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Japan Answers China's Warning Over Island's
Airspace (2013-11-26)
(New
York Times, By Martin Fackler) Matching China’s stern language with warnings of
his own, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan vowed to defend his nation’s
airspace after China declared an air defense zone over a disputed group of
islands in the East China Sea.
ROC in Contact with Japan, US on New Air Zone (2013-11-26)
(China
Post) Taiwan's government has established close contact with the United States
and Japan following China's demarcation of an East China Sea ADIZ that includes
the disputed Diaoyutai Islands, the foreign minister said.
Take Steps against China's ADIZ Move: DPP (2013-11-26)
(Taipei
Times) China’s demarcation of an East China Sea ADIZ is a clear act of
expansionism that risks destabilizing the Asia-Pacific region and the world’s
failure to take substantial actions will only embolden China to launch military
aggression against its neighbors, the DPP said.
China's ADIZ Not Connected to Sovereignty:
Ma (2013-11-27)
(Taipei
Times) President Ma Ying-jeou said that China’s declaration of an ADIZ over an
area of the East China Sea does not involve “air space” or “territorial
sovereignty,” but that Taiwan will express its “serious” concern to China and
other parties.
U.S. Sends Two B-52 Bombers into Air Zone Claimed by
China (2013-11-27)
(New
York Times, By Thom Shanker) Defying China, two long-range American bombers flew
through contested airspace over the East China Sea.
US Affirms Support for Japan in Islands Dispute with
China (2013-11-28)
(Reuters,
By Mark Felsebthal and David Alexander) U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
assured his Japanese counterpart in a phone call that the two nations' defense
pact covered the small islands where China established a new airspace defense
zone.
After Challenge, China Seems to Backpedal on Air
Zone (2013-11-28)
(New
York Times, By Jane Perlez) If China has been trying to drive a wedge between
Washington and the Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, their
strategy seems to have backfired, at least for now.
Taiwan Conveys ADIZ Position to US
Officials (2013-11-29)
(CNA)
Taipei has conveyed its position on China's newly declared air defense
identification zone (ADIZ) to Washington, Taiwan's deputy representative to the
United States said.
China Sends Warplanes into Air Defense
Zone (2013-11-29)
(AP,
By Christopher Bodeen) China said it sent warplanes into its newly declared
maritime air defense zone days after the U.S., South Korea and Japan all sent
flights through the airspace in broadening defiance of rules Beijing says it has
imposed over the East China Sea.
Taiwan Conveys ‘Serious Concern’ Over
ADIZ (2013-11-30)
(CNA)
Taiwan's Executive Yuan on Friday expressed “serious concern” over China's
demarcation of an air defense identification zone, the Cabinet's first official
indication of Taiwan's stance since China claimed the zone.
Airlines Urged by U.S. to Give Notice to China (2013-11-30)
(New
York Times, By Peter Baker and Jane Perlez) While the United States continued to
defy China by sending military planes into the zone unannounced, administration
officials said they had made the decision to urge civilian planes to adhere to
Beijing’s new rules in part because they worried about an unintended
confrontation.
Japan Says It's in Step with U.S. on China
Move (2013-12-01)
(Wall
Street Journal, By Tatsuo Ito) Japan's defense minister denied that differences
have emerged between Washington and Tokyo over the response to China's
declaration of a new air-defense zone.
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Watch This Space: China's New Air Defense Zone (2013-11-25)
(China
Real Time Report, By Andrew Erickson) The key issue is howChina
defines, patrols and invokes its ADIZ. Here, there are already problematic
signs, and Chinese officials have chosen thus far to deny rather than
acknowledge them.
East China Sea Air Defense Move: What for and Why
Now? (2013-11-27)
(China
Brief 13(24), Jamestown Foundation, By David Cohen) This move is clearly
calculated, planned at a high level and carefully timed. This raises two main
questions: What is it meant to accomplish, and why now?
The B-52s Reply to Beijing (2013-11-27)
(Wall
Street Journal) Beijing is a master of bully-and-bluff tactics, pushing
adversaries into a position where they must choose between capitulation or
conflict. But it may have overreached this time, since the new zone all but
obliged the U.S. and Japan to respond.
Chinese Claim Forces Obama to Flesh out His Asia
Strategy (2013-11-28)
(New
York Times, By Mark Landler) What isn’t clear is whether the Obama
administration see this as a Japan-China problem that needs to be managed or as
part of a longer-term test of wills with Beijing.
US Must Take Action: Academic (2013-11-29)
(Taipei
Times, By William Loather) Unless the US takes drastic action now, China will
dramatically expand its control over Asian airspace a leading US academic
predicted.
China's Gradual Expansion in the East China Sea Poses a Challenge
to Japan (2013-12-01)
(Washington
Post, By Chico Harlan) In most cases, China’s fundamental maritime strategy —
one in which it forges into new areas, withstands the initial fury, and turns
groundbreaking gambits into commonplace activity, has worked.
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America’s Future in Asia (2013-11-21)
(Georgetown
University, Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by National Security Advisor Susan
E. Rice) Rebalancing toward the Asia Pacific remains a cornerstone of the Obama
Administration’s foreign policy. No matter how many hotspots emerge elsewhere,
we will continue to deepen our enduring commitment to this critical region. Our
friends in Asia deserve and will continue to get our highest level
attention.
Imitation Is the Securest Form of
Flattery (2013-11-26)
(Foreign
Policy, By Isaac Stone Fish) Since taking office in November 2012, Xi has
instituted a number of policies that demonstrate a solidification of control of
the Communist Party and a streamlining of China's bureaucracy. But, in doing so
he's liberally borrowing from the U.S. government's institutional hierarchy and
best practices.
Washington Rediscovers Asia (2013-11-30)
(The
Diplomat, By Elizabeth C. Economy) Over the past few weeks, Obama administration
officials have unleashed a barrage of Asia-related speeches, commentaries, and
initiatives that should reassure all concerned that the region will remain a
centerpiece of the new foreign policy team’s agenda.
Chinese Reform, U.S. Stasis (2013-11-26)
(New
York Times, By Stephen S. Roach) The restructuring suggested by China’s Third
Plenum is an enormous opportunity for growth-starved economies like the United
States’. But that won’t happen unless American leaders have the vision and
commitment to restore competitiveness through savings, innovation and
investment.
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DPP Supporters Are Struggling with New China Policy:
Survey (2013-11-30)
(Taipei
Times) DPP supporters appeared to be struggling with the party’s position toward
Beijing as a considerable percentage of them agreed that a revised and more
moderate China policy would likely increase the party’s chances of returning to
power, a survey showed.
Cross-Strait Taxation Agreement Ready to Be
Signed (2013-11-26)
(China
Post) Finance Minister Chang Sheng-ford said that the governments of Taiwan and
mainland China have reached a consensus regarding the cross-strait taxation
agreement.
ARATS Chairman Arrives in Taiwan (2013-11-27)
(China
Post) Chen Deming, chairman of the Association of Relations Across the Taiwan
Straits, arrived in Taiwan with a team of economic and trade experts for an
eight-day visit.
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China Carrier Steams towards Disputed Waters (2013-11-27)
(Reuters)
China sent its sole aircraft carrier on a training mission into the South China
Sea amid maritime disputes with the Philippines and other neighbors and tension
over its plan to set up an airspace defense zone in waters disputed with
Japan.
Ministy Makes Light of China Carrier's
Passage (2013-11-29)
(Taipei
Times) The Ministry of National Defense confirmed that the Chinese aircraft
carrier Liaoning passed through the Taiwan Strait — without crossing its median
line — en route to the South China Sea.
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