Chuyên mục: China

Chinese premier warns Australia ‘taking sides’ could lead to new cold war

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Guardian

Li Keqiang says Beijing pursues foreign policy of peace and seeks ‘development paths suited to our traditions’

Chinese premier Li Keqiang told Malcolm Turnbull that Beijing respects Australia’s foreign policy.
Chinese premier Li Keqiang told Malcolm Turnbull that Beijing respects Australia’s foreign policy. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

The Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, has warned China does not want to see a new cold war, emphasising that throughout his country’s history, peace has “always been the most precious thing”.

With increasing tensions in the South China Sea a significant backdrop to his visit to Australia, Li told parliamentarians in Canberra on Thursday that China did not want to see countries “taking sides, as happened during the cold war”. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese premier warns Australia ‘taking sides’ could lead to new cold war” →

Trung Á: Cuộc đọ sức của rồng và gấu – 2 phần

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Phần 1: Những đối tác “mắt khép hờ”
Phần 2: Đầu tư và thâu tóm

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Phần 1: Những đối tác “mắt khép hờ”

DUY VĂN 16.03.2017, 10:43

TTCT – Chuyến thăm ba nước Trung Á của Tổng thống Nga Vladimir Putin vừa khép lại tuần trước đã đặt vùng đất chiến lược về địa chính trị này vào sự chú ý mới: nơi giao cắt và chồng lấn ảnh hưởng của ba thế lực siêu cường đang lăm le phân chia lại thế giới.

Phần 1: Những đối tác “mắt khép hờ”


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China denies reports of building on disputed shoal

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 22 Mar 2017 16:35

A fisherman repairs his boat overlooking fishing boats that fish in the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, at Masinloc, Zambales, in the Philippines April 22, 2015. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denied reports that China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea.

China seized the shoal, which is northeast of the Spratly islands, in 2012 and denied access to Philippine fishermen. But after President Rodrigo Duterte visited China last year, it allowed them to return to the traditional fishing area. Tiếp tục đọc “China denies reports of building on disputed shoal” →

Internal Chinese Navy magazine says country has secured military dominance in South China Sea

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Japan Times
A satellite image shows what appears to be anti-aircraft guns and what are likely to be close-in weapons systems on the artificial island at Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea in this image released Dec. 13. | CSIS ASIA MARITIME TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE / DIGITALGLOBE / VIA REUTERS

Kyodo, Mar 20, 2017

TAIPEI – China has secured the central leadership role in the South China Sea and other players cannot match its military supremacy in the region, according to an internal magazine of the People’s Liberation Army obtained by Kyodo News.

Amid staunch denials by China that it is militarizing the South China Sea, the article amounts to a rare admission by its military of its true intentions in the region. Specifically, it sheds light on the policy of boosting the military influence in the area under the cloak of “civilian activities” such as private aviation. Tiếp tục đọc “Internal Chinese Navy magazine says country has secured military dominance in South China Sea” →

China warns U.S. over arms sales to Taiwan

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 Japan Times

AFP-JIJI Mar 20, 2017

BEIJING – China on Monday reiterated its firm opposition to U.S. arm sales to Taiwan, amid reports that Donald Trump’s administration is preparing a large shipment of advanced weaponry for the self-ruling island.

“China firmly opposes U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, this is consistent and clear-cut,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular news briefing. Tiếp tục đọc “China warns U.S. over arms sales to Taiwan” →

QUẢNG NINH: Bí mật sau những cửa hàng “chỉ bán cho người Trung Quốc”

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LĐ – 57 MẠNH HÙNG 10:2 AM, 15/03/2017

Một điểm bán hàng chuyên phục vụ du khách Trung Quốc tại chợ Vườn Đào, Bãi Cháy (Quảng Ninh).

Gọi là bí ẩn bởi du khách Trung Quốc tấp nập nhưng người Việt không thể vào được. Doanh thu mỗi đoàn khách vào đạt hàng trăm triệu đồng, được chia cho các bên liên quan, nhưng rất khó để cơ quan thuế kiểm soát. Giới lữ hành cho rằng, những điểm bán hàng này là nơi tạo nguồn thu chính để nuôi dưỡng toàn bộ hệ thống đón khách đường bộ Trung Quốc với giá tour… 0 đồng như báo Lao Động đã phản ánh.

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Chinese defence minister to visit Sri Lanka, Nepal

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 19 Mar 2017 17:25

Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan speaks at the Xiangshan Forum, in Beijing, China, October 11, 2016. China Daily/via REUTERS

BEIJING: Chinese Defence Minister Chang Wanquan left on Sunday for official visits to Sri Lanka and Nepal, the Defence Ministry said, trips that could unnerve neighbouring India.

China is vying to increase its influence in Nepal, which serves as a natural buffer between China and India, challenging India’s long-held position as the dominant outside power in the landlocked nation.

