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October 2005



Of Grottoes and Good Will

Saturday, 29 October 2005 10:12 P GMT+09
Just as it is true that strength of will can overcome any adversity, it is also true that good will can overcome any animosity. As was the case in 敦煌 (Dunhuang) this month.
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese Includes Translations News and Perspectives
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40 years on China remains in Denial over Korean war atrocities

Wednesday, 26 October 2005 7:47 P GMT+09
Korean War veterans and their families are invited to comment on the following propaganda piece published in the Peoples Daily, illustrating the level of denial that exists in China over the atrocities that it committed during the Korean War.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Human rights and personal freedoms Sino-N/SKorea News and Perspectives
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A Tale of two Chinas?

Tuesday, 25 October 2005 9:01 P GMT+09
Last Month Google said that Taiwan was part of China, this month it doesn’t. But is there more to Google’s surprise U-turn than meets the eye?
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Sino-Taiwanese Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives
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[Photo Album] Madness with Maps

Tuesday, 25 October 2005 2:47 P GMT+09
In September, Google became embroiled in an argument over its naming of Taiwan as a 'Taiwan, Province of China’ in its Google Maps service. In October it removed the legend describing the island as a Chinese province. Problem solved? Not quite.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Sino-Taiwanese Photographs News and Perspectives China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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Punishing China - Blame the Dragon, Slay the Ogre

Thursday, 20 October 2005 3:28 P GMT+09
The political waters between China and the US look set to become a little rougher as Washington lobbyists prepare to press home a bill that some see as punishing China for supporting those who persist in defying American.
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The Rabbit Hole: Reverse Culture Shock - Part 5

Wednesday, 19 October 2005 10:09 P GMT+09
Welcome to part 5 of my indispensable guide to ‘Reverse Culture Shock’, the ultimate guide to finding out what surprises await you on your return home from China, and what troubles you may have when it comes to adapting back into your own culture
Category: Off Topic News and Perspectives China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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The Forgotten Refugees

Thursday, 13 October 2005 6:41 P GMT+09
When you put the words 'China' and 'Asylum' together, it is a safe bet that the minds of most will turn to images of Tibetans and political dissidents fleeing from persecution. However, there are some who choose to flee to China, rather than from it.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Human rights and personal freedoms Includes Translations Sino-N/SKorea News and Perspectives
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The Rabbit Hole: Reverse Culture Shock - Part 4

Wednesday, 12 October 2005 5:11 P GMT+09
Welcome to part 4 of my indispensable guide to ‘Reverse Culture Shock’, the ultimate guide to finding out what surprises await you on your return home from China,
Category: Sino-American Sino-British Sino-Japanese Sino-N/SKorea China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole Sino-European
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China tells Australian dancer to ‘Nick-Off’

Saturday, 8 October 2005 3:27 P GMT+09
Being expelled from a country for carrying the wrong kind of book, it sounds a bit absurd, doesn’t it? Apparently not to Beijing, as officials in Shanghai tells renowned Australian dancer Wang Xuejun to ‘Nick-Off’.
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80 dead, 5 missing in China cadet tragedy

Friday, 7 October 2005 9:48 P GMT+09
China has today revised upwards the official casualty figures caused when a landslide, brought on by Typhoon 龍王 (The Dragon King), swept away buildings at the Fuzhou Command School of Armed Police in the opening days of this month.
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An Exercise in Futility

Wednesday, 5 October 2005 8:45 P GMT+09
Pro sovereignty groups on the disputed island of Chinese-Taiwan took their fight for international recognition to the gates of search engine giant Google this week, raising the stakes in the already tense relationship between the Taipei and Beijing.
Category: News and Politics Sino-American Sino-Taiwanese News and Perspectives
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Press told to ‘keep quiet’ after Typhoon turn military academy into graveyard.

Tuesday, 4 October 2005 9:48 P GMT+09
Typhoon 龍王 ‘The Dragon King’, named after the creature that Chinese myths holds controls the rain, hit south-east China late last week, washing away 5600 homes, flooding 125 KM2 of farm land, and 59 young military cadets.
Category: News and Politics Human rights and personal freedoms News and Perspectives

Breaking the Ice through Charity

Monday, 3 October 2005 5:53 P GMT+09
While it is fair to say that there is a lot of negative sentiment and mistrust in the terse relationship between China and Japan, it would be unfair to say that this was all there is: What politics freezes over, charity warms up
Category: News and Politics Sino-Japanese News and Perspectives
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Consulate raider Sentenced

Sunday, 2 October 2005 4:35 P GMT+09
There were celebrations in both China Japan this week as extremist Nakagama Nobuyuki was handed a 7 year prison sentence for what has been described as the most serious attack on a Chinese diplomatic facilities in Japan.
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The Rabbit Hole: Reverse Culture Shock - Part 3

Saturday, 1 October 2005 4:45 P GMT+09
Welcome to part 3 of my indispensable guide to ‘Reverse Culture Shock’, the ultimate guide to finding out what troubles you may have when it comes to adapting back into your own culture after spending all together too much time in China.
Category: Off Topic Sino-American Sino-British Sino-Japanese News and Perspectives China: A journey Down the Rabbits hole
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