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PAR will be holding its first spring semester GBM this Monday, January 30, at 7PM in JMHH 350. There will be food - no reason not to come! We'll see you there!
- PAR Board
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To all of our wonderful readers,
Our most recent issue, Volume 2, is hot off the press! Find it online HERE or pick one up at our launch party/GBM at a date/place to be announced! Copies of this issue will appear following the GBM in racks in Van Pelt, Williams Hall, 1920 Commons, and other locations. Thanks for reading and stay tuned; we are about to start accepting submissions for our next Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-24213101256556893872011-12-14T22:39:00.000-05:002011-12-15T11:14:13.526-05:00Fog or Smog?
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On March 28, I heard a well-attended performance of seven different pieces of Korean music. The performance, titled Pathos, Subtleties and Passion and sponsored by the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, was given by a traveling group of musicians from Korea in the Rose Recital Hall (Fischer Bennet 419). The performance also featured a special appearance by Sue Yeon Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-89893755389478336082011-03-18T17:33:00.013-04:002011-11-04T20:53:52.623-04:00Stay Angry
Source: Daily Pennsylvanian
On March 17, 2011, Phil Yu, the blogger behind http://www.angryasianman.com/, came to speak to Penn's APA community, as an event organized by Sigma Psi Zeta, an Asian-interest sorority, which I am part of. Last year, when I was at Northwestern, I came across Phil's talk almost accidentally, but was immediately hooked and realized how little I knew about the Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-23994206284242953572011-03-13T15:38:00.001-04:002011-11-04T20:54:03.876-04:00Japan Earthquake How to Help
The aftermath of the earthquake in Tokyo
Donate for the Red Cross Here
More ways to help here
Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-7097418767349173962011-03-06T00:58:00.001-05:002011-11-04T20:54:14.799-04:00Shugendō Now
On March 3, there was a film screening of Shugendō Now, hosted by the Center for East Asian Studies and cosponsored by the Center for Cinema Studies at Penn. Director Mark McGuire was at the screening and he introduced himself, the film, the process by which the film had become a reality, and his work today. Particularly interesting were the ways in which he managed to “show” the viewer the Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-12862451710862267612011-02-28T18:34:00.008-05:002011-11-04T20:54:27.515-04:00Wake Up, China
On February 23, 2011, Drs. Jacque DeLisle and Nancy Steinhardt gave a fascinating short presentation in the Arthur Ross Gallery entitled “Post-Mao Dreaming: Chinese Contemporary Art.” Steinhardt introduced contemporary painting styles and themes, followed by a discussion by DeLisle about how the dominant themes are displayed on the socio-political stage of modern China.
Steinhardt boldly Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-70515232919567057972011-02-06T21:15:00.004-05:002011-11-04T20:54:37.254-04:00The Secrets of the Silk Road Will Remain Secrets
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
On Wednesday, February 2nd, The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology announced that the exhibit Secrets of the Silk Road would be altered, just days before its planned grand opening that weekend. The exhibit would still go on, but without the artifacts, among which were several mummies, one nearly Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-26986363838719741562011-02-03T19:38:00.000-05:002011-11-04T20:54:46.019-04:00Furry Hat Relays N. Korean Politics
Heard this on Stephen Colbert the other day: Kim Jong-Il's son Kim Jong-un has begun wearing the trademark furry hat that symbolizes power in NK. Original article from S. Korean English newspaper Chosun Ilbo. Apparently the hat is made by a "foreign master craftsman using top-quality otter fur. It's an unwritten rule that nobody else can wear such a hat, so if Kim Jong-un is also wearing one,Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-3363649071571518722010-12-03T09:21:00.002-05:002011-11-04T20:54:54.964-04:00PAR Member in the News!
Quoted from the DP:
College sophomore Minh Joo Yi received word of the artillery exchange before her family in Seoul, South Korea.
“I was really shocked when I saw the news,” Yi said. “I called my mom at 3 a.m.”
Yi said she knew her family was safe, as they do not live near the site of the artillery fire. Even so, she called because she “just wanted to make sure.”
The incident made Yi “Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-741106015243672712010-09-23T00:51:00.001-04:002011-11-04T20:56:56.302-04:00Detention of a Fisherman a Major Obstacle to Sino-Japanese Relations
Comment on the article: "Japan extends detention of Chinese skipper to Sept. 29"
Source
China and Japan have close economic ties, the extent to which Japan currently counts China as its biggest trading partner. But when political and territorial disagreements arise, such as this one over islands in the East China Sea (known as the Diaoyu Islands in Chinese and Senkaku in Japanese), old Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-7826278856703363962010-02-20T00:37:00.010-05:002011-11-04T20:55:25.287-04:0018th of February, 2010: talk by Hamid Dabashi, Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature, Columbia University - "Crisis of an Islamic Republic"
In his talk, Professor Dabashi discussed the way in which that rare non-violent movement, the Green Movement of Iran, could succeed. In doing so, he recognized the structural flaws which have blighted the nation, these in his view making change favorable - although "favorable" is not "inevitable," and the Green Movement faces many challenges, not least of which is Washington's meddling on the Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-55956177528912972282010-02-13T13:25:00.001-05:002010-02-14T12:09:57.656-05:00Happy Lunar New Year to Our Readers!!Happy New Year!
