tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post3684400432477484583..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: Chinese Dumplings Story, on the Eve of the Beijing Olympics... Go FigureJun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-1414885652808181202008-08-07T18:01:00.000+09:002008-08-07T18:01:00.000+09:00You're right, Durf. This is Chiaotzu. (didn't even...You're right, Durf. <A HREF="http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Chiaotzu" REL="nofollow">This</A> is <I>Chiaotzu</I>. (didn't even get that spelling right.) I should have edited this more carefully.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-89528233515495588002008-08-07T15:06:00.000+09:002008-08-07T15:06:00.000+09:00Irrelevant linguistic needling: The pinyin transli...Irrelevant linguistic needling: The pinyin transliteration of 餃子 is "jiaozi" I believe. Your "chaozu" is close to the pronunciation though.Durfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808798326382363759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-86464701894436371912008-08-07T10:28:00.000+09:002008-08-07T10:28:00.000+09:00If that was the idea, Janne, the people or person ...If that was the idea, Janne, the people or person who did it were singularly unsuccessful, as a look at today's newspapers will show you.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-30154378696445180932008-08-06T21:22:00.000+09:002008-08-06T21:22:00.000+09:00I think that this may be an attempt to bury the ne...I think that this may be an attempt to bury the news rather than highlight it; just posted my thoughts on it.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-27521628003417485742008-08-06T20:05:00.000+09:002008-08-06T20:05:00.000+09:00Janne, I cannot disagree with you more. That's not...Janne, I cannot disagree with you more. That's not how the media works. This is the perfect time to dump on the Big Bad Chinese Who Are Out to Conquer the World. The media loves to tear down the high and mighty, it's the drama inherent in hubris. China and the Beijing Olympics are no exception.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-62065105402042919222008-08-06T19:35:00.000+09:002008-08-06T19:35:00.000+09:00Oh, I don't doubt the animosity. What I doubt is t...Oh, I don't doubt the animosity. What I doubt is the timing. This is after all a singularly bad time for any China basher to try to bring up anything not directly connected to the Olympics. Any news up to and including an invasion by Marsians will simply be ignored at this time after all.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-55363723312014498992008-08-06T18:39:00.000+09:002008-08-06T18:39:00.000+09:00Okay, Janne, but you do agree that there’s a dead ...Okay, Janne, but you do agree that there’s a dead body with a knife in its back, right? As for people with motives, how about the <A HREF="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20010715a2.html" REL="nofollow">good people of Osaka</A>?<BR/><BR/>Someone in the Japanese government must have leaked the information to a <I>Yomiuri</I> reporter. This leak could have happened very recently, in which case the source dictated the timing of the report. A far less likely scenario is that the reporter obtained the information months ago but decided to hold on to it until the news would have a greater impact. Either way, it’s not hard to find individuals who are pissed off at China and specifically the way the two authorities dealt with this matter. It only takes one of them to have belonged to the diplomatic and domestic groups of people who knew about the Chinese notification to have been willing and able to pee into the tent.<BR/><BR/>Of course there’s always the possibility that some careless bureaucrat happened to leave a document referring to the notification on his/her desk and the <I>Yomiuri</I> reporter read it, or even swiped it. (Yes, they will do that.) And loose lips sink ships. But this is not something that happens every day, whereas deliberate leaks are a dime a dozen.<BR/><BR/>Maybe not quite <I>neque panis</I>, MTC. Kosuke Kitajima, the odds-on-favorite to win the gold in the men’s 100 and 200 breaststroke, said that they had better food at than any of the Olympics that he’d been to.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-81478694248328972252008-08-06T16:34:00.000+09:002008-08-06T16:34:00.000+09:00It was brought up on the morning NHK news as well....It was brought up on the morning NHK news as well.<BR/><BR/>With that said, could the Olympics timing not just be a coincidence? I mean, what would be gained, and by whom, by bringing this up right now? When looking for conspiracies, a motive is always a good first step.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-67695492719017108662008-08-06T15:58:00.000+09:002008-08-06T15:58:00.000+09:00Rather than Citius, Altius, Fortius perhaps the th...Rather than <BR/><BR/><I>Citius, Altius, Fortius</I> <BR/><BR/>perhaps the three-part motto should be <BR/><BR/><I>Neque Aqua, Neque Aer, Neque Panis</I>MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.com