TOM PLATE WRITES – Who has a good sense of China? From America, I will read anything by the sagacious Orville Schell, now with the Asia Society in New York, nested at the Center for U.S. China Relations; or by globe-trotting Nathan Gardels, whose superb fourth chapter in his just…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: Probably the most inclusive and sophisticated weekly take on global political trends (not just Asia’s) appears regularly in WORLD POST (http://www.theworldpost.com) under the pen of Nathan Gardels, one of America’s best informed and most sophisticated global commentators. Here, for example, is his take for the weekend of 5-6…
Full Article MEDIA EXCELLENCE: THE GLOBAL COMMENTARY OF WORLD POST’S NATHAN GARDELSThis review of ‘CONVERSATIONS WITH BAN KI-MOON by Tom Plate has just been published in The Huffington Post — Tom Plate stands out among Western journalists. Not only has this former editorial director of the Los Angeles Times, syndicated columnist and Loyola Marymount University professor relentlessly chronicled the most important…
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