Soursdey Chhnam Tmei!
新年快乐!
새해 복 많이 받으세요!
selamat tahun baru!
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Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-21655957768791007212010-01-31T22:22:00.009-05:002011-11-04T20:56:38.284-04:00Penn Humanities Forum Connections: The East Asian Heartland and its Bronze Age Connections
On Wednesday January 27th, Dr. Victor Mair, a Penn professor of Chinese Language and Literature lectured on The East Asian Heartland and its Bronze Age Connections as part of the series Penn Humanities Forum Connections lecture series. Dr. Mair highlighted the importance of the Tarim Basin in China’s northwest Xinjiang region and the substantial empirical evidence in art and ritual that Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-83001757946621946092010-01-30T20:18:00.012-05:002011-11-04T20:55:57.644-04:00Submitters! Tell us how you heard about us!
<p>&amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Loading...&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-85225031488527012072010-01-14T08:25:00.000-05:002011-11-04T20:56:05.110-04:00Activities Fair
Come learn more about us and meet the board at the Activities Fair on Sunday at Houston Hall, from 12-4. We will have business cards and a sign-up for submissions.
Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-23388584980891972242010-01-04T22:11:00.018-05:002011-11-04T20:57:15.926-04:00China's Historical Grasp on Centralization
Last year at a business forum in the southern Chinese province of Hainan, famous Chinese actor, martial artist, and singer Jackie Chan expressed these comments on the possibility of a free society in China: "I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled.”[1] While these controversial remarks were heavily criticized Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-83100174144161342802009-12-31T23:54:00.005-05:002011-11-04T20:57:28.189-04:00Bipolar North Korea?
Today, according to BBC, North Korea called to reconcile relations with the U.S. This was stated by the state news agency Korean Central News Agency. Traditionally, Pyongyang collaborates with the country’s three leading newspapers in an effort to represent its party, military, and militia force, and experts analyze the statements to project the country’s new year policies.
My first Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-39810504300879067412009-12-29T15:21:00.002-05:002011-11-04T20:57:37.779-04:00“South Korea: The Winner of the Nuclear Project Deal”
After a fierce competition with consortiums of U.S., Japan, Russia, and France, South Korea’s consortium won “a contract worth some $20bn (£12.5bn) to build four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates” (BBC) This project has a significant value not only because it is known to be the biggest deal in the energy sector this year but also because South Korea’s consortium will be able to Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-82415980921436974422009-12-12T16:29:00.002-05:002011-11-04T20:58:07.508-04:00North Korea: Will winter shortages intensify rights abuses?
A response to the article: North Korea: Will winter shortages intensify rights abuses?
Source: csmonitor.com
The last sentence in this article caught my eye: "As for executions, imprisonment and torture, says Ms. Kwon [an editor for the Daily NK], “they are such common things, we just focus on the news.”"
Despite the continuedPenn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-49528207048322363022009-12-12T16:27:00.003-05:002011-11-04T21:00:16.812-04:00The Beginning of a New Era in Korea-Japan Relations?
A response to the article, "Japan's ruling party head apologizes for his country's wartime crimes in Korea":
To understand Korean society, one must understand that there exists a deep-rooted anti-Japanese sentiment that stems from historical reasons. One of the two major historical events is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's invasion of Chosun from 1592-1598, referred to as 임진왜란, or the Imjin Invasions Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-34319794739311520342009-12-04T12:15:00.000-05:002011-11-04T20:59:40.052-04:00A Comparative Study of Social Mobility of Middle Classes in Japan and Korea - CEAS Event Review
On Thursday, December 3rd from 4:30 to 5:30 pm, a lecture on social mobility of middle classes in East Asian societies was held on campus. Professor Yoshimichi Sato, a renowned professor at Tohoku University in Japan, conducted a research in 2005 to examine the impact of globalization on social mobility in Japan and Korea. Before he carried out the actual survey, his theoretical prediction was Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-77855338623093663612009-11-29T19:20:00.007-05:002011-11-04T20:59:57.154-04:00Korean Hospitals Learn to Say 'Push' in 4 Languages
Editor's note: This is a response to the NY Times article "Baby Boom of Mixed Children Tests South Korea" by Martin Fackler.
