中俄边界——近忧已消 远虑仍在

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VOA Chinese, June 18, 2011
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110618-Hu-Visit-124126794.html
("俄罗斯军事问题专家赫拉姆奇辛说，中国的教科书都提到，当年沙皇俄国夺取了大片中国领土。随者中国强大，俄罗斯对中国人的这一思维自然感到不安。赫拉姆奇辛说：'中国传统的正式立场是，在1689年的尼布楚条约之后，双方签订的边界条约都是不公正的不平等条约。换句话说，中国认为，两国边界至少应按照尼布楚条约划分才算合理。中方甚至有些人认为，即使按照尼布楚条约划界，对中国也不利，因为中国仍然放弃了很多土地'”)

---------------------------------Separately
(1)
(a) Paul Mozur, Never Fear, Taiwan — Congress is Here. China Real Time, June 17, 2011.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2011/06/17/never-fear-taiwan-congress-is-here/
(b) William Lowther, US Lawmakers Plan TRA Enhancement. Taipei Times, June 18, 2011.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/06/18/2003506056

(2) 韩士兵错当客机为朝飞机向其开火. BBC Chinese, June 18, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/06/110618_skorea_military_aviation_incident.shtml
(中国起飞的韩亚 [Asiana] 航空客机)

(3) 特写：郝柏村解读蒋介石日记.BBC Chinese, June 18, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/06/110613_chiang_diary.shtml

Note: 郝柏村
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%9D%E6%9F%8F%E6%9D%91
(1919-  ; 陸軍官校十二期)

So in 1949, he was just 30.

(4) 立行, 实地观察：印尼棉兰华人经济社会. BBC Chinese, June 17, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2011/06/110613_indonesia_ethnic_chinese.shtml

Note:
(a) 棉兰是北苏门答腊首府 Medan, capital of the province North Sumatra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sumatra
(b) 亚齐省 Aceh
(c) 張耀軒  TJONG A Fie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjong_A_Fie
(1860-1921)

(5)
(a) 大亨经济、权贵资本和发展(上). BBC Chinese, June 15, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/06/110610_tycoon_asia_part1.shtml
(interview with Joe Studwell, author of Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007)
(b) 大亨经济、权贵资本和发展(下). BBC Chinese, June 16, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_analysis/2011/06/110616_tycoon_asia_part2_ana.shtml
("许多人认为中国的国有企业在国内市场享受垄断地位，被宠坏了，不需要提高竞争力和投入科技进步，所以它们对发展没有尽其应尽的义务")

(6) 威克, 伦敦笔记：两岸之间漫长的辛亥路. BBC Chinese, June 16, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2011/06/110616_xinhai_london_notes.shtml
("到场参加的来宾大约百余人，却没见到台湾背景的人在其中")

(7) 百年纪事：“叛逃”的“反共义士." BBC Chinese, June 15, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/indepth/2011/06/110614_xinhai_xiaotianrun_deserter.shtml
("天润在1985年从山东驾机飞到了韩国，然后转到台湾，一直到去年退伍，是最后一个退伍的'共义士'。在接受BBC中文网采访的时候，他很坦然地说，如果能够重新再来，他绝对不会做出和当年相同的决定。他对当年抛家弃子也颇为后悔 * * * 访谈当中，萧天润也表达了强烈地返乡意愿，但是他也了解几乎是不可能的事情")

(8) “漂族老人”最想和老伴团聚让人辛酸. BBC Chnese, via 珠海特区报, June 16, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/comments_on_china/2011/06/110616_coc_old_rangers.shtml
("珠海有许多老人为了照顾第三代，不得不与老伴分居两地，只身来到珠海，当问到父亲节最喜欢什么礼物时，这些老人一致表示：'最好的礼物是让我们与老伴团聚'")

(9) Military Camouflage; That old razzle dazzle. Economist, Juen 7, 2011.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/06/military-camouflage

Note:
(a) razzle-dazzle (n; reduplication of dazzle):
"1: a state of confusion or hilarity
2: a complex maneuver (as in sports) designed to confuse an opponent
3: a confusing or colorful often gaudy action or display"
www.m-w.com
(b) jazzy (adj): "marked by unrestraint, animation, or flashiness"

(10) Andrew E Kramer, In Rebuilding Iraq's Oil Industry, US Subcontractors Hold Sway. New York Times, June 17, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/business/energy-environment/17oil.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=kramer%20sway&st=cse
("The auction's  outcome helped defuse criticism in the Arab world that the United States had invaded Iraq for its oil * * * In fact, American drilling companies stand to make tens of billions of dollars" as sub-contractors)


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