Chuyên mục: China

Questions about Liu Xiaobo’s treatment in China prison

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

AL JAZEERA

Nobel laureate’s wife says cancer in his liver is beyond surgery as supporters call for inquiry into prison treatment.

Prison officials said Liu is being treated at a hospital in Shenyang city [Bobby Yip/Reuters]

A growing chorus of Chinese human rights lawyers and activists are calling for Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo’s unconditional release after he was granted medical parole to undergo treatment for late-stage liver cancer.

The US also added its voice on Tuesday urging China to give Liu and his wife, Liu Xia, freedom to move and choose his own doctors.
Tiếp tục đọc “Questions about Liu Xiaobo’s treatment in China prison” →

A place called ‘hope’: the tiny island on the frontline of US-China tensions

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Guardian

More than 100 Filipinos live 15 miles from one of Beijing’s most ambitious island bases in the South China Sea

A Filipino soldier patrolling the shore of Pagasa island (Thitu Island) in the Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea.
A Filipino soldier patrolling the shore of Pagasa island (Thitu Island) in the Spratly group of islands in the South China Sea. Photograph: Reuters

Shares

947

Carmela Fonbuena in Thitu

Saturday 17 June 2017 23.12 EDT First published on Saturday 17 June 2017 23.08 EDT

On the horizon, the azure sea water stops and the white, concrete structures of the Chinese military base rise up.

“Sometimes we get nervous because we are only civilians. If they invade the island, they can harm us. They can do whatever they want,” says Romeo Malaguit, a fisherman and father of two, who lives on the nearby Philippine-claimed island Thitu.

Locally known as Pag-asa, meaning hope in Tagalog, Thitu is a tree-studded settlement no more than 1.5km long and 800 metres wide. A dilapidated runway takes up almost half the area. Tiếp tục đọc “A place called ‘hope’: the tiny island on the frontline of US-China tensions” →

In China’s far west the ‘perfect police state’ is emerging

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Guardian

During a trip through China’s violence-plagued Xinjiang, the Guardian witnesses dramatic security surge as Communist party fights to ‘pacify’ region

Shopkeepers perform daily anti-terror drill outside the bazaar in Kashgar, in March.
Shopkeepers perform daily anti-terror drill outside the bazaar in Kashgar, in March. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters

Tom Phillips

in southern Xinjiang

Thursday 22 June 2017 21.33 EDT Last modified on Friday 23 June 2017 05.00 EDT

It was Friday, the Islamic day of assembly, but outside Kashgar’s Id Kah mosque on Liberation Avenue it was the growl of diesel engines that filled the air not a muezzin’s wistful cry.

One by one armoured personnel carriers, some with machine guns poking from their turrets, rolled towards People’s Square where a 12-metre statue of Mao Zedong was preparing to preside over the latest in a series of tub-thumping “anti-terror” rallies to be held here in the heartlands of China’s Muslim Uighur minority this year. Tiếp tục đọc “In China’s far west the ‘perfect police state’ is emerging” →

US defense contractor accused of spying for China

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

(Updated: 23 Jun 2017 12:36PM) channelnewsasia

WASHINGTON: A US defense contractor and former State Department security officer was arrested by American counterintelligence officials on Thursday (Jun 22) and charged with spying for China.

The Justice Department said Kevin Mallory of Leesburg, Virginia had sold classified documents to Chinese intelligence agents on trips to Shanghai in March and April.

He could face up to life in prison if found guilty. Tiếp tục đọc “US defense contractor accused of spying for China” →

China to introduce national standard for English translations in attempt to rid country of Chinglish

~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ Bình luận về bài viết này
BY ALEX LINDER IN ON JUN 22, 2017 9:40 PM

chinglish_signs17.jpg

Tired of getting laughed at by visitors for its hilariously bad English translations, China is planning to institute a set of fun-killing national guidelines aimed at wiping out the scourge of Chinglish once and for all.

chinglish_signs14.jpg

This new English translation standard will go into effect on December 1st, 2017 — a dark day in the 5,000 years of Chinese history — in order to improve the quality of English translations in 13 different public arenas like transportation, entertainment and medicine. Additionally, it will provide a list of standardized translations for some 3,500 commonly used phrases and terms.

chinglish_signs21.jpg
Tiếp tục đọc “China to introduce national standard for English translations in attempt to rid country of Chinglish” →

