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By Minxin Pei, Michael Swaine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Policy Brief No. 44, November 2005

The rapid deterioration in Sino-Japanese relations in recent years has raised geopolitical tensions in East Asia and could embroil China and Japan in a dangerous strategic conflict that could be threatening to U.S. interests. China’s rise, Japan’s growing assertiveness in foreign policy, and new security threats and uncertainties in Asia are driving the two countries increasingly further apart. Political pandering to nationalist sentiments in each country has also contributed to the mismanagement of bilateral ties.

But Japan and China are not destined to repeat the past. Their leaders must ease the tensions, restore stability, and pursue a new agenda of cooperation as equals. For its part, the United States must play a more positive and active role.

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Origami (Japanese: 折り紙 ori, to fold, and kami, paper lit. "folding paper") is the art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a given result using geometric folds and crease patterns. Origami refers to all types of paper folding, even those of non-Japanese origin.

Origami only uses a small number of different folds, but they can be combined in a variety of ways to make intricate designs. In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper, whose sides may be different colors, and usually proceed without cutting the paper.

Contrary to most popular belief, traditional Japanese origami, which has been practiced since the Edo era (1603-1867), has often been less strict about these conventions, sometimes cutting the paper during the creation of the design (Kirigami 切り紙) or starting with a rectangular, circular, or other non-square sheets of paper. It is also possible to create folds from triangular paper. 

  Navigating the Taiwan Strait: Deterrance, Escalation Dominance, and U.S.-China

  By Robert S. Ross

  International Security  27, no. 2 (Fall 2002): 48-85.

  Robert Ross of Boston College considers the prospects for a U.S.-China war over Taiwan. Ross praises the first Bush administration and the Clinton administration for maintaining the U.S. commitment to protect Taiwan from a potential Chinese invasion while furthering U.S. engagement with the mainland.

In contrast, he criticizes the current Bush administration’s policy of constructing “a U.S.-Taiwan defense relationship focused on wartime cooperation.” The administration’s decision to increase U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and to consider selling missile defense technologies to Taiwan unnecessarily challenges Chinese security interests in the Taiwan Strait and increases the likelihood of conflict. Instead, Ross asserts that as long as Taiwan does not declare independence from China, the United States can be confident that it can continue to deter the Chinese use of force against Taiwan for decades to come.

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  Marilyn Monroe (June 1, 1926 – August 5, 1962) is one of the twentieth-century's most famous movie stars, sex symbols and pop icons. After acting in small roles for several years, she gradually became known for her comedic skills, sex appeal, beauty and remarkable screen presence, going on to become the most bankable star of the 1950s. Later in her career, she worked towards serious roles with a measure of success. However, disappointments in her personal life deepened longstanding personal problems.

The circumstances surrounding her death have been the subject of endless speculation and conspiracy theories, but this has not tarnished her reputation as one of the most legendary public figures of all time.

   ID Theft: Victim Support

   National Consumer Councile (NCC) , 2006

   Identity theft is reckoned to be the UK's fastest growing crime. Celebrity ID theft regularly hits the headlines, as do high-profile internet scams — but ID theft can happen to anyone.

   In a landmark study — ID theft: victim support — the NCC puts a human face on the misery of ID theft, illustrating how victims get caught in a web of bureaucracy and how they are all too often made to feel like criminals.

The NCC also sets out its blueprint for action, giving recommendations to business and government, and advocating the formation of a national ID Theft Support Centre.

Jonathan D. Spence (simplified Chinese: 史景迁; traditional Chinese: 史景遷; pinyin: Shǐ Jǐngqiān, August 11, 1936– ) is a British-born historian and public intellectual specializing in Chinese history.

He has been Sterling Professor of History at Yale University since 1993. His most famous book is The Search for Modern China, which has become one of the standard texts on the last several hundred years of Chinese history. A prolific author, reviewer, and essayist, he has written a dozen books on China. His research takes him to many Chinese universities.

U.S. Copyright Office , June 2003

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The Congress shall have Power…To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Tımes to Authors and Inventorsthe exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.

United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8