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Saturday, September 6th, 2003

ZENPUNDIT HIATUS DRAWS TO A CLOSE

Starting Sunday after I digest some of the news. I will start by rewriting the post on China’s internal power struggle that Blogger so destructively ate yesterday. When I first started blogging Geitner Simmons helpfully suggested I write in Word prior to posting and like an idiot I seldom followed his sage advice. I am also going to try to get my thoughts on how the Bush administration has stumbled in Iraq prior to Bush’s speech Sunday evening. I had a good email exchange with Juan Cole on the issue and, quite sadly considering my stance as an administration supporter, found that our views converged as to what went wrong with the occupation. When people with my foreign policy views are becoming irritated, Bush is on the cusp of a serious political problem.

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003

MILITARY POWER AT THE CENTER OF CHINA’S POWER STRUGGLE

Jiang Zemin, following in the footsteps of Deng Xiaoping’s promises to the PLA to be part of ” the Four Modernizations”, has reasserted himself as Chairman of the Central Military Commission against his younger rival and successor as CCP General-Secretary and President, Hu Jintao. Zemin has called for an American-style ” Revolution in Military Affairs ” to increase China’s mobility and technological striking power in wartime

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2003

POSTING HAS BEEN LIGHT

Because I am, if not overwhelmed, at least ” whelmed ” at the moment with work and other responsibilities. I will however, take a moment today to post a few things I have found significant in the news.


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