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US warships head for South China Sea after standoff
Tim Reid in Washington
A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.
Mr Obama’s decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...8650.ece
Premier Wen Jiabao voiced confidence in China's economy, saying his government's finances give it room to spend even more to support growth if needed, but expressed concern about the outlook for the U.S. and the safety of its Treasury bonds.
The forceful comments from Mr. Wen's annual press conference -- a rare opportunity for domestic and foreign reporters to ask a top Chinese official questions directly -- helped depress the U.S. dollar and prices of U.S. Treasurys in Asian trading Friday.
online.wsj.com/article/SB...317069.html
A Chinese Puzzle Ball is a ivory sphere of up to seven layers, one within another.
www.radio86.co.uk/explore-l...ftsmanship
This is a pretty good analogy for Chinese politics: The center is mysterious, surrounded by many layers. It can be hard to say what connects to what. In this case, we do not really know whether the premier's suddenly bullish views result from the presence of U.S. warships in the South China Sea. Is China threatening to provoke an economic crisis (worse than the one we have now)? Surely, that would be self-destructive. Already, by depressing the dollar, they are doing real harm to their export market.
The Chinese see their country as the center of the world, around every thing else should revolve . . . but like the outer layer of the puzzle, the Americans are everywhere, have their fingers in everything . . . we suppress what the Chinese consider their natural growth, drawing a border in the Taiwan Strait, challenging them on Tibet . . . now that economic prosperity, the foundation of their government, is in peril, they can hardly afford a confrontation with the United States . . . but allowing the U.S. to cow them in the South China Sea means a loss of face . . . we may see many more such maneuvers in the future, as they seek for openings . . .
Tim Reid in Washington
A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.
Mr Obama’s decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...8650.ece
Premier Wen Jiabao voiced confidence in China's economy, saying his government's finances give it room to spend even more to support growth if needed, but expressed concern about the outlook for the U.S. and the safety of its Treasury bonds.
The forceful comments from Mr. Wen's annual press conference -- a rare opportunity for domestic and foreign reporters to ask a top Chinese official questions directly -- helped depress the U.S. dollar and prices of U.S. Treasurys in Asian trading Friday.
online.wsj.com/article/SB...317069.html
A Chinese Puzzle Ball is a ivory sphere of up to seven layers, one within another.
www.radio86.co.uk/explore-l...ftsmanship
This is a pretty good analogy for Chinese politics: The center is mysterious, surrounded by many layers. It can be hard to say what connects to what. In this case, we do not really know whether the premier's suddenly bullish views result from the presence of U.S. warships in the South China Sea. Is China threatening to provoke an economic crisis (worse than the one we have now)? Surely, that would be self-destructive. Already, by depressing the dollar, they are doing real harm to their export market.
The Chinese see their country as the center of the world, around every thing else should revolve . . . but like the outer layer of the puzzle, the Americans are everywhere, have their fingers in everything . . . we suppress what the Chinese consider their natural growth, drawing a border in the Taiwan Strait, challenging them on Tibet . . . now that economic prosperity, the foundation of their government, is in peril, they can hardly afford a confrontation with the United States . . . but allowing the U.S. to cow them in the South China Sea means a loss of face . . . we may see many more such maneuvers in the future, as they seek for openings . . .
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