Linkfest

I had some fun shooting bees out in our excellent weather.

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Daily Links:

• Record 2.85 million Chinese visit Taiwan
• The Diplomat: China's Military is Weaker than You Think, and More dangerous
• Ma pledges to boost the economy -- with the Free Economic Zones, a 1960s policy, and joining the TPP, which is collapsing of its own odiousness at the moment. 
• China Post calls for history books to do justice to the Taiwan Republic of 1895
• This piece on America turning Japanese also has lessons for Taiwan
• Richard Bush at Brookings on US arms sales to Taiwan
• Sankeng Old Street, Taoyuan. Some bright pics.
• Emei Bridge and lookout, Sanwan
• J Michael on The Status Quo -- which is, let's never forget, a form of independence
• Asahi Shimbun says China is mulling another illegal ADIZ over the South China Sea.
• When the China Blog at Time starts wondering whether China and Japan will go to war....

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