Please click on the links below to find the readings.  It is recommended that you print a copy of each, since we will be discussing them in class.

February 16:  "Hu Jintao"

February 21:  "Getting the China Question Right" and "China's Global Hunt for Energy"

February 23:  "Chinese Whispers" and "Bush's Asia Trip Meets Low Expectations"

February 28:  "Understanding China" and "China's Search for Stability with America"

March 2:  "Google and China:  Imperfect Together" and "Censoring Google, Freeing China"

March 21:  "How Japan's Postal Service Got $3 Trillion"

March 23:  "Setting Sun"

April 4:  "Koizumi Sees the Bigger Picture" and "Japan's Changing Security Posture and Its Implications"

April 18:  "Preventing a War Over Taiwan" and "Those Subtle Chinese"

April 25:  "The Bandwidth Capital of the World"

May 4:  "Korea's Generational Clash"

May 9:  (1) "Mob Nation"  (2) "Diverging Opinion on North Korea's Human Rights Abuses"  (3) "Economic Root to N Korea Crisis" (4) "N Korea Economy Faces Collapse"

May 11:  "Bush Bargains Badly" and "High Time for Confronting North Korea"