Www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R41108.pdf. China, US and Militarization of Asia Pacific at the Center of Gravity of 21st Century Economics and Politics. Evidence Suggests That Chen Guangcheng’s Wasn’t Under House Arrest At Time Of ‘Escape’ 16 escape stories with only one that makes sense The blind Chinese dissident, Chen Guangcheng has finally “escaped” the “brutal” treatment of the Chinese “regime” and landed in the “free” world.
The world – in particular the American media – called this a human rights win for America. While a million American students are reportedly homeless, Chen and his family of four were given two apartments for free: one for his personal security, the other at the “ideally located (but expensive)” graduate residence hall in Washington Square Village. Www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32496.pdf. The US’s New $7 Billion Super-stealth Ship Will Contain China. A super-stealthy warship that could underpin the US Navy’s China strategy will be able to sneak up on coastlines virtually undetected and pound targets with electromagnetic “railguns” right out of a sci-fi movie.
But at more than $US3 billion a pop, critics say the new DDG-1000 destroyer sucks away funds that could be better used to bolster a thinly stretched conventional fleet. U.S. Exemptions From Iran Oil Sanctions Leave Out China. Administration officials said the United States was continuing to negotiate with China, the world’s No. 1 buyer of Iranian oil, after a confusing period in which Chinese purchases dropped sharply during a price dispute with Tehran but later rebounded.
Secretary of State announced that the administration had issued waivers to India, Malaysia, South Korea, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Taiwan. They joined Japan and 10 European countries that the United States had previously said would be exempt from sanctions for six months. “Today’s announcement underscores the success of our sanctions implementation,” Mrs. Clinton said in a statement. “By reducing Iran’s oil sales, we are sending a decisive message to Iran’s leaders: until they take concrete actions to satisfy the concerns of the international community, they will continue to face increasing isolation and pressure.” The sanctions law gives Mr. This Week at War: An Arms Race America Can’t Win - By Robert Haddick. In a speech delivered on June 2 to the Shangri-La Security Dialogue conference in Singapore, U.S.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta attempted to convince his audience that America's "rebalancing" strategy to the Asia-Pacific region -- previous called a "pivot" -- is serious and will be backed by expanded military power. Panetta’s Pacific Vision. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s declarations the past weeks that the U.S. remains a Pacific power, and will be even more involved there in the future, is far less a reiteration of an old doctrine but actually a search for a new strategy to find a justification for the vast sums the Pentagon will spend over the coming years after the defeats or, at best, stalemates in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The anti-Chinese aim of his visits to the Philippines, India, and Vietnam, was clear. Without building permanent bases, the U.S. will want rights to use those that exist already. The Philippines will allow the U.S. to use the immense installations at Subic Bay and the Clark Air Base again, which the Americans built and from which in 1992 the Filipinos expelled them. The U. But China is already far too strong militarily and economically. The Philippines, China, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam claim portions or all of the South China Sea. China Vice Minister Aide Arrested On Suspicion Of U.S. Spying. HONG KONG, June 1 (Reuters) - A Chinese state security official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States, sources said, a case both countries have kept quiet for several months as they strive to prevent a fresh crisis in relations.
The official, an aide to a vice minister in China's security ministry, was arrested and detained early this year on allegations that he had passed information to the United States for several years on China's overseas espionage activities, s ai d three sources, who all have direct knowledge of the matter.
The aide had been recruited by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and provided "political, economic and strategic intelligence", one source said, though it was unclear what level of information he had access to, or whether overseas Chinese spies were compromised by the intelligence he handed over. Are We Headed for a Fight with China? SHANGHAI -- The Soviet Union is gone, al-Qaida is decimated, and Iran may never acquire nuclear weapons.
5 Things the Pentagon Isn't Telling Us About the Chinese Military - By Trefor Moss. Think of it like an iceberg: The top lies in plain sight, but a lot more hides beneath the surface.
In its annual appraisal of the Chinese military published last week, the U.S. Department of Defense seems to be describing an object it finds both familiar and mysterious. The report certainly answers many of the important issues concerning China's military, including its attempts to develop an anti-ship ballistic missile and its continuing fixation on Taiwan. Exclusive: U.S. lets China bypass Wall Street for Treasury orders. Is this Cold War 2.0? - GlobalPost. HONG KONG, China — With a US ally engaged in a tense standoff with China over disputed territory in the South China Sea, America risks wading into increasingly perilous waters.
The conflict began in mid-April, when a Filipino frigate — a 1960s Coast Guard vessel bought from the United States — attempted to stop several boats of Chinese fishermen who had taken live sharks, giant clams and coral from waters claimed by the Philippines around a rocky patch called the Scarborough Shoal. New Pentagon spy agency to focus on Iran, China. The Pentagon is creating a new intelligence agency that will focus on Iran and China as it begins to pivot away from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, the New York Times reported.
This file photo shows Afghan Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak (R) speaking with then NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) chief, US Major General Michael Flynn, in 2010. Flynn has been nominated by the Pentagon to head a new US intelligence agency, Defense Clandestine Service. The newspaper said late Monday that the new Defense Clandestine Service would make use of existing agents, authorities and assets and work closely with the Central Intelligence Agency to track emerging threats. "It will thicken our coverage across the board," it quoted a senior defense department official as saying. Defense officials did not immediately respond to AFP requests for further information.
US Marines Arrive in Australia. April 04, 2012 Phil Mercer | Sydney U.S. Marines have started to arrive in northern Australia as Washington strengthens its presence in the strategically vital Asia-Pacific region. Two hundred troops touched down in Darwin late Tuesday as part of a deployment outlined during a visit to Australia by President Obama in November, a move that has irritated China. Www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42448.pdf. Www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33153.pdf. Trade Tensions With China Are Flaring Again. Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Chinese workers assembling solar panels. Five separate issues — involving auto parts, cars, solar panels, anti-subsidy laws and metals — are the subject of separate initiatives by American officials, European officials or both. On Tuesday, in fact, the United States, the European Union and Japan filed a formal “request for consultations” with China at the World Trade Organization about restrictions on exports of rare earths plus two other minerals, tungsten and molybdenum.
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