Tác giả: Trần Đình Hoành

I am an attorney in the Washington DC area, with a Doctor of Law in the US, attended the master program at the National School of Administration of Việt Nam, and graduated from Sài Gòn University Law School. I aso studied philosophy at the School of Letters in Sài Gòn. . I have worked as an anti-trust attorney for Federal Trade Commission and a litigator for a fortune-100 telecom company in Washington DC. I have taught law courses for legal professionals in Việt Nam and still counsel VN government agencies on legal matters. I have founded and managed businesses for me and my family, both law and non-law. I have published many articles on national newspapers and radio stations in Việt Nam. In 1989 I was one of the founding members of US-VN Trade Council, working to re-establish US-VN relationship. Since the early 90's, I have established and managed VNFORUM and VNBIZ forum on VN-related matters; these forums are the subject of a PhD thesis by Dr. Caroline Valverde at UC-Berkeley and her book Transnationalizing Viet Nam. I translate poetry and my translation of "A Request at Đồng Lộc Cemetery" is now engraved on a stone memorial at Đồng Lộc National Shrine in VN. I study and teach the Bible and Buddhism. In 2009 I founded and still manage dotchuoinon.com on positive thinking and two other blogs on Buddhism. In 2015 a group of friends and I founded website CVD - Conversations on Vietnam Development (cvdvn.net). I study the art of leadership with many friends who are religious, business and government leaders from many countries. I have written these books, published by Phu Nu Publishing House in Hanoi: "Positive Thinking to Change Your Life", in Vietnamese (TƯ DUY TÍCH CỰC Thay Đổi Cuộc Sống) (Oct. 2011) "10 Core Values for Success" (10 Giá trị cốt lõi của thành công) (Dec. 2013) "Live a Life Worth Living" (Sống Một Cuộc Đời Đáng Sống) (Oct. 2023) I practice Jiu Jitsu and Tai Chi for health, and play guitar as a hobby, usually accompanying my wife Trần Lê Túy Phượng, aka singer Linh Phượng.

As Trump stresses ‘America First,’ China plays the world leader

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Reuters Jan 29, 2017 Japan Times

BEIJING – China is calmly mapping out global leadership aspirations from trade to climate change, drawing distinctions between President Xi Jinping’s steady hand and new U.S. President Donald Trump, whose first days have been marked by media feuds and protests.

Just days ahead of Trump taking office, a self-assured Xi was in Switzerland as the keynote speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, offering a vigorous defense of globalization and signaling Beijing’s desire to play a bigger role on the world stage. Tiếp tục đọc “As Trump stresses ‘America First,’ China plays the world leader” →

‘How Do I Get Back Home?’ Iranians Turned Away From Flights to U.S.

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They were turned back from flights to the United States in Tehran and in the major transfer hubs of Istanbul and Dubai. Some of those who arrived in the United States after midnight, when the decree went into effect, were held or deported, rights groups and airline representatives said.

No one, not passengers, airline representatives or even United States border control officials, seemed to know how to interpret the executive order that went into effect at midnight on Friday. Under the new policy, refugees, immigrants and almost anyone from seven countries deemed to be hotbeds of terrorism are banned from the United States for 90 days, pending a review of policies.

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U Ko Ni, a Prominent Muslim Lawyer in Myanmar, Is Fatally Shot

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By WAI MOE JAN. 29, 2017

Police and security officers guarding the scene where U Ko Ni, a prominent Muslim lawyer and adviser to Myanmar’s leader, was fatally shot on Sunday at Yangon International Airport Nyein Chan Naing/European Pressphoto Agency

YANGON, Myanmar — U Ko Ni, a prominent human rights lawyer and a legal adviser to Myanmar’s leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was fatally shot at Yangon International Airport on Sunday.

Mr. Ko Ni, 65, a Muslim and a member of the ruling National League for Democracy, was returning from Indonesia with about 20 other government officials and civic leaders, who had traveled there as part of a government-organized trip to discuss democracy and conflict resolution.

