Conversations on Vietnam Development
KRUEN, Germany (Reuters) – The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations said on Monday they were concerned about tensions in the East and South China Seas and called for countries to abide by international law.
Tiếp tục đọc “G7 says concerned about tensions in the East and South China Seas”
Washington (AFP) – A top Chinese military officer began a six-day visit to the United States on Monday amid rising tensions over Beijing’s assertive stance in the South China Sea.
General Fan Changlong, vice-chairman of China’s Central Military Commission, started his tour in San Diego with a stop at the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and will hold talks on Thursday at the Pentagon with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, officials said. Tiếp tục đọc “Top Chinese officer pays visit to US: Pentagon”
Foreign Policy Situation Report
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson
He’s kind of a big deal. One of China’s top military officials, Gen. Fan Changlong, arrived in the United States on Monday for a weeklong trip that will culminate in the full red carpet treatment at the Pentagon.
But while Fan’s public welcome from Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday may be warm, U.S. officials say that behind closed doors, the gloves are going to come off. Carter plans to again deliver the message that Washington doesn’t like the land reclamation efforts that China is undertaking in the South China Sea. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese generals come to the Pentagon”
TTO – Malaysia đã có sự thay đổi thái độ quan trọng khi ngày 8-6 tuyên bố sẽ phản đối những hoạt động xâm phạm của một tàu tuần duyên Trung Quốc vào lãnh hải nước này ở phía bắc Borneo.
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| Tàu Malaysia tiếp cận một tàu tuần duyên của Trung Quốc ngoài khơi Borneo – Ảnh:Getty Images |
“Đó không phải là vùng chồng lấn. Chúng tôi sẽ phản đối qua đường ngoại giao”, Bộ trưởng An ninh quốc gia Malaysia Shahidan Kassim cho biết trong một cuộc phỏng vấn được tờ The Street Journal đăng ngày 8-6. Tiếp tục đọc “Malaysia phản đối Trung Quốc xâm phạm lãnh hải”
08/06/2015 09:50
(TNO) Trung Quốc chiếm bãi cạn Scarborough và tăng cường hoạt động xây dựng đảo nhân tạo trái phép trên Biển Đông đã cản trở hoạt động của ngư dân Philippines. Nhiều người đành phải neo tàu, gác lưới tìm công việc khác.
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Ngư dân Philippines đi về tay không sau khi đến gần khu vực bãi cạn Scarborough
và bị Trung Quốc dùng vòi rồng và súng xua đuổi – Ảnh: Reuters |
Tiếp tục đọc “Trung Quốc bành trướng trên Biển Đông, ngư dân Philippines đành treo lưới”
Theo Phó chánh văn phòng Nội các Nhật Hiroshige Seko, tại hội nghị, Thủ tướng Nhật Shinzo Abe đã nhắc tới những hành động của Bắc Kinh ở Biển Đông và Biển Hoa Đông. Ông nói rằng các nhà lãnh đạo G7 “không được để yên cho các nỗ lực đơn phương nhằm thay đổi hiện trạng”. Tiếp tục đọc “G7 phản đối Trung Quốc cải tạo ồ ạt các đảo trên Biển Đông”
Despite a slowdown in its economy and the continued reliance on coal, China is pumping billions of dollars into its renewable energy industry.
GLOBE-Net – By Kieran Cooke
LONDON, 30 May, 2015 − China invested more than US$89 billion in renewable energy projects in the country in 2014 – a growth of 31% on the previous year, according to a detailed report on the country’s energy sector.
The soaring increase is revealed in a report by the US government’s Energy Information Administration (EIA). But it adds that fossil fuels − particularly coal − still look set to continue to dominate China’s power sector.
Coal is by far the most polluting fossil fuel, and China is the world’s leading emitter of climate-changing greenhouse gases.
Wind power production went up by nearly 40% in the 2012-13 period. Although there are still big gaps in the transmission infrastructure, the aim is to generate 200 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from wind by 2020.
Government subsidies
“China is also aggressively investing in solar power and hopes to increase capacity from 15 GW at the end of 2013 to 100 GW by the end of 2020,” says the EIA. Substantial government subsidies have helped to fuel growth in the solar sector. Tiếp tục đọc “China’s investment in renewables soars”
4 June 2015
EAF – The South China Sea dispute has become the new normal in ASEAN meetings. The dispute, with its overlapping claims on various land features in the South China Sea, has started to figure as the most important territorial disputes in Asia, one that risks becoming a major power confrontation in the region. With this in mind, ASEAN must take a collective stand on the South China Sea.
