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发帖数: 6973 | 1 (1) Helene Cooper, The Trouble With Asking China to Act Like the US. How do
you persuade a rising power to scrap its own agenda in currency, Korea and
Iran? You probably don't. New York Times, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/weekinreview/28cooper.html?scp=1&sq=cooper%20korea&st=cse
Only the first two paragraphs in web page 2 are noteworthy, particularly the
second paragraph.
(2) 美韩联合海军演习在黄海拉开帷幕. BBC Chinese, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/11/101128_koreas_exercise.shtml
("BBC记者贺志杰在首尔报道，当地军方消息来源说，虽然演习的计划是在延坪岛炮击
事件前就已经做好，但演习的实弹和轰炸演练部分现在将比原本规划的更为激烈。")
My comment: there is no need to read the rest.
(3) John Pomfret, U.S. aircraft carrier's arrival off Korean peninsula also
sends a message to China. Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112407028.html
Quote:
"Pointedly, the Obama administration is sending the George Washington, four
companion ships and at least one high-tech attack submarine into the Yellow
Sea, off China's coast - the same sea where the administration decided not
to hold exercises in July because of boisterous Chinese protests. 'Call it a
message,' said a senior U.S. military officer, 'but we believe in the
freedom of navigation.'
"In sending in the Navy, Obama is taking a page from the playbook of his
predecessor, George W. Bush * * * Only when Bush threatened military action
against North Korea in a conversation with then-Chinese President Jiang
Zemin in February 2003 did China begin to work with the United States to
pressure the North Koreans, Bush wrote in his newly released memoir, '
Decision Points.'
China "also ran interference for North Korea at the United Nations, where
for six months China delayed the release of a report that alleged that North
Korea may have transferred ballistic missile and nuclear technology to
Syria, Iran and Burma
My comment:
(a) Probably due to Thanksgiving long weekend, US Department of Defense has
not held a regular press breifing since Nov. 24 (inclusive)--Nov. 25 being
the holiday. So quotation 1 is all we can reply on, about the strength of US
navy sent into Yellow Sea.
(b) A related report:
Keith B Richburg, In Chinese border town, trade with North Korea can be
lucrative but problematic. Washington Post, Nov. 26, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112602307.html
the Chinese People's Volunteer Battle Song
中国人民志愿军战歌（also known as 打败美帝野心狼; by 周巍峙 and 麻扶摇; Nov.
25, 1950）
(4) Keith B Richburg, U.S., South Korea begin military exercises, as China
calls for emergency talks on North Korea. Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/27/AR2010112703600.html
Quote:
"Yonhap quoted South Korean military sources saying North Korea had deployed
Soviet-made SA-2 surface-to-air missiles to its West Coast near the Yellow
Sea, and placed longer-range surface missiles on launch pads on the
Northwest Coast near the front line. Yonhap said the North had also deployed
anti-ship Silkworm and Samlet missiles.
"'The intensity for the Yellow Sea drills will be higher than planned,' a
South Korean military official told local media.
My comment: One of the Yonhap news cited by Mr. Richburg is as follows. I
can not find the others, which may not be written in English.
N. Korea deploys SA-2 surface-to-air missiles near Yellow Sea border. Yonhap
, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/28/91/0301000000AEN20101128000700315F.HTML
(5)
(a) 北京表示反对美韩黄海联合军演. VOA Chinese, Nov. 27, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101127-beijing-on-korea-110902924.html
My comment: Pay attention to the debates* about EEZ, where US and S Koreas
warships will be.
* In three sections with headins:
专家：专属经济区不同于领海
大国崛起心态 宣称势利范围
宋晓军：无害通行有别于军事演习
In my view, the problem with China's argument is that S Korea has its EEZ in
Yellow Sea, too.
(b) 北京在朝鲜半岛果真不偏不倚？ VOA Chinese, Nov. 26, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101126-China-Korean-Peninsula-110805639.html
My comment: There is no need to read this report. |
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