(b) 明报:解放军拟东海实弹演习 专家称非视美韩挑衅. 中新网, June 28, 2010.
http://www.chinanews.com.cn/hb/news/2010/06-28/2366591.shtml
(c) Adam Entous, Pentagon unsure of timing of U.S.-South Korean exercise.
Reuters, June 28, 2010.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65R3WH20100628?type=politicsNews
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(a) 俄在邻近中国地区举行大规模军事演习. VOA Chinese, June 29, 2010.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/20100629-Russia-Begins-Big-Exercise-Near-China-97385619.html
(b) Russia starts large-scale military drills in Far East. Ria Novosti, June
29, 2010 (with three photographs).
http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20100629/159616039.html
Note: Vostok is Russia for "Orient." Hence, Vladivostok 海參崴 loosely
translates from Russian as "possess the East."
(2) Russia Downplays Chinese J-15 Fighter Capabilities. Ria Novosti, June 8,
2010.
http://www.defencetalk.com/russia-downplays-chinese-j-15-fighter-capabilities-26819/
(1) Andrew Jacobs and David E. Sanger, China Returns U.S. Criticism Over
Sinking of Korean Ship. New York Times, June 30, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/world/asia/30korea.html?scp=1&sq=china%20korea%20obama&st=cse
(2) Brian Spegele, China–U.S. Tensions Grow Over Sinking of Korean Ship.
Wall Street Journal (WSJ), June 30, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703374104575336841002977582.html
("Cmdr. Davis, the U.S. Navy spokesman, noted that joint naval exercises
between the U.S. and South Korea aren't out of the ordinary and U.S. Navy
ships routinely patrol the Yellow Sea")
My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the WSJ report, except the paragraph shown,
which is the last paragraph in the print.
(b) Both reports convey a message from Pentagon that suggests the joint S
Korea-US military exercise at Yellow Sea WILL move forward.
(c) China has not explained why it is so upset about the prospect of joint
exercise at Yellow Sea. It happened before. Indeed a joint exercise was
being conducted while the Korean corvette Cheonan was sinking.
Pauline Jelinek, Sub attack was near US-SKorea drill. Associated Press, June
5, 2010.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=10833504