With unprecedented levels of international exchange and the shortage of eligible women especially in the Korean countryside, the number of international marriages and children born of these multi-ethnic families in South Korea has increased drastically over the past Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-4811901402317628412009-11-29T19:06:00.005-05:002010-01-02T02:59:28.483-05:00South Korea's Latest Export: Its Alphabet
As a native Korean, I am thrilled at the aspect of Hangeul (the Korean alphabet) being exported to another country and used as a tool for teaching a language! I have been taught that Korean is a very scientific language because it is easy to learn (according to a historical record written at the time when Hangeul was promulgated, an intelligent person could learn Hangeul in a few hours, while Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-66709444355735854622009-11-28T13:37:00.002-05:002010-01-02T03:26:36.887-05:00Low fertility rate? Not anymore!
The Presidential Council for Future and Vision in South Korea has set out a plan to boost the country’s total fertility rate that has been decreasing at a faster rate for the last few decades. In 2006, the government had indeed attempted to increase the total fertility rate by helping low income parents have more babies, yet this plan did not turn out to be very effective. The government Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-43166513249012590362009-11-21T11:29:00.005-05:002011-11-02T22:58:17.794-04:00Comparing Mainland China and Hong Kong
Cultural Heritage and Identity:Comparing Mainland China and Hong Kong
Presented by: Jung-a Chang, Associate Professor Department of Chinese Language and Cultural Studies University of Incheon (South Korea)
Issues in Contemporary East Asia Lecture Series
Two days ago, I attended a CEAS lecture on “Culture Heritage and Identity: Comparing Mainland China and Hong Kong” presented by Associate Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-21405410331128983252009-10-31T13:19:00.002-04:002010-01-02T03:19:01.176-05:00Samsung Electronics' Stong Performance and Bright OutlookSamsung Electronics Co., “the world's leading maker of memory chips and flat-screen TVs, posted a record-high operating profit of 4.23 trillion won” on October 30 according to today's Korea Herald. Samsung has been the most popular South Korean brand since 2005 and has contributed significantly to South Korea’s total exports. This recent report on increase in profits, in spite of global economic Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-74102168239773424482009-10-24T14:01:00.000-04:002012-01-17T22:08:35.592-05:00The Role of Korean Mothers in Early Study Abroad
On October 1, 2009, Dr. Nancy Abelmann spoke at Penn about the topic “Impossible Labor: The ‘Domestication’ of Early Study Abroad.” Abelmann is a professor of anthropology and women’s studies at University of Illinois. She has studied the role of South Korean mothers in “early study abroad” (ESA), or study abroad that takes place before the college level. ESA has become pervasive among primary Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-40117155752044676022009-10-24T12:49:00.000-04:002009-10-24T12:49:42.515-04:00Time's Take on the India-China RivalryThe India-China rivalry isn't new and, unlike China's cultural rivalry with Japan, can get increasingly militaristic. China and India share a 2,175 mile border and has numerous border disputes in the Himalayas. The political game is certainly heating up. China's economy is overshadowing India's right now, and U.S. defense contractors can freely sell technology to India. Read Time magazine's take Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-13324238228166196572009-10-20T23:44:00.003-04:002009-10-20T23:52:39.758-04:00Oba-mao?
Shopping for souvenirs in China can be amusing. Back in 2002, when the Bush administration released a set of Iraqi terrorist playing cards with Saddam Hussein as the king of spades, tourists wandering between the booths of the Muslim street in Xi'an （西安）could find those cards among the typical ethnic Hui artwork. In preparation for President Obama's official visit to China next month, peddlers Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-30798995738086955872009-10-15T16:00:00.000-04:002012-01-17T22:08:51.814-05:00Investing the Personal with the Political in Chinese Film
If you're looking for an old Chinese film, I have four to share with you. On October 6, 2008, Stanford Professor Bang Wang spoke at the CEAS Humanities Colloquium: "Love and Politics in Chinese Film." In this cinema studies presentation, Wang spoke about four films: Nie er, Zhao chun er yue, Fu rong zheng, and Wo do fu qin mu qin.
The films are set in a time when the public realm was Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-31830265912903207522009-10-13T22:50:00.003-04:002010-01-02T03:19:47.209-05:00The Future of North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons ProgramFor the last few years, many countries have raised concerns about North Korea's nuclear programs and attempted to negotiate and cooperate with North Korea.
It all started in 2006, when North Korea carried out a nuclear testing explosion. The U.N. has imposed sanctions against North Korea ever since. Through its nuclear programs, North Korea seeks to "bolster its regime and raise its stature Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-68294469182991751932009-10-12T19:08:00.003-04:002010-01-03T04:25:22.176-05:00Weapons Disguised as WordsA few weeks ago in Korea, a heartbreaking incident put many Korean teenage girls into dismay. Jae-Beom Park, the leader of a popular Korean boy band 2PM, quit the band and ended his singing career.
