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CJ quoted in Council on Foreign Relations in Washington

http://www.cfr.org/publication/editorial_detail.html?id=2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -Thai “Red Shirt” Clashes Intensify-U.S. Iraq Drawdown Plan On Track-Afghans Protest NATO-Led Raid-Three Arrested in Times Square … Continue reading CJ quoted in Council on Foreign Relations in Washington

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commentary: Healing Thailand’s broken spirit

Healing Thailand’s broken spirit Special to The Japan Times BANGKOK — To pacify a divided nation, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva … Continue reading commentary: Healing Thailand’s broken spirit

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Battle of Bangkok documentary — France 24 TV

http://www.france24.com/en/20100527-2010-05-27-2146-wb-en-reporters-bangkok-t… Continue reading Battle of Bangkok documentary — France 24 TV

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boulevard of garbage

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photos of Bangkok post-apocalypse

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Bangkok’s Stupid War — FCCJ magazine

  http://www.fccj.or.jp/files/JULY%20issue.pdf Bangkok’s Stupid War by Christopher Johnson The banality of war and the folly of our attempts to cover … Continue reading Bangkok’s Stupid War — FCCJ magazine

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CJ photos from Bangkok war zone

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CJ on CTV re: Bangkok curfew

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100519/bangkok-burns-10… Continue reading CJ on CTV re: Bangkok curfew

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CJ live report on BKK violence on France 24 TV

http://www.france24.com/en/20100519-govt-imposes-curfew-bangkok-23-provinces-… Continue reading CJ live report on BKK violence on France 24 TV

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The Battle of Bangkok in pictures

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CJ photos of Bangkok burning

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CJ on CTV from Bangkok war zone

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100518/thailand-protest… Continue reading CJ on CTV from Bangkok war zone

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3 CJ pics near Victory Monument in BKK

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3 CJ photos in BKK

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THAILAND: Women of the Red Zone

Most of the Red Shirt protesters in central Bangkok are middle-aged women, many with kids. See the full gallery on … Continue reading THAILAND: Women of the Red Zone

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Bangkok red shirt protest — crazy hair, serious face

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rise of radical migrants

A turning point in Thailand By CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON BANGKOK — Massive occupations of two areas of central Bangkok the past … Continue reading rise of radical migrants

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Bangkok’s bamboo fortress photos 4

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Inside Bangkok’s bamboo fortress, portraits of Red Shirts

Inside their bamboo fortress in central Bangkok, Red Shirt protesters have been sleeping on hard hot streets for 30 days … Continue reading Inside Bangkok’s bamboo fortress, portraits of Red Shirts

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inside the occupied red zone of central Bangkok B

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Car free central Bangkok — Reds take over streets

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Besieged in Bangkok — red-eye Red Shirts

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Thailand needs social contract — Globe and Mail

Check out this Globe and Mail article “The protesters’ true colours” at http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-protesters-true-colours/arti… Christopher Johnson From Friday’s Globe and Mail … Continue reading Thailand needs social contract — Globe and Mail

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Japan debt: party now, bill the kids later

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ECONOMY: Japan crawling into debt crisis?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/is-japan-hurtling-t… Soaring debt, unsustainable government spending, slashed credit ratings. The problems that forced Europe to pledge a financial bailout for … Continue reading ECONOMY: Japan crawling into debt crisis?

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Tokyo sakura photos 1

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Japan, Travel, Uncategorized

Zen Nothingness of Zamami Island

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fv20100502a1.html  The Zen nothingness of Zamami Japan on ¥1,000 a day? It’s certainly possible by cycling and camping on this … Continue reading Zen Nothingness of Zamami Island

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ECONOMY: Shibuya shopping culture: cigarettes and Hello Kitty

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Japan’s No Fun Olympic Games

If Japan wants to host an Olympics again, it could learn a lot from Vancouver about how to hold a … Continue reading Japan’s No Fun Olympic Games

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Japan economic mood — down on the upside

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The Source who Crashed Japan Airlines

As JAL’s sudden demise has shown, the most powerful person in Japan is not Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, or even … Continue reading The Source who Crashed Japan Airlines

Japan, Olympics, Sports, Uncategorized

Japan at Olympics — Globe and Mail

Japan’s coaches criticize Olympic performance Christopher Johnson. The Globe and Mail. Feb 28, 2010 Like Canada in 2010, Japan had high hopes of owning … Continue reading Japan at Olympics — Globe and Mail

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ECONOMY: Japan offended by US treatment of Toyota

