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Comment on Background on Xinjiang and Chinese Policies in the Region (1800s-2001) by Chang

Chang — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:17:24 +0000

Jess, thanks for catching it. I meant “largest minority group in Xinjiang,” not all of China.

Comment on Background on Xinjiang and Chinese Policies in the Region (1800s-2001) by Jess

Jess — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:20:32 +0000

Uyghurs are not the largest minority group. The Zhuang, Manchu and Hui populations are still larger. Uyghurs might possibly have recently overtaken Miao for fourth place, but detailed 2010 census data on ethnicity has not yet been made available. Nonetheless, you would still need several million more Uyghurs for it to be the largest minority population in China.

Comment on Beijing, Washington, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige by EYC

EYC — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 03:06:19 +0000

Whatever America’s incentive for tilting toward Taiwan in the balancing act discussed here, it has been consistently, maliciously exploited by Taiwanese politicians from presidents Lee Teng-Hui to Chen Shui-Bian to Ma Ying-Jou for the past 20 years, and this exploitation seems destined to continue with future leaders if the current impasse persists. In order to rally support for their personal political gain, the most effective strategy has been to provoke China first, collect the benefits from the political fallout coming from either China or the Taiwanese populist reaction to it next, and then tell the Taiwanese people “Don’t you worry, if the Chinese attacks us, Americans will come and fight for us”. One of these days this game will be played once too many, and it will be up to the Americans to come and fight for the Taiwanese, all in order to win the next election for president so and so, all because our commitment has been taken advantage of by ill-intended Taiwanese politicians.

It is high time for the US to closely examine ways to extricate itself from this blackmail, not by China, but by Taiwanese politicians.

Comment on Beijing, Washington, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige by Danny

Danny — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:36:28 +0000

It is about creating a long antagonistic relationship with growing and capable China in terms of political, military and economy. All this over Taiwan. What the are the benefits of having Taiwan and over China. To be certain Taiwanese are really Chinese, they can not be integrated into Americanism, this is why it is not a South Korea or Japan, that let our military run over their country and our service men run over their women. Taiwanese see America is a deterant, but not their soulful future. Reality is they see China as their soulful future and continuity.

Comment on Beijing, Washington, and the Shifting Balance of Prestige by Paul

Paul — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:14:00 +0000

It is a level-headed assessment

Comment on Chang by seong jeon

seong jeon — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:46:20 +0000

Hello. I’ve been following you on Twitter and realize you certainly have opinions on a wide range of subjects, but I am curious about your connection to maritime affairs. I enjoy your witty posts and would appreciate if you could shed some light on any possible affinity toward maritime issues. My Twitter name is EnvironmentSJ just to be fair.

Comment on On Histories and Family by Scott

Scott — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 19:50:55 +0000

Amy-

Thanks for sharing that. For me, intergenerational relationships are the most fascinating part of the family dynamic. Add your cultural dynamic and it’s an interesting story. My grandparents lived until I was in my 20s, I’ll always be grateful for the time I was able to spend with them; I hope I’m able to live that long with my grandchildren.

Comment on The Search for General Tso and Colonel MSG by Alexandra Modly

Alexandra Modly — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:56:26 +0000

I was scouring the web for pictures of dandan mian today because I am dying to have it for dinner tonight. I always go to Sichuan Pavilion for it.

It is currently my favorite Chinese place in DC. My roommate spent time in China and, while this is her favorite local restaurant, she also says that it just tasted better in China. If you find a better place in the area please tell us about it!

Comment on Dry Clean Only by Fred

Fred — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 06:00:25 +0000

Or you can follow the lead of my friend Mark Miller and just Febreze the items for a month or so and then trash them. I guess this gets expensive though if you have more than one shirt.

Comment on If You’re Going to Write About North Korea… by Fred

Fred — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:18:39 +0000

I’m sure people oversleep all the time and accidentally end up in the “world’s most brutal regime.” We just don’t hear about them because all traces of them are erased. Anyways, neither Bush has bailed anyone out of N Korea lately so he had a chance. Slate, HuffPo, etc. seem to be sorely unequipped to cover China; I fear their coverage of other parts of the world is equally bad.