贝伦, 南海之争为能源？

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VOA Chinese, July 12, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110712-South-China-Sea-ASEAN-125449398.html

, which is translated from
Heda Bayron, ASEAN Meeting to Examine South China Sea Dispute. VOA, July 12, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/ASEAN-Meeting-to-Examine-South-China-Sea-Dispute-125426543.html

Quote:

"John Ciorciari, associate fellow at the Asia Society in New York, said that while China has increasing naval capability, it still cannot secure and hold territories for long periods of time, especially if the United States aids other claimants.

“'China’s strategy has been to prevent other claimants from encroaching on the disputed area and planting their flags, so to speak, and so that it can bide time when it expects in the future it’ll have even greater capabilities and may be able to secure more concessions,' said Ciorciari.

My comment: There is no need to read the rest of the report.


--------------------------------Separately
(1) 菲律宾指责中国拒绝国际仲裁领土争端. VOA Chinese, July 13, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110713-PHILIPPINES-CHINA-SEA-125474278.html

, which is translated from
Philippines Chides China for Rejecting Tribunal in Sea Dispute. VOA Chinese, July 13, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Philippines-Chides-China-for-Rejecting-Tribunal-in-Sea-Dispute-125478783.html

(2) 羅添斌, 中購18架航艦直升機 俄今年交貨. Liberty Times, July 13, 2011
http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2011/new/jul/13/today-p9.htm
("國民黨立委林郁方昨引據國安局向他提出的書面報告指出，瓦雅哥號航艦的預警與反潛機是採用俄製Ka-31和Ka-28直升機各九架，皆已完成採購，今年內將全數交貨")

Note: Vladimir Karnozov, Russia Outlines Defence Export Ambitions. Flightglobal, July 5, 2011.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/07/05/359112/russia-outlines-defence-export-ambitions.html

Quote:

"China has recently ordered 154 more AL-31F engines for its Su-27/30-series fighters, and is in negotiations to buy more to power its Chengdu J-20s.

"Deliveries to the Chinese navy of Kamov Ka-31 radar pickets and additional Ka-28 anti-submarine warfare helicopters have been completed,

Note:
(a) radar picket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar_picket
(A radar picket is a radar-equipped ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a force to protect it from surprise attack)

In this case, it is "aircraft" that fits the bill: the early warning Ka-31.

(b) This web page explains well.

Cold War Curiosities: U.S. Radar Picket Submarines. US Navy, undated.
http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_14/coldwar.html

(3) 港媒：江泽民被传病故时在家休养. BBC Chinese, July 13, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110713_china_jiangzemin.shtml

(4) 拉法叶舰案 法商还台8.7亿美元. BBC Chinese, July 12, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/chinese_news/2011/07/110712_taiwan_france_navy.shtml

(5) Chen Aizhu, China Asks ConocoPhillips to Halt Output at Oilfield. Reuters, July 13, 2011.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/13/china-conocophillips-idUSL3E7ID22920110713

"The leak from platforms B and C of the Penglai 19-3 oilfield in the northern Bohai Bay

"Oil continued to spill from the two platforms over the past days and there was still oil slick floating on the sea, SOA [acronym for China's State Oceanic Administration] added.

"ConocoPhillips is the operator of Penglai 19-3, China's largest offshore oilfield, which has five production platforms with total daily production of roughly 160,000 barrels.

Note: ConocoPhillips
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConocoPhillips
(Headquartered in Houston, Texas; sells fuel under the Conoco, Phillips 66 and Union 76 brands in North America, and Jet in Europe; ConocoPhillips was created through the merger of Conoco Inc. and the Phillips Petroleum Company on August 30, 2002)

If you are interested in the history of ConocoPhillips, particlularly that of Conoco, click it in the left column.
http://www.conocophillips.com/EN/about/who_we_are/history/Pages/index.aspx

Conoco Inc. Company History
("Conoco began in 1875 as the Continental Oil and Transportation Co., one of the first petroleum marketers in the West. Isaac E. Blake, Conoco's founder, observed that townspeople in Ogden, Utah, still used candles and whale oil to light their homes. Although kerosene was available, hauled by the case from a primitive refinery in Colorado, it was too expensive for the thrifty pioneers. Blake figured if kerosene were imported from eastern refineries by railroad tank cars and sold in bulk, prices would drop and demand would rise.")



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