See the full gallery on Posterous http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/fears-rise-about-a-return-o… When Japanese companies run into deep trouble, the chief executive officer often resigns … Continue reading ECONOMY: Japan offended by US treatment of Toyota

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ECONOMY: Shares dive, new CEO boards JAL

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/as-shares-dive-new-ceo-boar…  At 55, Masaaki Ueda was looking forward to retiring soon with a generous pension after 32 years of loyalty … Continue reading ECONOMY: Shares dive, new CEO boards JAL

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ECONOMY: The ‘JAL family’ feud

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-jal-family-feud/article… Across Japan, thousands of members of the “JAL family,” from ground staff to pilots to the airline’s CEO, have … Continue reading ECONOMY: The ‘JAL family’ feud

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ECONOMY: In deflationary Japan, a Life of Minus

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/in-deflation-era-japan-a-li…   In 1989, when Mitsuo Tate left Tokyo to work in England, Japan’s cost of living was the world’s … Continue reading ECONOMY: In deflationary Japan, a Life of Minus

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Protests erupt in Lhasa, Tibet — CS Monitor

only journalist in Lhasa, breaks uprising worldwide http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0314/p01s03-wogn.html Police keep tight lid on Tibet after protests The region sees its … Continue reading Protests erupt in Lhasa, Tibet — CS Monitor

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Tibet monastery photos

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East Timor massacre — Associated Press

Christopher Johnson,  Associated Press dispatch, 14 October 1999  SUAI, East Timor (AP) – Australian peacekeepers on Thursday investigated bloodstains, bullet … Continue reading East Timor massacre — Associated Press

Basketball, Japan, Sports, Uncategorized

Basketball: global parity — NY Times, IHT

Basketball: World championships reflect a new parity http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/sports/11iht-hoops.2766103.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/11/sports/hoops.php  SAITAMA, Japan — For the first time in its 115-year history, basketball … Continue reading Basketball: global parity — NY Times, IHT

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Golf of Siam — TIME magazine

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,445013,00.html See the full gallery on Posterous   Monday, Apr. 21, 2003 Golf of Siam By Christopher Johnson It’s only … Continue reading Golf of Siam — TIME magazine

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ENVIRONMENT: Burma cyclone reports — US National Public Radio

http://multimedia.boston.com/pub/m/19890389/here_and_now_for_thursday_may_15_… Also  http://www.here-now.org/shows/2008/05/20080515.asp > On Point: http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/05/20080519_a_main.asp http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/05/20080519_a_main.asp> Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Burma cyclone reports — US National Public Radio

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ENVIRONMENT: Inside Burma after Cyclone Nargis

live reports on US TV — MSNBC, Comcast — On Sun, 5/18/08: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24600175#%2324600175 —Tuesday, May 20, 2008, live on CN8 TV … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: Inside Burma after Cyclone Nargis

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ENVIRONMENT: The pregnant mother who climbed a tree backwards during Cyclone Nargis in Burma

http://www.thestar.com/article/439073 Storm victims face new misery Burma forces thousands to leave refugee camps and return to villages obliterated by cyclone … Continue reading ENVIRONMENT: The pregnant mother who climbed a tree backwards during Cyclone Nargis in Burma

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Interview with terrorists in Baghdad

Female Fedayeen terrorists in The Nation, SCMP magazine, Alternet May 2, 2003  http://www.alternet.org/world/15803/female_fedayeen/ BAGHDAD — The Bush administration, U.S. soldiers, and … Continue reading Interview with terrorists in Baghdad

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Afghan civilian dead — Bangkok Post, NOW magazine

Innocents caught by u.s. bombs begin to emerge from media fog  peshawar, pakistan — After all the opinions and rhetoric, … Continue reading Afghan civilian dead — Bangkok Post, NOW magazine

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ECONOMY: Dragonomics sway Asian stock markets

–Western investors accustomed to certain ground rules and behavioural norms in their native markets should consider the influence of political … Continue reading ECONOMY: Dragonomics sway Asian stock markets

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Interview with Roger Federer — SCMP

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Tennis: Few Asians reach the top — NY Times, IHT

Tennis: Few Asians reach the top ranks  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/sports/06iht-tennis.4492642.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/06/news/tennis.php Christopher Johnson, Tuesday, February 6, 2007 TOKYO–  From the synthetic surfaces … Continue reading Tennis: Few Asians reach the top — NY Times, IHT

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Tibet Lhasa Potala photos 1

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