标题: Anticipating and Preparing for N Korea Debarcle [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 11-15-2010 11:07 标题: Anticipating and Preparing for N Korea Debarcle 本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布
Two reports in chronological order.
(1) Tony Capaccio, Chinese Missiles Could Close U.S. Bases in Attack, Report Says. Bloomberg, Nov. 11, 2010.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-11/chinese-missiles-have-ability-to-close-u-s-air-bases-in-asia-report-says.html
Note:
(a) Misawa Air Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base
(三沢飛行場; a United States military facility; in [City of] Misawa, Aomori Prefecture)
(b) Yokota Air Base
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yokota_Air_Base
(横田空軍基地; a United States Air Force base; west of Tokyo)
(2) The Chinese Plan To Crush American Power In Korea. Strategy Page, Nov. 15, 2010.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htart/articles/20101115.aspx
("China indicates that it will assume control in the north if that [collapse of N Korea] happens. South Korea believes it should move north to deal with a collapse and this plan is becoming a contentious issue with China")
--------------------------Separately
(1) U.S. Nuclear-Powered Sub Arrives in Busan. Chosum Ilbo, Nov. 16, 2010 (available now).
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/15/2010111500352.html
(USS Hawaii, of Virginia-class)
(2) 林楠森, 美前总统克林顿访台发表收费演说. BBC Chinese, Nov. 15, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101115_clinton_taiwan.shtml
("据台湾外交部转述，克林顿在同马英九会面时以“小孩子皮肉伤”形容两岸关系，表示不要去理它，时间自然会解决")
My comment:
(a) Paying one's way to a lecture is not uncommon in US, especially considering the fact that former president Bill Clinton came to Taiwan as a paid quest.
(b) The above quote is hard to comprehend. There is no transcript of the speech, whose publication is unlikely now that the private Taiwanese host--whoever it is--paid a handsome sum of honorarium to Mr. Clinton.
Luckily, a report disabuses us.
Flora Wang, Clinton lauds Ma in flying visit. Taipei Times, Nov. 15, 2010.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/11/15/2003488550
My comment:
(a) The report quotes Mr. Clinton as saying in Engish: "charge your own course and find your own way to your relationship with mainland China."
What is "charge" a course?
The other report I can find on Mr. Clinton's visit ti Taiwan has the same quote, but has "chart" instead, which I believe is correct. That report also raise a question about what he meant in one sentence (due to lack of context).
Jenny W Hsu, Cross-strait detente looks 'pretty amazing' : Clinton. Central News Agency, Nov. 15, 2010.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201011150001
("'I think it is important for every country to maintain and, whenever possible, to increase its economic diversity and its diversity in business partners,' he added")