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Văn học Miền Nam Tự Do (1954-1975)

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Chào các bạn,

Trên Website Tạp Chí Da Màu, tác giả Nguyễn Vy Khanh có đăng chuỗi bài 2 kỳ, Văn Học Miền Nam Tự Do (1954-1975). Nhận thấy đây là chuỗi bài có giá trị nghiên cứu, mình để link vào đây cho các bạn.

Đây đó trong bài, ngôn ngữ có khuynh hướng chính trị của tác giả, mình đưa link bài này là để nghiên cứu văn học nghệ thuật và không quan tâm đến từ ngữ chính trị trong bài. Các bạn đọc tự do đọc kiểu của các bạn.

Văn học Miền Nam Tự Do (1954-1975) – Phần I (1954-1963)

Văn học Miền Nam Tự Do (1954-1975) – Phần II (1964-1975)

Mến,

Hoành

China may be developing ‘breakthrough’ long-range air-to-air missile

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Japan Times

Reuters

BEIJING – China may be testing a new, long-range air-to-air missile that could take out early warning aircraft and aerial refueling aircraft, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, after pictures of the new missile surfaced online.

President Xi Jinping is overseeing an ambitious military modernization program that includes stealth jets and aircraft carriers. The country has also tested anti-satellite missiles. Tiếp tục đọc “China may be developing ‘breakthrough’ long-range air-to-air missile” →

Vietnam punishes 4 officials over Formosa environmental disaster

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 26 Jan 2017 20:45
  • Updated 26 Jan 2017 20:52

File photo of Vietnamese workers demonstrating outside the Formosa Plastics Corp headquarters in Taipei. (Photo: AFP/Sam Yeh)

HANOI: Vietnam said on Thursday (Jan 26) it would punish four officials over one of its worst environmental disasters, caused by a unit of Taiwan conglomerate Formosa Plastics, in the first action against government officials ten months after the accident.

Formosa Ha Tinh Steel, which runs an US$11 billion steel plant, polluted more than 200km (125 miles) of coastline in April, killing more than 100 tonnes of fish and devastating the environment, jobs and economies of four provinces. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam punishes 4 officials over Formosa environmental disaster” →

South Korea Can Keep Buddha Statue Stolen From Japan, Court Says

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New York Times

By CHOE SANG-HUN JAN. 26, 2017

Sekko Tanaka, a Buddhist monk on the Japanese island of Tsushima, in 2013, holding a photograph of a Buddha statue that was stolen the year before. Ko Sasaki for The New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — A court ruled Thursday that a South Korean temple can have a Buddha statue that was stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012, on the grounds that it had been taken from Korea centuries earlier by Japanese pirates.

Japan called the ruling “regrettable” and urged the statue’s return. The dispute is being closely watched by both governments, whose relations are often roiled by historical disputes.

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China Won’t Run From a Fight With Trump

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The new U.S. president says he’s ready to stand up to China in its own backyard — but Beijing won’t take that lying down.

China Won’t Run From a Fight With Trump

Watching warily as Donald Trump takes office, China’s leaders are contemplating the prospect of a more assertive U.S. president willing to upend decades of Sino-U.S. relations. Trump’s Asia policy represents the first major reshaping of U.S. policy toward China since the normalization of diplomatic relations in 1979, and, from Beijing’s perspective, it is currently on a worst-case trajectory, heading toward a trade war and a military standoff over China’s basic interests in Asia, including Taiwan. Tiếp tục đọc “China Won’t Run From a Fight With Trump” →

Empire Files: US-Russia Relations in “Most Dangerous Moment”

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Leading scholar on US-Russia relations addresses the claim being trumpeted by politicians and media on both sides of the political spectrum that Russia is now the “number one” threat to the United States. Given the proxy wars in Syria and Ukraine, Dr. Cohen tells host Abby Martin that the real alarming danger today is “a new, multi-front Cuban missile crisis.”

Dr. Stephen Cohen is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University and New York University where he taught Russian Studies. He has been a noted author and commentator on US-Russia policy for decades.

