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China’s 60th Anniversary celebration a few weeks back was a monumental spectacle by any standard. Hundreds of thousands of troops, schoolchildren and civilians meticulously rehearsed months in advance. Jets, tanks and missile-toting trucks filed through in a show of military muscle, displaying China’s transformation from a war-battered regional player into [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 2

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The George H.W. Bush and Clinton administrations each produced Asia strategy reports outlining their visions and overall strategy for Asia, coalescing around a catch phrase that would guide U.S. policy. In 2005, former US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick announced his idea that China become a “responsible stakeholder”, calling for Beijing to [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 5

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President Obama’s recent trip to China was harshly criticized by the Western media as having been a “failure”. Among the criticisms: he was too deferential; he didn’t speak out enough on human rights; he failed to press Beijing firmly on revaluing its currency; he achieved no concrete results on Iran or North Korea….and the [...]

Posted on August 9th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 2

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China’s military has made dramatic progress in space over the past decade and the goals of its program remain unclear, a top US general said on Tuesday.
Citing Beijing’s advances in space, General Kevin Chilton, head of US Strategic Command, said it was crucial to cultivate US-China military relations to better understand China’s intentions.
“With regard [...]

Posted on August 4th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, 9／11, Arms Sales, Business Ethics, China's Military, Cross-Strait Relations, Dalai Lama, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economy, FDI, Food Scandals, Hu Jintao, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Labor, Labor Contract Law, Land Reform, Media Reform, Natural Disasters, One-Child Policy, Politics, Reform and Opening, Taiwan, Terrorism, Three Gorges Dam, Tibet, US-China Relations, Uighers, Uncategorized, Wen Jiabao, Wenchuan earthquake, Xinjiang. Comments: 2

From today’s NY Times:
“President Obama on Saturday selected one of the nation’s leading Republican governors to serve as the ambassador to China, nominating Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. of Utah for a diplomatic post that Mr. Obama called “as important as any in the world.” The decision renewed Mr. Obama’s sometimes rocky efforts to reach [...]

Posted on May 16th, 2009 under Politics, US-China Relations. Comments: 2

Just when it appeared military relations between the United States and China were beginning to enter a more conciliatory phase, you have incidents like the USNS Impeccable flare-up two weeks ago to remind us how easily tensions can arise.
It was only last month in Beijing that the United States and China conducted high level military [...]

Posted on March 22nd, 2009 under China's Military, US-China Relations. Comments: 3

Timothy Geithner’s warning this Thursday that President Barack Obama believes China is “manipulating” its currency may trigger renewed tensions between two of the world’s biggest economies.
Geithner, Obama’s nominee for Treasury secretary, also told senators the administration will press China to “adopt a more aggressive stimulus package” to boost its domestic economy. The remarks on manipulation [...]

Posted on January 24th, 2009 under Economic Policy, Economy, US-China Relations. Comments: None

For a full explanation, see the NY Times article here.
What is funny about this, besides the hapless anchorwoman and pundit forced to suddenly ad-lib and talk about the “economic challenges that Obama faces”, is that the term “Communism” was almost certainly in reference to the former USSR and not China. But when [...]

Posted on January 21st, 2009 under Media Reform, US-China Relations. Comments: None

It looks as though China’s major media conglomerates are making large-scale efforts to expand their reach and influence overseas, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday.  China’s three major media networks, CCTV, Xinhua, and The China Daily have been meeting with media consultants and advisers on how best to expand their global reach and enhance [...]

Posted on January 14th, 2009 under 2008 Beijing Olympics, Economy, Food Scandals, Human Rights, Media Reform, US-China Relations. Comments Off