The Chinese know why the U.S. is bombing Libya but not challenging Bahrain and Yemen: Bahrain hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, and Yemen’s port of Aden provides access to the Red Sea.
Is the Libya Intervention Directed at China?
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True Reason for China’s Appeal to American Industry Even More Shameful Than Low Wages
The real story of why American industry moves to China may never be told in the mainstream media.
Food Security and National Security
Sounding the alarm about various threats posed by a rising China has become a cottage industry among pundits and politicians. One of the oldest warnings is that China’s increasing demand for food will wreak havoc on international markets, causing mass starvation in food-importing countries. But this concern ignores the safeguards China has in place for food shortages and the lessons the rest of the world could learn from this approach.
Beijing and Washington: Things That Go Bang
On the surface, the antagonism between China and the United States resembles the imperial competition between Britain and Germany at end of the 19th century. But the world of 2011 is very different than in 1914. It is far more connected, far more interdependent, with the consequences from rivalries far more dangerous. Now every time either side brings in its military, tensions increase and solutions turn elusive.
As Egypt Protesters Look to U.S. in Vain, Remembering Another Lost Opportunity
U.S. support for an authoritarian regime is by no means a new phenomenon nor is it peculiar to the Middle East.
WikiLeaks XXXIV: Hu a “Cautious, Vacillating Leader” (Who Does That Sound Like?)
As in the United States, the military and big business in China aren’t shy about challenging the executive office.
Is China Greening Africa?
Is China smartening up its environmental and social act in Africa? It certainly wants to be seen as doing just that. One telling example was the recent Chinese government-sponsored ‘top Chinese enterprises in Africa’ competition, won by China Road and Bridge Corporation [CRBC].
The China-Philippines-U.S. Triangle
The United States is, by far, the Philippines’ most important strategic security partner. China’s ascent as a regional Asia Pacific powerhouse, coupled with the relative decline of the United States, has threatened to reconfigure this equation. Yet China’s growing assertiveness over territorial claims from Northeast Asia to the South China Sea might also unravel two decades of its relatively successful charm offensive, which calmed the nerves of many anxious Southeast Asian nations. Any display of aggression by China in the South China Sea could compromise its relations with the Philippines.
Japan May Become Both More Independent and More Allied With the U.S.
The attempt to revise the weapons export ban is part of a dual-hedge strategy of Japan’s defense policy and its alliance with the United States.
WikiLeaks XII: If It Had Its Druthers, Would North Korea Take the U.S. Over China?
North Korea may feel that the time has come to establish relations with the United States as a hedge against unpredictable future relations with Beijing.