Conversations on Vietnam Development
Lee Hsien Loong at the G20 on Dec. 1, 2018
The relationship between Washington and Beijing has sunk to such a “very dangerous” level with no sign of tensions easing after the next U.S. presidential election, the prime minister of Singapore said Tuesday. Tiếp tục đọc “Singapore PM: U.S.-Chinese Relations at ‘Very Dangerous’ Level”
The United States has ramped up its aerial reconnaissance of the Chinese coast and the
South China Sea to record levels, according to a Beijing-based think tank. In the past week alone, US air force E-8C surveillance planes were spotted closer than 100 nautical miles to the southeast coast of Guangdong province on four separate occasions, the South China Sea Strategic Situation Probing Initiative (SCSPI) said. Tiếp tục đọc “US puts record number of eyes in the skies off China coast in July”
By ALICE SU, TRACY WILKINSONJULY 26, 202010:29 AMBEIJING — LATimes
Fears are rising on both sides of the Pacific that the U.S. and China could be headed for a total breakdown of relations and even outright conflict within the next few months.
As the two powers ordered the closure of each other’s consulates in Houston and Chengdu last week amid allegations of espionage, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo called for the end of “engagement,” a policy that has defined U.S.-China relations for nearly five decades — and is considered one of the Republican establishment’s most important foreign-policy achievements in recent history.
“We, the freedom-loving nations of the world, must induce China to change,” Pompeo said in a speech delivered Thursday at a pointedly chosen site, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda. Nixon was the first president to reach out to China, in 1972.
Tiếp tục đọc “News Analysis: How bad could U.S.-China relations get?”
Yeo Jun Wei, also known as Dickson Yeo, entered his plea in federal court in Washington to one charge of operating illegally as a foreign agent.
Tiếp tục đọc “Singaporean Yeo Jun Wei pleads guilty in US to working for Chinese intelligence”
US Secretary of State Pompeo Delivers a Speech on China at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library (July 23, 2020)
Also, Secretary Pompeo remarks to the media (July 16, 2020)
Secretary Pompeo Delivers a Speech on “Unalienable Rights and the Securing of Freedom” (July 16, 2020) at min. 11:18
Attorney General Barr’s Remarks on China Policy at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum (July 17, 2020)
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See also: Second Cold War
Michael D. Swaine argued in 2019 that:The U.S.-China relationship is confronting its most daunting challenge in the forty years since the two countries established diplomatic ties. Current trends portend steadily worsening relations over the long term, with increasingly adverse consequences for all actors involved. Specifically, Beijing and Washington are transitioning from a sometimes contentious yet mutually beneficial relationship to an increasingly antagonistic, mutually destructive set of interactions. The often positive and optimistic forces, interests, and beliefs that sustained bilateral ties for decades are giving way to undue pessimism, hostility, and a zero-sum mindset in almost every area of engagement.[200]
Tiếp tục đọc “Rapid deterioration of US-China relations”By Kylie Atwood, Nicole Gaouette and Jennifer Hansler, CNN
Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT) July 24, 2020
Washington (CNN)Senior US government officials said Friday that a Chinese scientist who had been hiding in the country’s San Francisco consulate after accusations of visa fraud is now in US custody and also charged that Beijing has been using its diplomatic outposts to run an espionage network to steal intellectual property from US businesses, universities and research centers.Tang Juan, a researcher who said she was focusing on biology, “was a fugitive from justice until last night,” a senior Justice Department official said, but has now been charged in Sacramento. The circumstances of Tang’s arrest were not clear, but she has not been charged with espionage.US officials made the announcement just hours before Washington’s deadline for Beijing to shutter its consulate in Houston, a move that triggered China to retaliate Friday by demanding the US close its consulate in Chengdu.Prosecutors earlier this week said that Tang concealed her connection to China’s military in order to enter the US, lied to federal investigators about those links and subsequently tried to avoid arrest by taking refuge in the San Francisco consulate.During an interview with FBI agents on June 20, “Tang denied serving in the Chinese military, claimed she did not know the meaning of the insignia on her uniform, and that wearing a military uniform was required for attendance at FMMU because it was a military school,” attorneys wrote in a July 20 court filing.
