Edgar2 said...

Edgar2 at 01:07 PM JST - 5th September

sorry, above should be read "The question needs to be asked whether the elite in china really want full literacy...

Posted in No longer lost in translation at 01:07 PM JST - 5th September
Edgar2 at 06:29 AM JST - 5th September

China and Japan have less-developed democracies. We won't even mention North Korea. Democratic countries can form unions but semi-democratic and communist countries will just try to get along without attacking each other. Japan is a democracy but it's no France, given the fact that only one party has been in…

Posted in East Asian Multilateralism: Prospects for Regional Stability at 06:29 AM JST - 5th September
Edgar2 at 08:56 PM JST - 4th September

Japan and China should adopt the Korean alphabet. The difficulty of the traditional chinese script in Japan and China a barrier to free communication. An Alphabet would make it easier for the common person to become literate and would faciliate the transmission of ideas to all quarters of the citizenry.…

Posted in No longer lost in translation at 08:56 PM JST - 4th September
Edgar2 at 06:09 PM JST - 2nd September

gee, no mention that South Korea sent 300,000 troops to fight in Vietnam? hmmm, how soon they forget!

Posted in McCain expects Japan to take lead role in regional, global affairs at 06:09 PM JST - 2nd September
Edgar2 at 09:38 PM JST - 31st July

The japanese seem calmer than Koreans because they have a very passive electorate that is too cowed to respond to their own government. If the Japanese government really reflected the wishes of its own people, who care little for the islands, then they would stop claiming the Dokdo Islands. The…

Posted in S Korean military stages drill at disputed islets at 09:38 PM JST - 31st July
Edgar2 at 09:50 AM JST - 31st July

Finally, Japan should perhaps adopt the South Korean way of conducting foreign relations, knee-jerk popularism seems to pay off these days.

I don't think the Japanese can do this since their electorate is tightly controlled and they are a passive electorate.

For those saying this should be taken to the…

Posted in Bush orders S Korea's ownership of disputed islets reinstated in database at 09:50 AM JST - 31st July