Jae-Beom is a third-generation Korean-American. Although his parents are both Koreans, he was born in Seattle, and spent most of his life in the States until he came to Korea to become a singer. WhilePenn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-66886187210134326662009-10-09T16:26:00.003-04:002011-01-18T02:25:53.001-05:00Sentimental Reflections on the 60th Birthday of PRCI see soldiers goose-stepping in a solemn parade. I see the populace watching the parade with ineffable zeal. I see an ex-leader of the state sighing behind the race. It is not Frederick the Great examining the Prussian army. It is not the glorious Rome celebrating the victory of a conquest. Because I see missiles pointing into the bluest sky and bombers flying across an ancient capital. It is Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-37465043864824999242009-10-04T14:26:00.002-04:002011-01-18T02:26:45.844-05:00The Future of Iran
The Iranian dilemma reads like a spy novel. A secretive government bent on upending the international order beings to collect the materials necessary to create a nuclear weapon. After years of sanctions and antagonism by the world community, Iran finally declares its true project, a secret underground facility. In light of this new development, it seems possible that an aggressor could attack Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-5981965721146905642009-09-29T00:43:00.002-04:002011-11-03T00:33:18.042-04:00Japan baby-stepping towards Gender Equality
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) was adopted by a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly in 1979, and was ratified by Japan in 1985. This convention stipulates the equality of women and men in political and public activities, and calls for the prohibition of sexual exploitation of women and inequality in access to education and employment, as Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-45851336377136466742009-09-26T19:05:00.006-04:002011-11-03T00:33:29.688-04:00Terrorism and Southeast Asia
Since the advent of the September 11 attacks, Southeast Asia has often been warily looked to as a cauldron of quietly (and sometimes not so quietly) festering terrorism. A few groups are notable here - Abu Sayyaf, a group operating out of Southern Philippines, which in February 2004 destroyed a ferry and killed 116 people; Jemaah Islamiyyah (JI), responsible for the Bali Bombings of October Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-46804029190946726532009-09-20T22:29:00.004-04:002010-01-03T04:27:22.136-05:00North Korean DefectorsIt's interesting how the people around me remind me of things that I shouldn't be so ignorant about. I am studying abroad at Nanjing University at the moment, and I have a Chinese student as a roommate who is really interested in the linguistics of Asian languages. We were discussing the similarities in Chinese and Korean when she brought up the subject of communication between the Koreas. At thePenn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-71020830708467062192009-09-15T02:27:00.003-04:002011-11-03T11:21:55.179-04:00The Geopolitical Importance of Central Asia
Central Asia. An expansive region that unfortunately eludes most people’s mind. Surrounded by neighbors that are constantly being buzzed about in the news, Central Asia itself rarely appears in newspapers, radio channels, news channels or blogs. It seems to have fallen off most people’s radar and has been simply forgotten by the rest of the world.
Unbeknownst to most, Central Asia is a Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-58942070149240073272009-09-14T21:41:00.005-04:002011-11-03T01:37:25.235-04:00Could The Tables Be Turning...?
When I was studying abroad at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China last summer, the urban myth thrown around campus during those hot and smoggy days was that, a couple years ago, a young Japanese businessman had been recently relocated from Japan to Beijing. This young Japanese business man was apparently a very health-conscious man, and so he went on long jogs around the city every single dayPenn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-33206281810920763492009-09-13T22:40:00.007-04:002010-01-04T23:50:59.745-05:00Wind Energy in China
The University of Pennsylvania is not the only institution going environmentally-friendly. The cover story of this week’s Science estimates that China has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% if wind energy contributes 18.5% of total electricity production by 2030, a reasonable goal despite previous projections of less than 3% by 2020. Currently China stands as the world’s largest CO2 Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-56002093420260551962009-09-13T16:39:00.005-04:002010-01-02T03:11:59.843-05:00The Korean LegislatureI think Koreans take home the prize for having the most violent legislature, according to the Washington Post article here. Although the author argues that President Obama is lucky that he is not taunted constantly, I think the mannerism of U.S. politicians is a model standard to follow. If you think about it, government officials' salaries are paid with our taxes--we didn't pay them to mock and Penn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876797671697553225.post-17860451829832091592009-09-13T16:23:00.005-04:002011-11-03T11:05:26.810-04:00Welcome to Penn Asian Review
Welcome to Penn Asian Review – the premier outlet for sharing and discussing important and current political, cultural, and economic issues in the Pan-Asian region. If you are like us, you have probably noticed that Asia is gaining attention as one of the fastest developing regions in the world. As Asia comes to the fore, we have realized the need for an outlet for the people who are going toPenn Asian Reviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04665190167203982075noreply@blogger.com0