Washington Post (November 3)
“November opened with a slew of heat records from North Africa to East Asia as abnormal warmth swelled over the Eastern Hemisphere. The exceptional warmth is a recurring theme in 2023, which is poised to become the hottest year on record for the planet.”
Tags: 2023, Abnormal warmth, East Asia, Eastern Hemisphere, Exceptional, Heat records, Hottest year, North Africa, November, Record
Bloomberg (July 12)
Itochu’s unconventional “tough love worked.” A decade after banning overtime after 8:00 PM, profit per employee has increased fivefold. “What also changed, to the surprise of Itochu’s management, is that more female employees took maternity leave, had kids and came back to work.” This raises the question, “could similar changes help East Asia’s flagging birthrate?”
Tags: 8:00 PM, Banning, Birthrate, East Asia, Employees, Female, Itochu, Kids, Management, Maternity leave, Overtime, Profit, Unconventional
Wall Street Journal (December 18)
“China is testing U.S. resolve to maintain freedom of navigation in international waters that Beijing illegally claims as its own” with its recent theft of a U.S. underwater drone. “Whether China today is responding to Mr. Trump or offering a final insult to President Obama is beside the point because the drone theft is part of a larger Chinese pattern. China’s behavior shows its intention to intimidate its neighbors and establish hegemony in East Asia.”
Tags: China, Drone, East Asia, Freedom of navigation, Hegemony, Intimidate, Obama, Theft, Trump, U.S.
The Washington Post (January 27, 2014)
“The major powers of East Asia are increasingly angry with each other. That could bring trouble to the region and, while we’re not paying much attention, to the United States, too.” With a flashpoint centered on the Senkakus or Diaoyus, the “Rocky waters between China and Japan could buffet America.”
Tags: Angry, China, Diaoyus, East Asia, Flashpoint, Japan, Major powers, Senkakus, Trouble, U.S.
Washington Post (January 11, 2014)
China’s ambassador to the U.S., who served as ambassador to Japan from 2007 to 2009, writes “Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent homage at the Yasukuni war shrine deeply disturbed people in China and much of Asia. The dispute surrounding his actions is about more than symbolism; it goes to the heart of his intentions for Japan’s future and his willingness to build an atmosphere of trust, respect and equality in East Asia.”
Tags: Ambassador, Asia, China, Dispute, East Asia, Equality, Future, Intentions, Japan, Respect, Shinzo Abe, Shrine, Symbolism, Trust, U.S., War, Willingness, Yasukuni
The Telegraph (August 20)
China and Japan are “two nations locked in mutual loathing” and the “historic enmity between the two countries – now resurfacing in a dispute over sovereignty – threatens stability in East Asia.”
Tags: China, East Asia, Enmity, Japan, Sovereignty