US May Be the Real Mover and Shaker

choi

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countering China. Some Chinese jeer Japan for running to US during and after
the Senkaku crisis, but this view probably is erronous.

A half-pike up the nostril; China’s overreaction to a Japanese “
provocation” has set its regional diplomacy back years. Economist, Sept. 30
, 2010.
http://www.economist.com/node/17155658?story_id=17155658&CFID=145099860&CFTOKEN=13449814

My comment:
(a) Economist magazine imposes a week-long embargo for the latest issue. So
I have to wait until today to introduce this article, although I read it
Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010.
(b) There is no need to read the Economist article, except the following:

"A mild iteration of this was included in a draft of the joint statement to
be issued after the second America-ASEAN summit—held by President Barack
Obama in New York on September 24th. The draft deplored the 'use or threat
of force by any claimant attempting to enforce disputed claims' in the sea—
ie, it was a warning to China. When the statement emerged, however, cooler
heads in ASEAN prevailed. It avoided mention of the sea at all, merely
reaffirming 'the importance of regional peace and stability, maritime
security, unimpeded commerce, and freedom of navigation'.

(c) The draft was leaked and Associated Press produced the entire text.
Oddly, when it came time for Pres. Obama to meet ASEAN, there wa only a
whimper--the draft was not adopted and news reports on the summit was inane.
(d) When I read the quote above, right away I understood the hint that it
was not US but (at least some) ASEAN nations that backed away from the draft.

(e) The two reports later that day confirmed my thinking that ASEAN members
are reluctant or ambivalent, perhaps for fear of antagonizing China.
(The two VOA reports had been published the day before but I them after
reading the Economist article in the morning of Oct. 5.)

(i) 美国呼吁制定一项南中国海行为准则. VOA Chinese, Oct. 4, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101005-US-ASEAN-CHINA-104292649.html

(ii) 美大使：中国东盟南海宣言应增约束力. VOA Chinese, Oct. 4, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101004-China-ASEAN-104306809.html


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choi

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Sorry. I did not have time to finish it last night.


------------------------Separately
William Loether, US-based analysts apprehensive over US-Taiwan ties. Taipei Times, Oct. 9, 2010.
http://taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/10/09/2003484914

Note: The report mentions
(a) Robert G. Sutter, U.S. Reengagement in the Asia—Pacific Region: Where Does Taiwan Fit?  Asia Pacific Bulletin, Oct. 5, 2010.
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/apb072.pdf

My comment: Please skip page 1 and go straight to page 2 (out of 2): heading "Taiwan's Position and Implications."

(b) Claude Barfield, Is Taiwan Hedging?  The American, Oct. 5, 2010.
http://blog.american.com/?author=53

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【 在 choi 的大作中提到: 】
: countering China. Some Chinese jeer Japan for running to US during and after
: the Senkaku crisis, but this view probably is erronous.
: A half-pike up the nostril; China’s overreaction to a Japanese “
: provocation” has set its regional diplomacy back
: (以下引言省略...)

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