Why Are So Many Americans So Wrong About China?

Posted by Matt in March 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Banking Sector, China Today, Coastal Provinces, Communism, Corruption, Economic Crisis, Foxnews, Gap, Leadership, Loans, Nationalism, New Leaders, Pendulum Swing, Shanghai Banking, Taiwan, Transparency, United States

Today, China is heading for another pendulum swing towards economic crisis and anti-Western nationalism. The Shanghai banking sector is filled with corruption, lack of transparency and bad loans. The gap between the booming coastal provinces and the still poor interior remains huge. Communism as an ideology has been displaced by surging nationalism.
A major economic crisis [...]

China’s hawks demand cold war on the US – Times Online

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Favorites, New Cold War, Army And Navy, Barack Obama, beijing, Beijing China, Change Internet, China And America, China War, Chinese Language, climate change, Cold-War, Foes, Hawks, Human Rights, Independent Survey, Internet Freedom, Language Media, Military Showdown, Navy Officers, New War, Political Leaders, poll, Sunday Times, Taiwan, Three Months, Tibet

MORE than half of Chinese people questioned in a poll believe China and America are heading for a new “cold war”.
The finding came after battles over Taiwan, Tibet, trade, climate change, internet freedom and human rights which have poisoned relations in the three months since President Barack Obama made a fruitless visit to Beijing.
An independent [...]

With Arms for Taiwan, U.S. Sends Beijing a Message – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in January 31st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, Arms Sales, beijing, China Policy, Heart, News Analysis, Nytimes, Sales Package, Taiwan, United States, United Strike

Now, the Obama administration has started to push back. In announcing an arms sales package to Taiwan worth $6 billion on Friday, the United States leveled a direct strike at the heart of the most sensitive diplomatic issue between the two countries since America affirmed the “one China” policy in 1972.
News Analysis – With [...]

China issues warning over US arms sales to Taiwan – BusinessWeek

Posted by Matt in January 27th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, Black Hawk, Businessweek, China Issues, Cooperation, Failure, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Gravity, Hawk, Hawk Helicopters, News Conference, Patriot Missiles, Taiwan, Ties, Weapon Sales

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu warned that the Obama administration risked damaging ties with China if it proceeds with the arms package deal, which is likely to include Black Hawk helicopters and Patriot missiles.
“Once again, we urge the U.S. side to recognize the sensitivity of weapon sales to Taiwan and its gravity,” Ma told reporters [...]

China: Relations with US come under new strain

Posted by Matt in January 26th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, China Relations, Chinese Currency, Copenhagen, Governments, Iran, Last Minute, Taiwan, Trade Disputes

The two governments are still reeling from the bruising events at Copenhagen when the much-criticised final agreement was achieved only after tense last-minute haggling.
There is a growing list of trade disputes between the two, although most have been over small issues. Moreover, the temperature of the long-running argument over the level of the Chinese currency [...]

Analysis: China plays hardball – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in January 20th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, China, Cnn, Dalai Lama, Decline Of America, Economic Point, Economy, Foreign Policy Magazine, Global Economic Crisis, Hardball, Historian, Japan, Jonathan, Jonathan Fenby, Niall-Ferguson, Patriot Missiles, Point Of View, Signs, Taiwan, Upheaval, White House

Historian Niall Ferguson wrote in last year’s Foreign Policy magazine (Mar/Apr) that we have entered the age of upheaval with the start of the global economic crisis and the decline of America. Now we have China showing signs that it will increasingly fill the void.
Get ready for a few difficult months ahead when the U.S. [...]

China Says Missile Defense System Test Successful – TIME

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Missiles, Giant, Mid Flight, Military Capabilities, Missile Defense System, New Technology, System Test, Taiwan, Tensions, Time China, Willingness

China announced that its military intercepted a missile in mid-flight Monday in a test of new technology that comes amid heightened tensions over Taiwan and increased willingness by the Asian giant to show off its advanced military capabilities.
China Says Missile Defense System Test Successful – TIME

Taiwan company: China provided Iran with nuclear part | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in January 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Iran, Nuclear, Iran Company, Iran News, Iran Nuclear, Iranian News, Islamic Republic, Jerusalem Post, Sensitive Components, Taiwan, Taiwan China, Taiwan Company, Taiwanese Company, Un Sanctions

A Taiwanese company agreed to a request from a firm in China to procure sensitive components with nuclear uses, then shipped them to Iran, the firm’s head said Friday. Such transactions violate UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic.
Taiwan company: China provided Iran with nuclear part | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Rethinking the Pacific – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in December 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Geopolitical, Contributor, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, Nytimes, Opposition, Scant Interest, South-Korea, Taiwan, United States

Can the United States afford keeping 50,000 service personnel in Japan and another 28,000 in Korea? Can South Korea not defend itself, at least against conventional attack, from an impoverished North? For how long will Japan be allowed to hide behind a U.S. nuclear shield while proclaiming its opposition to nuclear weapons? Should the United [...]

Tame China now or face war later – upiasia.com

Posted by Matt in November 13th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in China, Aims, Ambitions, Backstabbing, China War, Consequences, Face, Japan, Military Power, Modernization, Pearl-Harbor, Qualms, State Of Arunachal Pradesh, Taiwan, United States, world-war-II

The United States set China on the course to modernization and military power, but Chinese ambitions are running far ahead of the country’s publicly stated aims. It has no qualms about retaking Taiwan or the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is time the United States tames China to avoid consequences like Japan’s backstabbing when [...]