Tiếp tục đọc “Chinese fugitive taken into custody as US claims Houston consulate was a part of espionage network”Beijing says move is a ‘legitimate and necessary response’ to Washington’s order to close Chinese consulate in Houston.30 minutes ago
![Wang Wenbin says 'malicious slander' is behind US order to close Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas [Ng Han Guan/ AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2020/7/24/a4e742b193d747f5b0ab15870a1ab14f_18.jpg "China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu")
Tiếp tục đọc “China orders closure of US consulate in Chengdu”
The presidential order under consideration would be based on the same statute in the Immigration and Nationality Act used in a 2017 travel ban on several predominantly Muslim countries.
By Paul Mozur and
The Trump administration is considering a sweeping ban on travel to the United States by members of the Chinese Communist Party and their families, according to people familiar with the proposal, a move that would almost certainly prompt retaliation against Americans seeking to enter or remain in China and exacerbate tensions between the two nations.
The presidential proclamation, still in draft form, could also authorize the United States government to revoke the visas of party members and their families who are already in the country, leading to their expulsion. Some proposed language is also aimed at limiting travel to the United States by members of the People’s Liberation Army and executives at state-owned enterprises, though many of them are likely to also be party members.
Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. Weighs Sweeping Travel Ban on Chinese Communist Party Members”
Hong Kong/Washington (CNN Business)The United States is “looking at” banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.
President Trump promised to punish the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials who were responsible for eviscerating Hong Kong’s freedoms. Today, we are taking action to do just that.
The CCP has stepped up efforts to undermine Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy by announcing Beijing’s authority to “supervise” Hong Kong’s governance, accusing at least one member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council of misconduct, and moving to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong. Beijing’s continued actions undermine its commitments and obligations in the Sino-British Joint Declaration to respect Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy. At the same time, Beijing continues to undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong by putting pressure on local authorities to arrest pro-democracy activists and disqualify pro-democracy electoral candidates. Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. Department of State Imposes Visa Restrictions on Chinese Communist Party Officials for Undermining Hong Kong’s High Degree of Autonomy and Restricting Human Rights”
Relations are in free fall. Lines are being drawn. As the two superpowers clash over technology, territory and clout, a new geopolitical era is dawning.
By Steven Lee Myers and
One by one, the United States has hit at the core tenets of Xi Jinping’s vision for a rising China ready to assume the mantle of superpower.
In a matter of weeks, the Trump administration has imposed sanctions over punitive policies in Hong Kong and China’s western region of Xinjiang. It took new measures to suffocate Chinese innovation by cutting it off from American technology and pushing allies to look elsewhere. On Monday, it challenged China’s claims in the South China Sea, setting the stage for sharper confrontation.
Tiếp tục đọc “Caught in ‘Ideological Spiral,’ U.S. and China Drift Toward Cold War”
DANH ĐỨC – 12.04.2020, 11:00
TTCT – Ca khúc In the year 2525 (Vào năm 2525) ra mắt năm 1968 của bộ đôi người Mỹ Zager và Evans có đoạn: “Nếu quý ông còn sống, quý bà còn sống… sẽ là nhờ máy móc đó”. Có ai ngờ từ năm 2020 này, lời dự báo đấy đã thành sự thật!
Làm thế nào mà từ ca nhiễm đầu tiên được ghi nhận tại Mỹ hôm 20-1 – một phụ nữ 35 tuổi về từ Vũ Hán trước đó năm ngày, chín ngày sau lực lượng đặc nhiệm chống dịch đã được nhanh chóng thành lập (29-1), hai ngày sau nữa ban bố tình trạng khẩn cấp (31-1), mà đúng hai tháng sau, Tổng thống Donald Trump phải đọc một đoạn văn tế cho sức mạnh kinh tế và khoa học vĩ đại của Hoa Kỳ? Tiếp tục đọc “Một cuộc chiến khác của tổng tư lệnh Donald Trump”
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Keith Bliss, phó chủ tịch cấp cao Cuttone & Co., phân tích trên Yahoo News: “Trung Quốc hiểu khá rõ cách thức họ điều chỉnh đồng tiền để có được những thứ nhất định. Họ nghĩ là họ có trong tay đòn bẩy. Có thể mô tả là họ dùng đồng nhân dân tệ cả như thanh gươm và lá chắn. Tiếp tục đọc “Vì sao chiến tranh tiền tệ nguy hiểm hơn thương chiến”
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