Jottings from the Granite Studio

一．Powerful essay by Ma Jun posted on the China Dialogue website, “Participation not markets, will help China’s environment.” (中文) Ma argues that the market reforms of the past 15 years have had some success but that the market alone cannot resolve the country’s ecological crisis or the explosive economic inequalities that have accompanied China’s economic [...]

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Couple of interesting articles in the Korea field via the History News Network. The first is on the last American defector still living in North Korea.

James [note: He is referred to as "Joe" in the 60 Minutes piece] Dresnok…broke 44 years of silence since he slipped across South Korea’s heavily mined border to begin [...]

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