标题: The US-China Disconnet [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 2-20-2010 11:58 标题: The US-China Disconnet 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Edward Wong, Rift Grows as U.S. and China Seek Differing Goals. New York
Times, Feb. 20, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/20/world/asia/20china.html?scp=1&sq=disconnect%20%20china&st=cse
(American officials "say that China emphasizes sovereignty issues while
refusing to give any weight to the Obama administration’s two top
priorities in the relationship: containing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and
rebalancing currencies and trade.")
My comment:
(a) Yup, US wants China to appreciate Renminbi. Up to 40%.
(b) Venn diagrams
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagrams
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(1) Peter Spiegel, U.S. Sees Limited Chinese Backlash Against Its Arms Sales
to Taiwan; Beijing's Milder Reaction Shows Value It Places on Defense Ties,
Officials Say. Wall Street Journal, Feb. 20, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704511304575075652797324236.html
Quote:
"But the U.S. officials say the military fallout from the decision appears
more limited than two years ago, when China blocked port visits to Hong Kong
by U.S. warships and broke off many defense contacts in response to arms
sales.
"Just this week, a group of ships led by the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier was
allowed into Hong Kong. Meantime, Pentagon officials said standing
invitations to visit China extended to both Defense Secretary Robert Gates
and Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, haven't been
rescinded.
"Senior U.S. defense officials cautioned they have yet to receive a formal
notification of China's response to the Jan. 29[,2010] decision [of arms
sale to Taiwan]
Why China shows restraint? "'They were fairly clear with us in the run-up
as to what they considered to be their red lines,' the senior defense
official said. The official added, however: 'We made our decision based
solely upon our assessment of Taiwan's defense needs, not based upon any
consideration of what China was telling us.'
(2) John Markoff and David Barboza, 2 China Schools Said to Be Tied to
Online Attacks. New York Times, Feb. 19, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19china.html?scp=1&sq=china%20google%20shandong&st=cse
(Shanghai Jiaotong University and the Lanxiang Vocational School in City of
Jinan, Shandong 蓝翔高级技工学校)
My comment:
(a) 巴奈特 Robert (Robbie) Barnett, Assistant Professor and Director, Modern
Tibetan Studies Program, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia Univ.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/tibetan-faculty.html
(b) There is no need to read the rest.
(c) I guess US is not going to back down.