Beijing reacts to defence secretary James Mattis saying that the US would defend Japan in a conflict with China over disputed Senkaku islands
James Mattis reviews the guard of honour prior to a meeting with Japanese defence minister Tomomi Inada in Tokyo on Saturday. Photograph: Franck Robichon/EPA
Friday 3 February 2017 23.54 EST Last modified on Saturday 4 February 2017 06.09 EST
China has accused the US of putting the stability of the Asia-Pacific at risk after Donald Trump’s defence secretary said Washington would come to Japan’s defence in the event of a conflict with Beijing over the disputed Senkaku islands.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (left) speaks as South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo listens prior to their meeting at Defense Ministry in Seoul Friday. | KIM MIN-HEE / POOL PHOTO VIA AP
Seoul – In an explicit warning to North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Friday said any use of nuclear weapons by the North on the United States or its allies would be met with what he called an “effective and overwhelming” response.
U.S. defense secretaries have long offered assurances to South Korea and Japan that its nuclear “umbrella” will protect them, but Mattis’ statement was perhaps more pointed than most. He made the remarks during an appearance with his South Korean counterpart, Defense Minister Han Min-koo. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. warns North Korea of ‘overwhelming’ response to use of nuclear weapons”→
The American defense secretary, Jim Mattis, left; Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, second right; and the Japanese defense minister, Tomomi Inada, right, in Tokyo on Friday.Credit Pool photo by Eugene Hoshiko
TOKYO — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis assured Japan’s prime minister on Friday that the United States would stand by its mutual defense treaty with the country, despite statements by President Trump during last year’s campaign that suggested he might pull back from American security commitments in Asia.
“I want there to be no misunderstanding during the transition in Washington that we stand firmly, 100 percent, shoulder to shoulder with you and the Japanese people,” Mr. Mattis said at the start of a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Iraqi soldiers in Mosul. “This decision by Trump blows up our liberation efforts of cooperation and coordination with American forces,” one officer said.Credit Ivor Prickett for The New York Times
BAGHDAD — Capt. Ahmed Adnan al-Musawe had survived another day battling Islamic State fighters in Mosul last weekend when he heard startling news: The new American president had temporarily barred Iraqis from entering the United States and wanted tougher vetting.
Captain Musawe, who commands an infantry unit of the Iraqi Army’s elite counterterrorism force, considers himself already fully vetted: He has been trained by American officers in Iraq and in Jordan. And backed by American advisers, he has fought the Islamic State in three Iraqi cities, including three months of brutal street combat in Mosul.
“If America doesn’t want Iraqis because we are all terrorists, then America should send its sons back to Iraq to fight the terrorists themselves,” Captain Musawe told a New York Times reporter who was with him this week at his barricaded position inside Mosul.
President Trump’s Jan. 27 executive order has driven a wedge between many Iraqi soldiers and their American allies. Officers and enlisted men interviewed on the front lines in Mosul said they interpreted the order as an affront — not only to them but also to fellow soldiers who have died in the battle for Mosul.
Hwang Kyo-ahn, the acting leader of South Korea, spoke by phone with President Trump from Seoul on Monday. The call followed North Korea’s warning that it could test an intercontinental ballistic missile “anytime.”Credit Yonhap/European Pressphoto Agency
SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump assured South Korea’s acting president on Monday of the United States’ “ironclad” commitment to defend the country, agreeing with Seoul to strengthen joint defense capabilities against North Korea.
Mr. Trump’s assurances came amid anxiety in South Korea over the future of the alliance with the United States. During his campaign, Mr. Trump cast some doubt on the United States’ defense and trade commitments, saying that South Korea was not paying enough to help keep 28,500 American troops in the country.
But speaking by phone to Hwang Kyo-ahn, the acting president of South Korea, Mr. Trump said that the coming visit to South Korea by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis reflected the close friendship of the two countries and the importance of their alliance. Mr. Mattis is scheduled to visit South Korea on Thursday on his first official trip abroad, which also includes a stop in Japan.
“President Trump reiterated our ironclad commitment to defend the R.O.K., including through the provision of extended deterrence, using the full range of military capabilities,” the White House said in a statement after Mr. Trump’s phone conversation with Mr. Hwang, using the initials for South Korea’s official name, the Republic of Korea.
MANILA – The United States will upgrade and build facilities on Philippine military bases this year, Manila’s defense minister said on Thursday, bolstering an alliance strained by President Rodrigo Duterte’s opposition to a U.S. troop presence.
The Pentagon gave the green light to start the work as part of an Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), a 2014 pact that Duterte has threatened to scrap during barrages of hostility towards the former colonial power.
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.
Kỳ 2: Đến những chuyến tầu bí mật trên biển Caribê
Kỳ 3: Cuộc đấu vẫn tiếp tục
Kỳ 4: Phát hiện kinh hoàng của những chiếc máy bay do thám tầm cao U-2
Kỳ 5: Cuộc khủng hoảng bắt đầu ló dạng
Kỳ 6: Hành động ngăn chặn của quân đội Mỹ
Kỳ 7: Những bức thư qua lại giữa Kennedy và Khrushchev
Kỳ 8: Liên hợp quốc vào cuộc
Kỳ 9: Xuất hiện dấu hiệu xuống thang
Kỳ 10: Lập trường kiên quyết của Cuba
Kỳ 11: Hồi kết của cuộc khủng hoảng
Tổng thống Mỹ Kennedy và nhà lãnh đạo Khrushchev của Liên Xô, hai nhân vật chính trong cuộc khủng hoảng tên lửa Cuba 1962.
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Thứ Năm, 22/08/2013 13:32
BTT – Khủng hoảng tên lửa Cuba (tháng 10/1962) là sự kiện kịch tính nhất trong thời kỳ Chiến tranh Lạnh, từng đẩy Mátxcơva và Oasinhtơn đến bên bờ của một cuộc chiến tranh hạt nhân. Nhưng rốt cuộc, ít người biết được nguyên nhân sâu xa gây ra nó và nhân loại đã thoát ra khỏi thảm họa hạt nhân nhãn tiền đó như thế nào.
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”→
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.
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.
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
Luận án Tiến Sĩ Quốc Gia Khoa Học Chính Trị Đại Học Paris.
“Truyền bá Thiên Chúa giáo, điều nầy đem lợi ích gì cho việc chiếm đất thuộc địa” . không một ai chối cải điều đó, trừ những người có thiên kiến…. Đức ông Guebriant, vị Tổng quản trị bề trên của phái bộ truyền giáo ngoại quốc tại Paris đã viết như thế trong tờ “Thông Tin” số ngày 25-1-1931 (1). Tiếp tục đọc “Đạo Thiên Chúa và Chủ nghĩa thực dân tại Việt Nam”→
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.
