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US, China face off with sanctions, censure over Taiwan, Iran
The United States and China are locked in an escalating row over US arms sales to Taiwan. The row was sparked by a 6.4 billion-dollar sale of missiles, helicopters, ships and other weaponry. -
NYT: In Japan, US losing diplomatic ground to China
The New York Times gives an overview report today on the recent straining of US-Japan relations and concurrent thawing of China-Japan relations. Since last year’s election, there have been a flurry of diplomatic visits between China and Japan. The Yoimuri Shimbun even cited an anonymous diplomatic source that said there could [...] -
Clinton cancels remainder of Asia tour to deal with Haiti crisis
News sources are now reporting that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has canceled the remainder of her Asia trip to deal with the crisis in Haiti. The trip would have taken her to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Secretary of State Clinton called the long history of natural disasters that continue to trouble Haiti [...] -
US announces pragmatic human rights approach for China, Russia
Agence France Presse reports: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a pragmatic stance on human rights in China and Russia, saying it is sometimes better to raise problems with them “behind closed doors.” The chief US diplomat’s speech sparked concern from leading human rights group Amnesty International, even as her spokesman urged China publicly to immediately [...] -
Koreas, US, China to discuss peace treaty
AFP reports: SEOUL (AFP) – The United States and North Korea agreed to discuss a peace treaty on the Korean peninsula at four-nation talks involving the two nations, China and South Korea, a news report said Sunday. The “common understanding” was reached when US envoy Stephen Bosworth visited Pyongyang from December 8 to 10, Yonhap news agency [...] -
Developed, developing countries clash at Copenhagen conference
AFP reports that a major rift has surfaced at the ongoing climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. An early draft text proposed by Denmark infuriated developing countries, including China and India. China accused developed nations of shirking their responsibilities to address climate change. Chinese envoy Yu Qingtai accused rich countries of a “lack of sincerity” in meeting [...] -
US envoy to visit Pyongyang on Asia-Russia tour
AFP reports that US envoy Stephen Bosworth will visit Pyongyang next week at the start of an Asia-Russia tour aimed at bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament negotiations, officials said Thursday. Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, said Bosworth will arrive in the North Korean capital on Tuesday before traveling to Seoul on December 10, [...] -
Seoul not optimistic on US-North Korea talks
SEOUL: South Korea sees prospects for a US-North Korean meeting next month as “dark” because Pyongyang has yet to promise to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, a news report said Sunday. Stephen Bosworth, US special representative for North Korean policy, is scheduled to visit the communist state on December 8 with an aim to persuading [...] -
India: India, US sign clean tech deal
The US and India have signed a deal in Washington, DC aimed at promoting the development of green technology. The deal comes in the runup to the UN conference on climate change scheduled for Copenhagen for December 7-18. The details of the entire proposal have yet to be released. Clinton said only that India and the [...] -
US, China stress cooperation on world issues, broach divides
BEIJING: US President Barack Obama and China’s Hu Jintao Tuesday pledged to apply their joint political might to the world’s toughest problems, but friction was evident on Tibet, economics and Iran. In solemn talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the high point of Obama’s debut visit to China, the leaders ploughed through [...]