Biển Đông-Cuộc chiến quyền lực ở châu Á – Chương 5: Dầu khí ở Biển Đông

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ 2 bình luận

SP – [Trích] Bill Hayton- BIỂN ĐÔNG – Cuộc chiến quyền lực ở châu Á

Chương 5

Được miếng và tay không
Dầu khí ở Biển Đông

Something and Nothing
Oil and Gas in the South China Sea

Tháng 8 năm 1990, Đông Nam Á đã trở nên rất phấn khởi về việc ‘Trung Quốc trở lại’. Đã một năm kể từ khi vụ thảm sát tại quảng trường Thiên An Môn và nhiều nhân vật có ảnh hưởng nghĩ rằng đã tới lúc quay trở lại với công việc [bang giao]. Phô trương ầm ĩ, Thủ tướng Lí Bằng, một trong những người đằng sau vụ thảm sát, đã bắt tay vào một chuyến thăm khu vực 9 ngày. Tiếp tục đọc “Biển Đông-Cuộc chiến quyền lực ở châu Á – Chương 5: Dầu khí ở Biển Đông” →

Tướng TQ bỏ ngang Giao lưu hữu nghị Quốc Phòng, đùng đùng về nước

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

PTL-NPT
Tổng Bí thư Nguyễn Phú Trọng tiếp Thượng tướng Phạm Trường Long tại Hà Nội hôm 18/06/2017

New York Times  ngày 21/6/2016 có đưa tin về vụ thượng tướng Phạm Trường Long, Phó Chủ tịch Quân uỷ Trung ương Trung Quốc bỏ ngang cuộc Giao lưu hữu nghị Quốc phòng biên giới Việt – Trung lần thứ 4 và về nước. Bộ QP TQ nói đó là vì “lý do liên quan đến việc sắp xếp làm việc”.  Nguồn tin từ phía Việt Nam (nặc danh) là hai bên cãi nhau trong cuộc họp kín về “những vùng tranh chấp về chủ quyền” ở Biển Đông.

Tướng Phạm thăm VN chính thức 2 ngày 18 và 19 tháng 6, 2017. Theo lịch đã sắp, thì ngày 20 đến 22/6 sẽ dùng cho Giao lưu hữu nghị Quốc phòng. Báo VN chẳng nói gì về chuyện tướng Phạm bỏ về. Một số báo Việt có tường thuật tướng Phạm gặp các lãnh đạo VN trong ngày 18/6. Nhưng tướng Phạm bỏ về cuối ngày 18, sau đó các bài báo đều được gỡ bỏ. Tiếp tục đọc “Tướng TQ bỏ ngang Giao lưu hữu nghị Quốc Phòng, đùng đùng về nước” →

China Cancels Military Meeting With Vietnam Over Territorial Dispute

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

NYTimes

By MIKE IVESJUNE 21, 2017

One of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. A Chinese delegation unexpectedly cut short a trip to Vietnam after tempers flared during a closed-door discussion on disputed territories in the region. Francis R. Malasig/European Pressphoto Agency

HONG KONG — State-run newspapers in Vietnam and China reported in recent days that senior military officials from the two countries would hold a fence-mending gathering along a border where their militaries fought a brief but bloody war in 1979.

Tiếp tục đọc “China Cancels Military Meeting With Vietnam Over Territorial Dispute” →

China’s dog meat festival opens despite ban rumours

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

channelnewsasia

 
China’s most notorious dog meat festival opened in Yulin on June 21 with butchers hacking slabs of canines and cooks frying the flesh following rumours that authorities would impose a ban this year. (Photo: AFP) 

21 Jun 2017 01:25PM (Updated: 21 Jun 2017 08:00PM)

YULIN: A notorious Chinese dog meat festival opened on Wednesday (Jun 21) with sellers torching the hair off carcasses, butchers chopping slabs of canines and cooks frying up dishes, dispelling rumours that authorities would ban sales this year.

After earlier reports of a sales ban at the summer solstice event in the southern city of Yulin, animal rights groups said vendors and officials reached a compromise and set a limit of two dogs on display per stall.

But multiple carcasses rested on several stalls at two markets, with stiff pointy tails, leathery yellow skin, eyes shut and bared teeth as if in a final growl. Tiếp tục đọc “China’s dog meat festival opens despite ban rumours” →

Phân tích thỏa thuận ExxonMobil và PetroVietnam

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ 2 bình luận

Chuyện ExxonMobil có lẽ không quá mới như nhiều người tưởng.

