Graham Webster - writing

recent publications

China Grows Its Own Twitter, With Chinese Characteristics
Talking Points Memo - Idea Lab, June, 30 2011.
Charting the Future of U.S.-India Relations: An Interview with Ambassador Thomas Pickering [pdf]
National Bureau of Asian Research, June 2011.
Unboxing the Gear Behind America's 'Shadow Internet'
Motherboard, June 2011.
After bin Laden, Still No Choice for U.S. with Pakistan: An Interview C. Christine Fair
National Bureau of Asian Research, May 2011.
Rare Earth Elements, Asia’s Resource Nationalism, and Sino-Japanese Relations: An interview with Yufan Hao and Jane Nakano
National Bureau of Asian Research, May 2011.
Emerging Market Economies, Global Trade Imbalances, and the U.S. Dollar: An Interview with Pieter Bottelier
National Bureau of Asian Research, April 2011.
The Military Foundations of U.S. Disaster Assistance in Japan: An Interview with Adm. Thomas B. Fargo
National Bureau of Asian Research, April 2011.
Japan's Post-Quake Economic Outlook: Recovery and Reconstruction: An Interview with William W. Grimes
National Bureau of Asian Research, March 2011.
After the Quake: Implications for Japan’s Political Future: An Interview with Dan Sneider
National Bureau of Asian Research, March 2011.
The Role of Natural Gas in the Asia-Pacific Energy Future: An interview with Mikkal Herberg
National Bureau of Asian Research, February 2011.
The Twitter Revolution Debate Is Dead
Guest post, James Fallows blog, The Atlantic, February 2011.
Environment Tax in China's Next 5-Year Plan?
World Policy Journal Blog, September 2010.

recent blog posts

Zittrain’s syllabus on “Controlling Cyberspace”
Jonathan Zittrain has a history of teaching interesting classes on the internet. Here’s another, syllabus shared under Creative Commons and put here for my reference. Description: Why does the Internet environment exist in the form it does today? What does its future, and the future of online life in general, look like? To what extent [...]
Posted on 31 January 2012 10:15 am

Asia and the world in the State of the Union
With a domestic economic focus expected to anchor the evening, the prepared text of U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2012 State of the Union speech (according to WSJ) is similar to last year’s in its emphasis on Asia. At least measured … Continue reading →
Posted on 24 January 2012 9:30 pm

Minxin Pei: Why economic reform is impossible with CCP rule
Minxin Pei, a political scientist known in part for his book China’s Trapped Transition, writes in the Financial Times that the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to maintain power are ultimately incompatible with economic reform. Pei writes: One may be tempted … Continue reading →
Posted on 24 January 2012 11:44 am

‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ Debuts at Sundance
Just as Ai Weiwei was detained in Beijing, Alison Klayman was working to finalize her years-in-the-making documentary on Ai’s life and his recent political outspokenness. I haven’t seen the full film, but it apparently received a standing ovation at its … Continue reading →
Posted on 23 January 2012 1:41 pm

Polluting in the new year!
First, of course, happy new year to all those greeting the year of the dragon this week. I, for one, am suitably stuffed. Second, via Angel Hsu, this image depicting what is most likely a huge cloud of noxious firecracker … Continue reading →
Posted on 23 January 2012 1:17 pm