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The Ukraine Raises Jitters in Tokyo
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As if on cue, the US "gave a strong warning to China not to escalate territorial tensions in the Asia-Pacific region if it doesn’t want to face American retaliation. In his statement, a US official used sanctions on Russia over Crimea’s accession as an example." Somehow I suspect the Japanese were hoping for a more response that included a military component as well as economic sanctions. The Times article makes the point that the American defense pact with Japan is far stronger and more binding than the Budapest Declaration on Ukraine. That agreement "simply refers to security assurances for Ukraine that are not defined, and have been widely interpreted as less than a military guarantee of intervention." Also, this: Small Area Open Near Fukushima Quote:
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2014-04-05, 12:46 | Link #33403 | |
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Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'
If this is blackbox of the missing plane, i don't think they will be able to get it before the battery runs out. Had the Malaysian Government been honest at the first place and not stalled things, we could have found the blackbox (Or even survivors) earlier. Fort Hood gunman had 'leave dispute' before shooting Quote:
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2014-04-05, 21:39 | Link #33404 |
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Leftward Shift by Conservative Cleric Leaves Saudis Perplexed:
"When this country’s ultraconservative clerics make news, it is often for embarrassing reasons: unleashing fatwas against soap operas, for instance, or declaring Mickey Mouse to be a “soldier of Satan.” Lately, however, one of the kingdom’s best-known religious figures, Salman al-Awda, has been making a very different kind of trouble. Mr. Awda had something akin to a conversion moment during the Arab uprisings of 2011, and since then has become a passionate promoter of democracy and civic tolerance. He has more than 4.5 million followers on Twitter and several million on his regular YouTube broadcasts, making him a significant thorn in the side of the Saudi monarchy. He can be dangerously blunt, at least by Saudi standards, and the government has made its displeasure clear, barring him from print media, television and foreign travel. “The gulf governments are fighting Arab democracy, because they fear it will come here,” said Mr. Awda, a 57-year-old cleric with a reddish henna-dyed beard and an air of slow-moving serenity. “Look what they have done in Egypt — sending billions of dollars right after the coup last summer. This is a gulf project, not an Egyptian project. And the Saudi government is losing its friends. If it continues on this path, it will lose its own people and invite disaster.”" See: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/05/wo...=67232673&_r=0 |
2014-04-06, 03:27 | Link #33405 |
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Putin's Rejection of the West, in Writing:
"Russia's non-European path should be marked by "the rejection of such principles as multiculturalism and tolerance," according to the draft. "No references to 'creative freedom' and 'national originality' can justify behavior considered unacceptable from the point of view of Russia's traditional value system." That, the document stresses, is not an infringement on basic freedoms but merely the withdrawal of government support from "projects imposing alien values on society." The draft goes on to explain that certain forms of modern art and liberal Western values in general are unacceptable and harmful to society's moral health." See: http://www.bloombergview.com/article...ing?cmpid=yhoo |
2014-04-06, 04:23 | Link #33406 | |
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2014-04-06, 08:13 | Link #33407 | |
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US to Send Two Destroyers to Japan
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Kim makes such a convenient rationale for this move. Sure the DPRK poses a threat to Japan, but my sense is the Japanese are much more concerned about China. So the US can blame the DPRK and avoid having to suggest this move was made to deter further Chinese action in the China Sea. Still, 2017? That sounds like an "assurance" from the US without much immediate effect on the strategic situation in the western Pacific.
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2014-04-06, 09:10 | Link #33409 |
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Especially since they would have a new US president by then, and who knows what the House and Senate would look like. Commitment that is meant to take place in 2017 might as well be set in the infinite far future.
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2014-04-06, 13:54 | Link #33410 | |
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It is so totally high school!
Comment by an American official concerning China's decision to exclude Japan from this year's fleet review at "the Western Pacific Naval Symposium, a biannual meeting of countries that border the Pacific Ocean." The Symposium is meeting in China for the first time. It usually includes a fleet review where the members countries strut their warships for the world to see. This year, China chose not to invite Japan to participate in the review. The US has chosen not to appear either in solidarity with Japan. Quote:
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2014-04-06, 18:52 | Link #33411 | |
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China's behaviour reminded me of kids with rich parents who think they are the king or queen of the school and view their rivals with contempt.
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2014-04-06, 18:58 | Link #33412 |
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We all know what Chinese ambassadors are when it comes to talking a load of crap:
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Exactly as Roy "Chubby" Brown says in the song. Last edited by KiraYamatoFan; 2014-04-06 at 22:47. |
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Maybe it is just their nerves talking. People blurt out stuff when they are scared. Breakingviews: Lafarge-Holcim share jump's gone far enough (5:04)
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2014-04-07, 09:33 | Link #33414 | |
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2014-04-07, 09:59 | Link #33416 | |
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Which Japanese leader would China be "happy" with, for that matter? Because if you are going to make a claim like that, you had to be able to offer an alternative.
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True to the fact that war criminals are enshrined along with ordinary soldiers, a hero of a country will definitely be viewed as a terrorist in another - some politicians would dig up the hatchet and wave it around to score votes. It happens all across the world, not a good reason to hurt bilateral relations. World politics is no different from that of your local cosplay scene. It is somewhat like competitive archaeology where you dig for relics to demean your opponent; and hoping you don't get buried in the hole you just dug out. In this case it is more like both of them dug in the same spot and are now trying to bury each other in it. Japan, Australia clinch trade deal as U.S.-Tokyo talks heat up Quote:
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2014-04-07, 11:35 | Link #33419 |
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A Japanese free man can go where he likes in Japan. I said this before, but if that offends you so much, you can always tell China to pull a Putin and just invade. You have no right to demand the Japanese to do what you want them to do. And if obedience is what you demand for proper relations with Japan, then Japan is right to ignore it.
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2014-04-07, 12:02 | Link #33420 |
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By now, 2014, the Yasukuni Shrine issue should be a non-issue. It is symbolic at best. It doesn't do anything to China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, or the Philippines. It barely does anything in Japan. It doesn't seem like it should stir up trouble anymore since the Emperor isn't going to go there, and Prime Ministers seem to be a yen a dozen this last decade.
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