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From Xinhua: China’s leading national newspaper, People’s Daily, carried a signed article Sunday calling for the Chinese people to maintain social stability for the building of a harmonious society. “Today’s world is not placid and there exist frictions and problems of various kinds; our endeavor to boost reform and construction is far from being a […]
Read MoreFrom the San Jose Mercury News: The nationalist fervor evident in the anti-Japanese protests surging through Chinese cities this past week is genuine. But it is also being carefully orchestrated by the communist government in Beijing to assert China’s claim to leadership in Asia. Behind this standoff lies a more subtle challenge to the United […]
Read MoreESWN writes: For the April 9, 2005 demonstration in Beijing, there is the suggestion that the government had a firm hand, including busing the demonstrators back home afterwards… But on April 16, 2005, there was a massive demonstration in Shanghai. All the evidence suggested that this was an undirected and therefore disorganized event. How would […]
Read MoreAccording to AP: China’s foreign minister on Sunday rejected Tokyo’s demand for an apology for damage to Japanese diplomatic missions in violent protests, telling his Japanese counterpart that Beijing had done nothing for which it had to apologize to Japan’s people. Meanwhile, Geo News reports that, “Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura will ‘strongly protest’ to […]
Read MoreA new report entitled “Crisis on the China Rim: An Economic, Crude Oil, and Military Analysis” by Laguna Research is available for free download from Research Connect: There is a crisis rising on the China Rim, a crisis made of economic imbalances, energy insecurities, ancient hatreds, and unsettled scores. The catalyst for this crisis is […]
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