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November 4, 2007

China
Trading up (once again)

I'll be on the road for most of the next two weeks, making stops in Beijing and Tokyo.  I hope to chime in occasionally. I will be working, not vacationing.  But I also will have trouble posting as f…

April 5, 2010

China
Water Woes and Worries in China

One of the big stories in China right now is the serious water scarcity plaguing much of the country. While China often confronts serious seasonal droughts—last year northern China experienced the wo…

Water Woes and Worries in China

April 6, 2010

China
The Mekong River: a Major Test for China

Photo Courtesy of Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom When I first started studying the Mekong River’s water levels more than a decade ago, the river still ran relatively high, even in dry season–-high enough…

A boy runs on a dried up reservoir on the Mekong River during a drought affecting the Thai-Lao border area of Wiang Kaen district

April 8, 2010

China
China’s Leaders Finally Listen to Me

Photo Courtesy of Reuters/Damir Sagolj I had suspected as much for some time, but it turns out that the top leadership in Beijing reads my CFR blog posts and closely follows my advice. Earlier this …

Thailand’s Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his counterparts from Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos sit in their chairs during the Mekong River summit in Hua Hin

April 28, 2010

China
Whac-a-Mole Technology Policy

Photo courtesy of flickr/sa_ku_ra The reported adjustment of Chinese procurement policy is good news for U.S. and other foreign technology companies, as far as it goes. Published in 2009, though n…

Whac-a-Mole Technology Policy