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Meanwhile, in Foreign Affairs two writers weigh up the recent Chinese anti-satellite missile test. Bates Gill holds the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and is the author of Rising Star: China’s New Security Diplomacy. Martin Kleiber is a Research Assistant at CSIS. Curiously and worryingly, they argue … Continue reading “Chinese space weapons”
It looks like a success for China, their prowess in space technology continues to grow.
Some more on the Chinese blog/MSN censorship story. It seems that Chinese bloggers are not too pleased, understandably. “Internet users know what’s evil and what’s not evil, and MSN Spaces is an evil thing to Chinese bloggers.”
Back in October, someone calling themselves Deepthroat posted on the property forum thepropertypin.com. Some called him (or her) a crank, but others had their curiosity piqued. I for one welcome our own deepthroat, but wonder if the language could be a little more transparent. The earlier posts in October seem to indicate the Fitzpatrick debacle … Continue reading “Deepthroat in Ireland”
Every news channel I watched tonight had a package on how China, and her economy, will be the big story of 2008. Did anyone notice how China has avoided economic calamity? Did anyone notice the change of laws earlier this year allowing China to invest in US and UK banks? Many people forget that the … Continue reading “China in 2008”
What we can probably expect from China in the near future is specific demonstrations of strength—like its successful forcing down of a U.S. Navy EP-3E surveillance plane in the spring of 2001. Such tactics may represent the trend of twenty-first-century warfare better than anything now happening in Iraq—and China will have no shortage of opportunities … Continue reading “China surprise”
James Fallows congratulates Liam Casey on his winning of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Casey was featured in the recent China special edition of the Atlantic Monthly. Fallows: Casey informs me that in the last day or two he has received a number of congratulatory messages from contractors and business associates. … Continue reading “Liam Casey in China”
Holy fuck. I genuinely had no idea that US nuclear missiles had increased in accuracy by such a degree in the last 15 years. Assistant professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame Keir Lieber and Daryl Press who was a consultant on military analysis projects for the U.S. Department of Defense for … Continue reading “War with China”
Quietly, Google added some new languages to its translation tool. They are all in BETA at present but it’s interesting to see. The languages are Arabic, Korean, Chinese and Japanese. Maybe I missed it and this is old news. 🙂 They have also updated Google Maps to be more zoomable, not unlike Microsoft’s Live service. … Continue reading “Arabic translation”
It appears China have lifted a recent ban on Google, but will Google stay in China? China has lifted its online blockade of Google.com after a two-week crackdown that had prevented direct access to the site and temporarily thwarted popular workarounds, a media watchdog group reported Friday. The Paris-based journalism advocacy group Reporters Without Borders, … Continue reading “China Restores Google.com”