Trước hết tóm tắt hai thỏa thuận ký ngày 13/1/2017:

https://cvdvn.net/2017/06/20/thayer-background-briefing-vietnam-exxon-mobil-sign-agreements-to-develop-vietnams-largest-gas-project/

ExxonMobil và PetroVietnam Exploration Production Company ký 2 hợp đồng để khai thác dự án Cá Voi Xanh (Blue Whate) – một “head of agreement” cho khung dự án (project framework) và một “head of agreement” về giá hơi gas.

Head of agreement thì chưa phải là hợp đồng mà chỉ là một số điểm tổng quát để khai triển hợp đồng sau này.  Head of agreement do đó chưa có giá trị pháp lý của một hợp đồng.  Tuy vậy, thường nó cũng cho biết là hai bên đã rất nghiêm chỉnh làm việc với nhau.  Ở đây ta sẽ dùng chữ “thỏa thuận” cho hai heads of agreement này. Tiếp tục đọc “Phân tích thỏa thuận ExxonMobil và PetroVietnam” →

Exxon-Vietnam gas deal to test Tillerson’s diplomacy

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

AsiaTimes

The multi-billion dollar joint energy project comes amid past Chinese threats and tough Trump administration talk on the South China Sea

By Helen Clark January 23, 2017 11:44 AM (UTC+8)

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January. Photo: AFP / Saul Loeb

US energy giant Exxon Mobil and state-owned PetroVietnam agreed this month to develop Vietnam’s largest natural gas-fired power generation project, a US$10 billion joint venture known as ‘Blue Whale’ (Ca Voi Xanh). The deal, signed while outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry was on his last official visit to Vietnam, threatens to create new ripples in the contested South China Sea under the new Donald Trump administration. Tiếp tục đọc “Exxon-Vietnam gas deal to test Tillerson’s diplomacy” →

Trump’s Top Diplomat Would Bring Complex History With China From Exxon Days

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Bloomberg

By Ting Shi, David Tweed, and Aibing Guo
December 14, 2016, 12:00 PM EST December 14, 2016, 7:15 PM EST
  • Tillerson also has years of expertise dealing with China
  • Exxon has operated with Vietnam in disputed South China Sea

https://www.bloomberg.com/api/embed/iframe?id=815f976b-7392-42db-816e-6b8b165a38fd
Can’t Imagine Tillerson Being in Putin’s Pocket: Nye

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for top U.S. diplomat comes with Chinese geopolitical entanglements. In his favor is years of dealing with some of the country’s biggest oil companies.

As chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp. since 2006, Rex Tillerson has seen his company snared in territorial disputes in the South China Sea. An exploration venture with Vietnam has brought it into the cross hairs of China, one of the countries claiming the disputed waters. Tiếp tục đọc “Trump’s Top Diplomat Would Bring Complex History With China From Exxon Days” →

Thayer background briefing: Vietnam – Exxon Mobil sign Agreements to Develop Vietnam’s Largest Gas Project

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này


Background Briefing:
Vietnam: Exxon Mobil Signs
Agreements to Develop
Vietnam’s Largest Gas Project
Carlyle A. Thayer
January 16, 2017
[client name deleted]

Could you please provide some background and an assessment of reports that
ExxonMobile signed an agreement with PetroVietnam last week during the visit of
Secretary of State John Kerry to Vietnam. What is the significance of this deal? Tiếp tục đọc “Thayer background briefing: Vietnam – Exxon Mobil sign Agreements to Develop Vietnam’s Largest Gas Project” →

Peak oil in the South China Sea (part 3): Exxon plans to produce gas close to China’s 9 dash line claim

~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

cruddeoilpeak

By matt – December 28, 2016

This article is part 3 of a series on peak oil in the South China Sea.

Bloomberg commented on 15/12/2016 that “Trump’s Top Diplomat Would Bring Complex History With China From Exxon Days”

Exxon’s work is focused on a field in undisputed territory about 80 kilometers (50 miles) offshore from central Vietnam, spokesman Aaron Stryk said in response to e-mailed questions. He declined to comment on reports China warned Exxon against exploring in disputed areas.

“Border issues are a matter for governments to address through appropriate channels,” Stryk said. “We have a successful history of working with various governments and partners around the world to maximize the value of hydrocarbon resources.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-14/trump-s-top-diplomat-would-carry-chinese-baggage-from-exxon-days

So what’s that complex history all about? Let’s first look at the context, Vietnam’s oil and gas production data Tiếp tục đọc “Peak oil in the South China Sea (part 3): Exxon plans to produce gas close to China’s 9 dash line claim” →