The media’s new converts to civic freedom over the Pussy Riot and Assange asylum affairs show a jingoism blind to US abuses It’s because feigning concern for these oppressive measures is a convenient instrument for…
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US President Barack Obama has a stern warning for the country of Syria. In an address made early Monday, the commander-in-chief confirmed that he has not ruled out an offensive strike on Bashar al-Assad and…
Israel’s Channel 10 suggests, in no uncertain terms, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “determined to attack Iran before the US elections” and that the “time for action is getting closer.” “Israel is now closer than…
Mainland / overseas US academics called on the U.S. government to speak of the South China Sea issue should be carefully The letter pointed out that the South China Sea issue a statement issued by the U.S. State Department is outdated and inconsistent with the facts, but also irresponsible. Unreasonable demands and attempt to change the sovereignty of the status-quo in the South China Sea countries, issued a false and illusory signal. Peace in the South China Sea and the Asia-Pacific region, lead to instability. A world of turmoil and instability, not peace-loving nation’s Asian and Pacific Islander people would like to see. The U.S. government should give full consideration to the perception of the nation’s ethnic Chinese populations. Chinese people in America know that the so-called disputed area in the South China Sea has always been China’s inherent territory, but also in various international conferences and international conventions have a common understanding.
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea has successfully completed its second transition of leadership since it was founded in 1948. The unexpected death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011 caught many western foreign ministries and…
A Swedish documentary filmmaker released a film last year called “Last Chapter—Goodbye Nicaragua.” In it he admitted that he unknowingly facilitated a bombing, almost certainly orchestrated by the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, which took the…
Subsequent to the dissolution of the USSR, the peaceful transition of Hong Kong from British to Chinese sovereignty and the subsequent opening of the Chinese market for Western investors, a superficial analysis may lead to…
As Asia becomes more prosperous it spends proportionally more of its new wealth on defense. All regional actors get increasingly concerned about the ability to protect their economic interests to ensure sustainable growth. The disputed…
The disparity between human rights in the west and in the east is astonishing My heart goes out to the three Russian women who comprise the Russian rock band, Pussy Riot. They were brutally deceived…
US Provoking China Militarily in Both Rhetoric and Policy: The US accused China of militarizing the region, when Washington is the one doing the militarizing Recent US statements criticizing China for militarizing the South China Sea area have been bitterly rejected by Chinese authorities, who view Washington as doing the militarizing and trying to provoke China. Tensions between various Asian countries have been on the rise over territorial disputes and Washington keeps sticking its nose in where it doesn’t belong in an attempt to undercut its global competitor, China. “Judging from the outrage coming from China at being singled out, after Vietnam and the Philippines had taken steps, without being criticized, to secure resources in the contested sea before China’s own actions, the US statement seems to be backfiring,” Douglas H. Paal of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.