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July 21, 2004
Simon's East Asia Overview: July 21/04

Simon runs a regular overview feature on his blog, Simon World, where "East meets Westerner." He's also the founder of the New Blog Showcase for bloggers just starting out. One good turn deserves another, Simon... so with his agreement, his overview is cross-posted today to Winds of Change.NET.

TOP TOPICS

  • JK: Simon has an interesting article on China's population policies. It includes population growth, gender imbalance figures, and efforts to "[raise] the population quality."
  • JK: Congress will vote on the North Korean Human Rights Act this week. One Free Korea explains what the act would do, and why it's important for Americans to contact their representatives. He even has a sample letter to help. I would urge Americans to get involved, for all the reasons Joshua describes. North Korea is literally a rolling genocide, complete with concentration camps whose depths of cruelty and depravity stand on the same level as Treblinka et. al. Prudence and circumstances may prevent us from removing the regime, but we cannot just turn a blind eye and pretend this isn't happening.

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Doing the rounds for the Asian blogging round-up:

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