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.

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

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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” →

Punches, Kicks and the ‘Dangling Chair’: Detainee Tells of Torture in China

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By CHRIS BUCKLEYJAN. 20, 2017

Xie Yang with his wife, Chen Guiqiu. Mr. Xie, a human rights lawyer who has been detained since July 2015, gave detailed accounts of torture in interviews transcribed by his attorneys. China Human Rights Defenders

BEIJING — Perched unsteadily on a stack of plastic stools in an isolated room, Xie Yang, a Chinese lawyer, was encircled day and night by interrogators who blew smoke in his face, punched and kicked him, and threatened to turn him into an “invalid” unless he confessed to political crimes, he has said.

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Massive port city project in Malaysia no threat to Singapore, other ports: Port Klang chairman

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  • ChanneLn
  • \By Sumisha Naidu, Malaysia Correspondent, Channel NewsAsia
  • Posted 19 Jan 2017 10:00

Cargo ships dock at Malaysia’s Klang port on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. (AFP/Saeed Khan)

KUALA LUMPUR: A massive RM200 billion (US$45 billion) port industrial city planned for Malaysia’s Carey Island is a safeguard for the future and “not a threat” to Singapore or any other ports along the Strait of Malacca, said the chairman of Port Klang Authority, the body behind the project.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/massive-port-city-project-in-malaysia-no-threat-to-singapore/3449556.html Tiếp tục đọc “Massive port city project in Malaysia no threat to Singapore, other ports: Port Klang chairman” →

North Korea might test-launch ICBM as soon as Friday: South Korean media

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Reuters, AFP-JIJI, Jan 19, 2017

SEOUL – North Korea may be preparing to test-launch a new, upgraded prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korean media reported on Thursday, citing military sources.

In his New Year’s speech, leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea was close to test-launching an ICBM, and state media have said a launch could come at any time. Experts on the isolated and nuclear-capable country’s missile program believe the claims to be credible. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea might test-launch ICBM as soon as Friday: South Korean media” →

Wife of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Seeks Angela Merkel’s Help

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Sinosphere,

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW JAN. 19, 2017

Protesters in Hong Kong demanding the release of the rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong in December. Mr. Jiang has been in custody since November, but the Chinese authorities have not disclosed where. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

BEIJING — Last Sunday was the 19th wedding anniversary of Jin Bianling and her husband, the rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong. As usual, the couple spent it apart. Ms. Jin has not seen Mr. Jiang since 2013, when she and their daughter moved to California from China seeking safety from the state harassment that came along with Mr. Jiang’s work.

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In a Blow to Prosecutor, South Korean Court Blocks Arrest of Samsung Group Leader

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By CHOE SANG-HUN, JAN. 18, 2017

Jay Y. Lee, the leader of Samsung, leaving court in Seoul on Wednesday. Jung Yeon-Je/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Thursday blocked a prosecutor’s attempt to arrest Jay Y. Lee, the leader of Samsung, saying there was not enough evidence that Mr. Lee had bribed President Park Geun-hye, in a scandal that led to her impeachment.

A justice on the Central District Court in Seoul, Cho Eui-yeon, rejected the prosecutor’s request to issue an arrest warrant, saying said it was “difficult to recognize the need” to incarcerate Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee, a third-generation scion and vice chairman of Samsung, one of the world’s biggest conglomerates, was immediately released from a detention center outside Seoul, where he had been waiting for the court to decide whether he should be formally arrested.

China urges US not to allow Taiwan delegation to attend Trump inauguration

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 18 Jan 2017 21:27
  • Updated 18 Jan 2017 21:30

A demonstrator holds flags of Taiwan and the United States in support of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Burlingame, California. (Photo: REUTERS/Stephen Lam) 

BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Jan 18) urged the United States not to allow a Taiwanese delegation to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Trump broke with decades of precedent last month by taking a congratulatory telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, and he has also said the “One China” policy was up for negotiation.

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In Bhutan, Happiness Index as Gauge for Social Ills

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Asia Pacific

By KAI SCHULTZJAN. 17, 2017

 

U.S. Ambassadors in Asia Make Final Plea for Dead Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

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Sinosphere, New York Times

By EDWARD WONG JAN. 17, 2017=

Customers lining up outside an Apple store in Tokyo. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would have set new terms and standards for trade for the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, including Japan. Kazuhiro Nogi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

When hope of enacting the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact ended in November, Max Baucus, the United States ambassador to China, was among the officials who had to grapple with disappointment.

The partnership, called the TPP, was a hallmark of the Obama administration. It would have been one of the largest trade agreements in history, covering about 40 percent of the world’s economy and setting new terms and standards for trade for the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations. China was not included but would have been able to join.

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China’s Top Economic Official Braces for Possible Trade War

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By CHRIS BUCKLEY and KEITH BRADSHERJAN. 18, 2017

Liu He in Beijing in 2010. As the top economic adviser to China’s president, Xi Jinping, Mr. Liu has sought to make China’s growth less reliant on rising debt and public spending. Nelson Ching/Bloomberg

BEIJING — Over the last year, Liu He, a soft-spoken, American-educated technocrat, has consolidated his status as President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, amassing influence that some believe rivals that of the prime minister.

But as his star has climbed, Mr. Liu has struggled to overcome resistance to a program of measured economic liberalization and more open markets that he argues is critical to China’s long-term economic health — and that is generally favored by Washington.

Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter the White House renewing warnings of China’s economic menace, it will be even more difficult for Mr. Liu to achieve his agenda, which could be overwhelmed by fears of fallout from a trade war.

There is little in his public record to suggest precisely how he would advise Mr. Xi to handle Mr. Trump’s threats to raise tariffs on Chinese products.

China’s top judge calls judicial independence an ‘erroneous Western ideal’

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japan times

AP, Jan 18, 2017

BEIJING – China’s top judge has drawn criticism from legal professionals after he dismissed the concept of judicial independence as an “erroneous Western ideal,” a statement seemingly aimed at emphasizing the ruling Communist Party’s ultimate control over all areas of public life.

Zhou Qiang, the head of the Supreme People’s Court, has at times been seen as a reformer keen on limiting the influence of government officials on the courts.

However, Chinese state media quoted him over the weekend as instructing leading judges to “draw your sword” against words and actions running counter to the ruling Communist Party’s dictates. Tiếp tục đọc “China’s top judge calls judicial independence an ‘erroneous Western ideal’” →

In final speech, Hong Kong leader warns on independence push

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Japan Times

AFP-JIJI, Jan 18, 2017

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s unpopular pro-Beijing leader Leung Chun-ying faced protests Wednesday as he spoke out against the city’s independence movement in his final policy address.

Leung will step down in July after a four-year term marked by anti-Beijing rallies as fears grow that Chinese authorities are squeezing Hong Kong’s freedoms.

Frustration at lack of political reform has sparked movements seeking self-determination or even independence for the semi-autonomous city, angering Chinese authorities. Tiếp tục đọc “In final speech, Hong Kong leader warns on independence push” →

Philippines defense chief calls China arms on South China Sea islands ‘troubling’

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Japan Times

Reuters, Jan 17, 2017

MANILA – China’s recent installation of weapons on artificial islands in the disputed South China Sea was “very troubling”, the Philippines’ defense minister said Tuesday, after Manila quietly protested Beijing’s activities.

The Philippine Foreign Ministry sent a note verbale to the Chinese Embassy last month after confirming a report from the U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies about China’s arms buildup in the Spratlys. Tiếp tục đọc “Philippines defense chief calls China arms on South China Sea islands ‘troubling’” →