美国太平洋地区的军力是否在减弱

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VOA Chinese, Oct. 20, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/US/US-MILITARY-20091020-65000892.html
("在任期间，基廷多次告诫中国，不要错误的估计美国的军事能力和意图。美国在韩国
集结一支大规模的军队，这支派遣军可以快速部署到亚洲其他地方。按计划，韩国军队
将完全负责应对来自北韩的军事威胁。基廷说，韩国军力的加强，使驻韩美军获得灵活
使用的能力。")

My comment: I was under the impression that the US forces in Korean
peninsula can not move without consent from S Korea. That is why in
emergency, the closest American forces would be in Okinawa, most of which
will be moved to Guam.


------------------Separately
(1) Edward Cody, Head of French university suspended; Toulon campus accused
of bribery in accepting students from China. Oct. 20, 2009.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/19/AR2009101903584.html?sub=AR

(2) Andrew Jacobs, Leader of China’s Uighur Minority Builds a Stage Across
the Globe. New York Times, Oct. 21, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/asia/21china.html?scp=2&sq=china&st=cse

Quote:

"Since the unrest last summer, Ms. Kadeer has become the internationally
recognized face of the Uighur people, a Muslim, Turkic-speaking minority who
have long had a contentious relationship with China’s Han majority.
Wherever she goes — from Germany to New Zealand — she handily draws
attention.

"A year ago, however, Ms. Kadeer was hardly noticed and her cause — greater
autonomy for China’s Uighurs — largely unknown beyond a small, lonely
band of rights advocates. “Until this year, I think a lot of Chinese would
have had trouble identifying Rebiya Kadeer,” said Michael Davis, a
professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong who studies China’s
relationship with its national minorities.

"Ms. Kadeer has China to thank for her notoriety, which seems to increase
each time she leaves Washington, her home since being freed from a Chinese
prison in 2005 on the condition she go into exile.

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

(3) Selling foreign goods in China | Impenetrable: Despite widespread hope
that China will help pull the world out of recession, foreigners are finding
it as arduous as ever to do business there. Economist, Oct.
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14660438
("Analysts suspect its revenues in China are less than in Taiwan, a country
with 2% of the population and stiffer competition.")

My comment: It is known for decades that most operations of Western
corporations are not making money, or even losing a bundle. Why they
struggle on is beyond me.

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