East-West Center in the News

(2011-08-31) Eric Harwit, an adjunct fellow at the East-West Center in Hawaii, tells VOA that Beijing also may be genuinely concerned about the spread of misinformation.

"In some cases, I think there are people who do want to incite action or opposition to the government and to propagate information that isn't exactly correlated with reality," he said. "The statement by the government may be rather strong and might stifle online discussion, but I think the government does sense that there are rumors that could be harmful to society and to stability." -- Also appears in: Chosun Ilbo, Middle East North Africa Financial Network, States News Service, Thai Press Reports, TMC Net

(2011-09-22) Asked about the Chinese reaction, Denny Roy, a senior fellow and expert on Asian security issues at the East-West Center in Hawaii, said: "I thought it was amazingly mild. It suggests that the U.S. and China have worked out a way of discussing these things in advance."

He and other analysts said the real impact on military ties would become evident in the coming weeks and months, as China and the U.S. are due to hold joint antipiracy exercises in the Gulf of Aden before the end of the year.

(2011-09-25) "In the exhibition you'll see photographs of her, taken by other people working in the field with her, as well as her field work of different people laboring in various crafts," said curator Dr. Michael Schuster.

... "She was an academic anthropologist and she wanted that information to be used in order to help people," Schuster said.

... "Nothing here is extremely valuable, in real terms. They're valuable because they're showing what people can do with their hands and how they can continue traditions of their life with the objects they make," said Schuster.