Japan Focus has a couple interesting articles this week. I've snipped their descriptions as the titles are a good guide. One thing for the strategists out there -- China's rise is also making India more prominent in the minds of those looking for a counterweight, as one article shows.+++++++++++++++++
New online content at Japan Focus
From: mark selden
Colleagues,
The following new articles were posted at Japan Focus on January 15, 2007:
Scott North & Charles Weathers, The End of Overtime Pay: More Production or Just More Work for Japan's White Collar Workers?
Vivek Pinto, A Strategic Partnership Between Japan and India?
M K Bhadrakumar, China's Tortuous Middle East Journey: Israel, Iran, and Saudia Arabia
Jack Weatherford, Restoring Order: Conquering Iraq in the 13th and 21st Centuries. Could Genghis Khan teach the US?
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mark selden
Cornell University
Michael, do you have any comments on the Rebar scandal and Su Tseng Chang's decision to "not consider lifting the 40% investment cap for now"?
ReplyDelete'kin right I do! But I had finals all this week, and all the errands and stuff I put off until Friday are going to get done tomorrow....so not until Saturday will regularly scheduled blogging resume.
ReplyDeleteMichael
Commonwealth is a little schizo sometimes: China will beat Taiwan in EVERYTHING. Following article: Taiwan is the BEST PLACE to invest EVER.
ReplyDeleteStill, this interview (perhaps because it is an interview), sheds some interesting light in a balanced manner on the general state of Taiwan's financial industry:
Listening In on the Financial World