网络战 Views on President Obama’s approach to relations with China continue to clash. Arguments over his aggressiveness aside, the Obama administration actually discussed every relevant issue except for one: cyber warfare. This was purposeful. China repeatedly denies their growing capacity for cyber attacks. A complicated system of changing devoted followers allows the Chinese Government to [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Cyber Warfare
Posted in International Relations, Technology on November 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chairman Obama
Posted in Art, Humor, Politics on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
奥巴马主席 Barack Obama’s celebrity expanded into several new markets since his election. “ObaMao” or “Maobama” t-shirts hit stands in China last year, but disappeared prior to President Obama’s visit to Asia. With an interest in Chairman Mao combines and an appreciation for President Obama’s intentions, I felt compelled to buy one of these shirts. Initially, the [...]
Keeping Track of China’s Emissions
Posted in Environment, International Relations on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
追踪中国的排放量 News of a U.S.–China plan for cooperation on environmental policy was exciting. It sets a constructive stage for actual progress down the road. Along side a mutual assertion for collective binding emissions targets, this may raise participation as well as reduction commitments for a new international climate protocol. While meaningfully symbolic, this alliance remains [...]
Statistics in China’s Favor
Posted in International Relations, Politics on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
统计在中国青睐 China’s mounting power stood out during Barack Obama’s time in Asia. A weakening U.S. only compliments their supremacy. Owning $800 billion of U.S debt along their assessment of a fragile dollar certainly helped China’s confidence. Dick Cheney saw President Obama’s low bow to Japan’s Emperor Akihito as a cause for the U.S.’s position, exclaiming, [...]
Take a Closer Look
Posted in Art, Environment on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
仔细看看 These pieces mimic traditional Chinese scrolls with a modern twist: every element of nature appears replaced by products of development. They were displayed on the Shanghai People’s Square metro station‘s advertisement screens, and were generated for the China Environmental Protection Foundation. China Environmental Protection Foundation Website 中华环境保护基金会网页
Overseas, President Obama Encounters Different Issues with a Town Hall Meeting
Posted in International Relations, Politics on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
在国外，奥巴马总统发现了大会堂的不同问题 Earlier this week, President Obama delivered a speech and answered questions in Shanghai. Only one local television network broadcasted the event in China. The station’s website declined to stream the recording. Portions of the dialogue on free speech and unrestricted Internet access likely compelled this censorship. The content of President Obama’s remarks was otherwise [...]
Literally Growing a Greener China
Posted in Environment on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
真正的培养一绿色中国 Yesterday’s U.S.-China plan for cooperation on clean energy and climate change signified progress towards improving the global environmental agenda. Both countries outlined joint ideological measures to achieve a more stable environment, and hope to accept emissions reduction targets. Reviewing either country’s previous stance on binding targets, this change appears to be ideal, yet oddly [...]
Political Rock Band?
Posted in Humor, Politics on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
政治摇滚乐队? Maybe not yet. The local government scolded a karaoke bar in Taizhou Zhejiang Province for an ad with Mao Zedong holding a microphone. Traditional political songs like “Ode to the Motherland” played under the advertisement. The effort did, however, quite successfully attract crowds. A political version of Rock Band might expand their consumer base. [...]
“Developing” China
Posted in International Relations, Politics on November 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“发展”中国 Development is a spectrum. Growth is not a dichotomous variable. There are no actual definitions for “developed” versus “developing” countries. These UN designations are simply “intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process.” At what point does [...]
