Thursday 14 October 2010

Senkaku flare up prospects: China pressures Google?

While the Senkaku issue has mostly blown over, the possibility for it to flare up is marked.

Firstly, today the Diet Budget committee agreed to view the footage of the actual collision - although no decision is yet made on whether to release it. I imagine it will be released however, in time and one way or another. The timing of that decision counts, too early and flare up is possible.

Secondly, Japanese media reports that China has asked Google to list the Senkaku islands under two names, the Japanese one and Diaoyutai (chinese name) - in light of the apparent territorial dispute.

After Google's fight with China over access to the market and freedom of speak, the company has less to lose by saying no but absolutely nothing to gain either. Google will probably dual list the island on google maps as asked.

Lastly, the rare earth export issue is still not resolved. This one is really bizarre and the world needs to know what is going on here.

http://www.asahi.com/politics/update/1013/TKY201010130515.html?ref=rss

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