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...Asia and now of course occupied the Philippines, so it naturally had cruisers and gunboats in those waters. But it was not the biggest player in the region. Russia, France and Britain had significant battleship squadrons in the Far East. The fastest-growing naval force of all belonged to Japan, which was increasingly suspicious of Russia's creeping territorial controls in Manchuria. In February 1904, Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur on the coast of China. The 20th century struggle for dominance of East Asia had begun in earnest...
...land and smashed the Russian fleet in the epic battle of Tsushima in May 1905. But the President did not want complete Japanese domination of the Far East either, and so he actively lobbied both sides to turn to the peace table. Since Britain was diplomatically allied to Japan, and France to Russia, neither was an acceptable arbitrator. And the Kaiser's Germany was trusted by no one. By default the U.S. became the natural mediator. Roosevelt persuaded the two nations to send representatives to the U.S. for negotiations to be conducted in Portsmouth, N.H., where he took the deepest...
...same, the world remained a dangerous place. There were the German threat to France, the Anglo-German rivalry in the North Sea, the Balkan tinderbox and the unanswered question of Japan's ultimate ambitions. Roosevelt decided a bold move was required to send a message that the U.S. was a global player. In December 1907 he dispatched from Hampton Roads, Va., the "Great White Fleet," consisting of all 16 of the U.S. Navy's modern battleships. They were embarked on what would be a 46,000-mile, 14-month cruise around the world. Here was showing the flag, indeed. Almost...
...Goals tallied by soccer legend Ronaldo in Brazil's 4-1 win over Japan last week, which brought his career World Cup Finals total to 14 and tied him with Germany's Gerd Mueller as top scorer in Cup history...
...signature films of Subway?s early festivals were spectacularly lurid: Herman Yau?sThe Untold Story from Hong Kong, Takashi Miike?s Visitor Q from Japan. This was the midnight-movie aesthetic run amok, a hazing at the coolest frat house on campus. Inevitably, as they grew older and threw their net wider, the Subway programmers acquired a more mature taste. Should I say, "I?m sorry to say"? Maybe. I miss the regularity of the shock value in their early selections. The last few Asian Film Festivals have been more like real film festivals, with selections that have won best...