China has also invested heavily in Sri Lanka, funding airports, roads, railways and ports, and including the island nation of 21 million people on its “One Belt, One Road” mission to create a modern-day “Silk Road” across Asia. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese defence minister to visit Sri Lanka, Nepal” →

Rex Tillerson in China to discuss North Korea

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Al Jareeza

US secretary of state travels to Beijing after saying pre-emptive military action against North Korea may be necessary.

Rex Tillerson has arrived in Beijing for his first face-to-face talks with Chinese leaders expected to focus on North Korea’s nuclear programme.

The US secretary of state’s visit on Saturday followed his remarks the previous day in South Korea where he cautioned that pre-emptive military action against North Korea might be necessary.

He said US military action against North Korea is an “option on the table”, and warned the country to end its missile and nuclear programmes.

“The policy of strategic patience has ended,” Tillerson said during his joint press conference with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se, on Friday. Tiếp tục đọc “Rex Tillerson in China to discuss North Korea” →

Uighur militants could turn to Southeast Asia as destination of choice

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Two Uighur suspects in the 2015 Erawan shrine bombing were arrested by police over August and September 2015. (Photo: AFP)
In December 2015, the elite Indonesian counter-terrorist unit Densus-88 raided a suspected Islamist safe-house in West Java where they arrested 11 militants who were allegedly planning attacks in several cities on the main islands of Java, Sumatra and Kalimantan.

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Taiwan defence report warns of China invasion risk

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 16 Mar 2017 00:57

Taiwanese military helicopters fly in formation during a drill in Kaohsiung in January 2017. (AFP/SAM YEH)

TAIPEI: Taiwan pledged on Wednesday (Mar 15) to build up its military in the face of an increased risk of invasion by China in a major defence ministry report that comes as ties with Beijing worsen.

China still sees Taiwan as part of its territory to be brought back into its fold, by force if necessary, even though the island has been self-governing since the two sides split after a civil war in 1949.

Beijing is deeply suspicious of president Tsai Ing-wen, whose Democratic Progressive Party is traditionally pro-independence. Tiếp tục đọc “Taiwan defence report warns of China invasion risk” →

Thái bình dưới trướng thiên triều?

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DANH ĐỨC 20.05.2012, 17:27

TTCT – Pax Sinica – thái bình dưới trướng Trung Quốc – là một khái niệm từ mấy năm nay được những nhà nghiên cứu về các vấn đề của Đông Á sử dụng để chỉ sự bành trướng của Bắc Kinh hiện nay.

Thực tế đang ngày càng khẳng định những lý giải ấy.

Thái bình dưới trướng thiên triều?
Một ngư dân Philippines ngồi trên chiếc tàu đến từ Masinloc, vùng đất gần nhất cách khu vực bãi cạn Scarborough đang tranh chấp với Trung Quốc 128 hải lý – Ảnh: Reuters

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Việt Nam accuses China of violating its sovereignty

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Update: March, 14/2017 – 10:01

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Foreign Ministry spokesman Lê Hải Bình yesterday accused China of infringing on Việt Nam’s sovereignty and urged it to respect international law. — VNA/VNS Photo Phạm Kiên

HÀ NỘI – Foreign Ministry spokesman Lê Hải Bình yesterday accused China of infringing on Việt Nam’s sovereignty and urged it to respect international law.

He spoke in response to reports that China had opened an illegal tourism route to Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago and that a Chinese coast guard vessel had pursued a Vietnamese fishing ship, coded QNg 95215 TS, in the area of Bạch Quy (Passu Keah) Island in Hoàng Sa. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam accuses China of violating its sovereignty” →

Duterte to China: Benham Rise sea territory ‘is ours’

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Rodrigo Duterte orders military to assert ownership of Benham Rise area to Beijing – but in a nice way.

President Rodrigo Duterte says instructed the military to assert Philippine ownership of a large ocean region off the country’s northeastern coast where China’s survey ships were spotted last year.

However, Duterte said on Monday he ordered the military to claim the Benham Rise area in a friendly way, repeating his country has no option but to be diplomatic because it “cannot match the might of China”. Tiếp tục đọc “Duterte to China: Benham Rise sea territory ‘is ours’” →

Marine Corps to Protect China’s Growing Interest in Asia-Pacific Region

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Asia & Pacific

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China plans to increase the number of its Marine Corps units from 20,000 to 100,000 in order to protect its vital marine communications and growing interests abroad, according to Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post citing military sources and experts.

Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, photographed by a USN surveillance aircraft in 2015
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This is Why US is Unlikely to Block China’s Access to South China Sea Islets

The publication refers to the Chinese logistics base in Djibouti and port of Gwadar in the southwest of Pakistan. The areas of protection of interests also include the Korean Peninsula, the East China and South China Sea, and land and sea territories along the Silk Road, including Afghanistan.The newspaper further noted that the Chinese marine contingent has been nearly doubled to the existing 20,000 by transferring two regular army brigades to their squad. Tiếp tục đọc “Marine Corps to Protect China’s Growing Interest in Asia-Pacific Region” →