Comments on: The subscription walls keep coming down http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Aceface http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/#comment-381711 Aceface Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:04:48 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/#comment-381711 Reading James Fallows past articles.... Man,he is a prick. Read this. To me the most striking difference(between Japan and China as he sees them) was cultural and moralistic: specifically,Japan's cocksureness.Japan and many neighboring nations saw its rise as a challenge to the American idea,and they didn't care who knew it.No one thinks that today's China lacks cultural confidence.By now I should have programmed auto-text keys to use when transcribing interviews,so as that I can plug in the rote passage about "our 5000 years of history"or"the world's largest continuous civilization"with one stroke.But I have encountered virtually no lecturing from Chinese friends,officials,students,passerby,or interviewees. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200711/american-ideal Either he is living in alter universe or I'm meeting completely different Chinese(when was the last time I wasn't lectured from them).And don't let me even start with "Japan's cocksureness".But then again this is coming from a guy who advocated "Containing Japan" 20 years ago... Reading James Fallows past articles….
Man,he is a prick.

Read this.
To me the most striking difference(between Japan and China as he sees them) was cultural and moralistic:
specifically,Japan’s cocksureness.Japan and many neighboring nations saw its rise as a challenge to the American idea,and they didn’t care who knew it.No one thinks that today’s China lacks cultural confidence.By now I should have programmed auto-text keys to use when transcribing interviews,so as that I can plug in the rote passage about “our 5000 years of history”or”the world’s largest continuous civilization”with one stroke.But I have encountered virtually no lecturing from Chinese friends,officials,students,passerby,or interviewees.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200711/american-ideal

Either he is living in alter universe or I’m meeting completely different Chinese(when was the last time I wasn’t lectured from them).And don’t let me even start with “Japan’s cocksureness”.But then again this is coming from a guy who advocated “Containing Japan” 20 years ago…

]]> By: Hunter http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/#comment-381710 Hunter Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:57:02 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/#comment-381710 Speaking of walls coming down: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572523339&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Speaking of walls coming down:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200572523339&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

]]> By: Kim http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/#comment-381708 Kim Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:04:54 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2008/01/23/the-subscription-walls-keep-coming-down/#comment-381708 Me too! I stopped reading the G&M when it went to a subscription based service. Me too! I stopped reading the G&M when it went to a subscription based service.

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