Tiếp tục đọc “ASEAN must take a collective stance on the South China Sea”
 Hacker Trung Quốc dồn dập tấn công mạng VN – Ảnh: chụp từ trang chủ của nhóm hacker 1937cn
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Như Thanh Niên hôm qua đã thông tin, website 1937cn.net cho biết trong 2 ngày 30 và 31.5.2015 đã có hơn 1.200 website của VN và Philippines bị tấn công, trong đó có khoảng 1.000 website của VN.
Theo ông Trần Quang Chiến, Giám đốc Công ty CP VNIST (VNIST Corp), phụ trách website an ninh mạng securitydaily.net, thì 1937cn.net là trang web chính thức của nhóm hacker 1937cn nổi tiếng và mạnh nhất Trung Quốc (TQ). Đây là trang mạng được lập ra với mục đích kích động hacker TQ tấn công các website của VN và các quốc gia ở khu vực Biển Đông. Tiếp tục đọc “Website VN trước đòn tấn công ồ ạt của hacker Trung Quốc”
Washington (CNN) Four million current and former federal employees may have had their personal information hacked, the Office of Personnel Management said on Thursday.
The agency, which is conducts background checks, warned it was urging potential victims to monitor their financial statements and obtain new credit reports.
U.S. officials believe this could be the biggest breach ever of the government’s computer networks.
The breach is beyond the Office of Personnel Management and Department of Interior, with nearly every federal government agency hit by the hackers, government officials said. Tiếp tục đọc “China hacks US government”
By Nguyen Tu, Thanh Nien News
DA NANG – Tuesday, June 02, 2015 15:06
Vietnamese rescuers on mission to save a fisherman near Hoang Sa (Paracel) Islands were threatened by Chinese vessels and asked to change their course Monday, the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (MRCC) said.
Last Friday afternoon, a Vietnamese fishing boat with 45 crew members was traveling some 410 nautical miles off the central city of sDa Nang when a sailor named Ngoc suffered chest pains. Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese vessels threaten Vietnamese rescuers on mission near Paracel Island”
• By Jay L. Batongbacal I May 27, 2015
cogitasia – Philippine media went into a minor frenzy with the startling news that Manila purportedly offered Kuala Lumpur a quid pro quo in March: dropping the Philippine claim to North Borneo (Malaysia’s Sabah State) in exchange for Malaysian support for Manila’s arbitration case over the South China Sea. The media reports were quickly denied by the Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs, which noted the total absence of any reference to such a deal in the note that set off the firestorm. Recently, President Benigno Aquino III had to reiterate that his administration was not dropping the claim, prompting Malaysia to summon the Philippine Charge d’Affaires. Tiếp tục đọc “Sabah’s Shadow on the South China Sea”
By James Borton
cogitasia – The role of marine science and the emergence of China’s blue economy helped frame a new narrative on the South China Sea’s policy debate, as shown at a CSIS discussion on May 21titled “The Convergence of Marine Science and Geopolitics in the South China Sea.” Two of the panelists John McManus from the University of Miami’s Rosentiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and Kathleen Walsh from the U.S. Naval War College agree that the South China Sea is not simply a sovereignty dispute but is likely to be recognized as one of the most significant environmental issues of the 21st century. Tiếp tục đọc “Enter Science & China’s Blue Economy in the South China Sea’s Policy Discussion”
AMTI – Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s address at this weekend’s Shangri-La Dialogue was generally well received by conference attendees and Asia-security watchers. A few critics have argued that Carter was “just talk.” What none have noted, however, is the fact that the Secretary’s remarks were the latest installation in a series of moves by the administration to articulate a fact-based approach to the South China Sea. This approach is a nuanced one and does not necessarily constitute a “strategy” for countering China’s recent moves. It is, however, a wise way to engage two key audiences to whom Carter was speaking at Shangri-La: other states in the region and China itself. Let me explain.
ReutersThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy during a commemoration ceremony for Chinese soldiers killed during the First Sino-Japanese War, near Liugong island in Weihai, Shandong province, on August 27.In an effort to stoke nationalism and distract its people from a slowing economy, the Chinese government has been acting particularly aggressively in the South China Sea, engaging in territorial disputes with neighbors including Japan.
This is one of the most dangerous games in the world. Tiếp tục đọc “China is using one of the most dangerous conflicts on the planet as a distraction”
