Comments on: 2 things

By: wangbo

wangbo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:01:22 +0000

Aye, I think I got it.

By: Matthew Stinson

Matthew Stinson — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:42:37 +0000

Something weird happened to the URI. You can read Richard Spencer’s blog directly to see the post in question.

By: wangbo

wangbo — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:45:47 +0000

Cheers, Matthew. Haven’t had time today to explore these issues myself, trying to look up those links now. Your Richard Spencer link is giving me some “bad request” response, but I’ll have another go. Almost wish I didn’t open the China Daily link: The word ‘predictable’ springs to mind for whatever reason. Ah, finally got the Richard Spencer piece (I think)- if it’s his blog you were referring to, it was a good read, can’t say I disagree with any of his points. Coulda done without the comments, but his comment threads seem to be taking the Peking Duck route, unfortunately. The Telegraph article also makes for good reading. Spencer is rapidly becoming one of my favourite journobloggers.

By: Matthew Stinson

Matthew Stinson — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:39:02 +0000

Repairs = affairs. The Chinese response is here. I'm reading the Pentagon report now, and it's pretty bland laundry list stuff except for the part of the 24 character strategy of Deng Xiaoping, which is interesting.

By: Matthew Stinson

Matthew Stinson — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:31:43 +0000

Appropros of your first point: Richard Spencer on the propagandistic nature of media coverage of the Chinese military and the propagandistic Chinese response to the Pentagon’s criticism of the spending increases — to wit, “publishing a report = interfering in another country’s repairs.” Jackasses all around.

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The Hegemon’s Prerogative « Like Cooking a Small Fish — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:07:48 +0000

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