Mahalo for Attending the 21st Century China Symposium

Cuurent Events in China
750,000 People Die From Pollution Each Year in China
China Executes Ex-Head of Drug Agency
China Bans Food Products From Tyson, Other U.S. Cos.
Starbucks Closes Forbidden City Outlet
Tianwan Nuclear Plant
Ready, Aim, Fire, and Rain
Military Modernization:
Fighter Jet Signals China's Aerial Advances
China Boosts Military Spending
Washington Post: Annual Report to Congress on Chinese Military
Teaching In China:
Dave's ESL Cafe
ESL China
ESL Teacher's Board
Doing Business in China:
Doing Business in China - China Window Article
Business Tips of the British Embassy
Go East, Young Executive
China and the Internet:
The New Gang of Four
The Great Firewall of China
How China Controls the Internet
Comments:
Thanks, Don. Readers should know that UH Hilo has done a great job of international study and interaction at the student level through Prof Eads and others. I believe that our country's relationship with China will have more to do with whether our world's at relative peace over the next generation than any other. I could give you a long answer, but what it amounts to is that we can never afford to disengage form our interaction with China at the highest levels of our government and to encourage China's involvement in the world, no matter how difficult that might sometimes be. –Ed Case

U.S.-China policy is schizophrenic. China has always been defensive in nature, authority in China always takes the position that it is at the center of the universe and that the entire world, outside of China, is exactly that - out there. China is the middle KingDom. As such, it regards itself as the center of the universe. I don't say this in a pejorative way, but in a cultural and historic fact of China's life. China is a civilization, not a nation. China regards that whereever Chinese are, China is there also. The official was killed not because of the food scare, but because the food scare caused China to be put in a negative position. The Chinese regime in Beijing is indifferent to the issue of whether or not products coming from China are substandard. That becomes an issue only if it affects China in an adverse way. Execution of those who disconcert authority in China is ubiqitous from the time of the Confucion lords to the Communist lords. Same attitude, different names. As for China's military buildup, it is perfectly understandable that being the middle kingdom subject to invasion and imperial assault from the West, that they would wish to make sure such a thing never happens again. It is less a question I believe of imposing their will than it is of ensuring that China its proper role as the middle kingdom in the 21st century. Our reaction to this phenomenon, if it only assumes a military role, will be useless. The U.S. is in no position, and will be in no position to threaten China militarily, else risking the obliteration of the planet. China needs to be engaged diplomatically and culturally with respect and the sheer knowledge that it will never be dominated again. –Neil Abercrombie

Thank you for reading,
Don and Hoku