[Additional Expo related articles and posts here, here, here, and here. More to come in the days and weeks ahead.] Quite a bit of discussion on Shanghai Scrap, and elsewhere, on whether or not US interests are served by building a pavilion for Shanghai’s Expo 2010. That’s good: Americans need to be thinking seriously about…
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The US Expo 2010 Pavilion Totters
Posted on Author AdamPosted in Architecture, Expo 2010, Expo 2010 - US Pavilion, US Politics, US-China Policy47 Replies
Late yesterday afternoon Expo 2010 organizers announced that all national pavilion construction work must begin by June 30. Those who miss the deadline will not be allowed to build their own pavilions, and must instead seek space in a “standardized” pavilion or use a common pavilion. The statement didn’t single out any particular country, but…
Far from Black and White: Mara Hvistendahl on China’s ‘Patriotic’ Hackers
Posted on Author AdamPosted in Appreciations and Recommendations, Computing, US-China Policy9 Replies
In late March, Infowar Monitor revealed the existence of GhostNet, a computer spying network that had inflitrated at least 1295 hosts in 103 countries. According to the report issued by the investigators, ownership of the network was unclear, but “circumstantially” pointed to China. For media more accustomed to reporting on computers than China, “China” in…
Don’t sneeze at others: SARS memories for a swine flu present
Now that swine flu hysteria is close to full bloom, I dug into the old photo archive and pulled up this classic set of instructional posters from SARS-era Shanghai. For a couple of months during Winter/Spring 2003, these were pasted everywhere – every spare wall (anybody out there remember if these showed up in other…
“But is Obama good for China?”
It’s the question that my Chinese friends have been asking for months. So, for their sake, I’m quite pleased to announce that – as of yesterday – those seeking insights into how the new Obama administration views China, now need look no further than the totally revamped White House website. Under the “Agenda” tab, click…