of the RMB and the dangerous game the PBoC is playing.
Beijing fails to deliver on its honesty promise.
An NPR reporter frets about the media's China coverage and rightly worries such reporting generates a self-fufilling prophecy of the China threat. (via Bingfeng)
Sam Crane looks at the idea of a Confucian Commonwealth and finds it wanting.
Japan's hidden arms trade.
The Filipino diaspora.
Japanese hybrids come to China. Another sign of growing environmental awareness in China.
Why is saying good things about China mistaken for propoganda? It comes down to the difference between China and its government.
America does a Pontius over Sino-Japan relations.
Rajan on Singapore and Malaysia's mistake.
Negotiation tips in China.
It used to be phone books tied to phone boxes. Not any more.
Happy first blogday to Riding Sun.
Blogger Idler passed away. Like Mr Brown, deepest condolences.
It's a good job the Taiwanese aren't racist.
The controversial taking of photos in Singapore's MRT stations.
Lessons in reading between the lines of Xinhua.
Something for the SCMP and other newspapers to read. The future's coming, whether you like it or not. On a related note, a look at the massive potential of Scoopt for citizen photojournalism...until it's blocked.
The end is here for the European dream: silver and gold Hello Kitty euros.

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Comments:

very nice collection!

posted by: lin on 12.02.05 at 11:12 AM [permalink]