Southeast Asia not a ‘proxy’ for superpower rivalry: Philippines

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 23 Jan 2017 23:34
  • Updated 23 Jan 2017 23:40

Philippine Defence Minister Delfin Lorenzana addresses the Fullerton Forum at the Shangri-La Dialogue Sherpa Meeting, organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in Singapore on January 23, 2017. (Photo: AFP / ROSLAN RAHMAN)

SINGAPORE: The Philippines Monday (Jan 23) told major global powers that Southeast Asia was not a “proxy” for superpower rivalries, as Washington and Beijing compete for influence in the region.

Conflicting claims over the South China Sea, which straddles vital commercial shipping lanes and is believed to sit atop vast natural gas deposits, have placed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the centre of the struggle for regional influence among countries such as the United States and China. Tiếp tục đọc “Southeast Asia not a ‘proxy’ for superpower rivalry: Philippines” →

White House warns China on trade, South China Sea

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ChannelNewsAsia
  • Posted 24 Jan 2017 04:49

A Chinese navy formation, including the aircraft carrier Liaoning (C), during military drills in the South China Sea on Jan 2, 2017. (AFP Photo)

WASHINGTON: The White House warned China on Monday (Jan 23) that the United States will defend “international interests” in the South China Sea and that trade must be a “two-way street.”

At his first formal daily briefing, President Donald Trump’s press secretary Sean Spicer defended the incoming administration’s wary stance on ties with Beijing.

Spicer was asked about a suggestion by Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, that Washington should prevent China from building islands in disputed waters. Tiếp tục đọc “White House warns China on trade, South China Sea” →

China issues white paper on Asia-Pacific security cooperation

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Source: Xinhua | 2017-01-11 19:05:16 | Editor: huaxia

CHINA-BEIJING-WHITE PAPER-ASIA-PACIFIC (CN)

Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2017 shows the white paper, “China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation,” in Beijing, capital of China. China on Wednesday issued a white paper on policies related to Asia-Pacific security cooperation, which also clarified the nation’s stance on issues of regional concern. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday issued a white paper on policies related to Asia-Pacific security cooperation, which also clarified the nation’s stance on issues of regional concern.

The white paper, “China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation,” was released by the State Council Information Office.

China is prepared to take on greater responsibilities for regional and global security, and provide more public security services to the Asia-Pacific region and the world at large, it said. Tiếp tục đọc “China issues white paper on Asia-Pacific security cooperation” →

Full text: China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation

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Source: Xinhua | 2017-01-11 16:29:58 | Editor: Lu Hui

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) — China’s State Council Information Office on Wednesday issued a white paper on China’s policies on Asia-Pacific security cooperation.

Following is the full text:

China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation

The State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China January 2017

First Edition 2017

Contents

Preface 1

I. China’s Policies and Positions on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation 2

II. China’s Security Vision for the Asia-Pacific Region 8

III. China’s Relations with Other Major Asia-Pacific Countries 12

IV. China’s Positions and Views on Regional Hotspot Issues 18

V. China’s Participation in Major Multilateral Mechanisms in the Asia-Pacific Region 23

VI. China’s Participation in Regional Non-Traditional Security Cooperation 32

Conclusion 39 Tiếp tục đọc “Full text: China’s Policies on Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation” →

Trump Revamps U.S. Trade Focus by Pulling Out of Pacific Deal

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Bloomberg

 

by Toluse Olorunnipa, Shannon Pettypiece, and Matthew Townsend
January 23, 2017, 8:38 AM EST January 23, 2017, 1:44 PM EST
  • Trade-focused presidential order fulfills campaign pledge
  • Action is part of an expected flurry from White House

With the stroke of a pen, President Donald Trump abruptly ended the decades-old U.S. tilt toward free trade by signing an executive order to withdraw from an Asia-Pacific accord that had been promoted by companies including Nike Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as well as family farmers and ranchers. Tiếp tục đọc “Trump Revamps U.S. Trade Focus by Pulling Out of Pacific Deal” →