President Barack Obama
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Don’t let China hold trade sway in Asia, US president Barack Obama warns
The United States and not China should write the trade rules for Asia, US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday night as he called on his country to speed up regional trade deals. In his annual State of the Union address in Washington, Obama warned that if China prevailed, American workers and businesses would be […]
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US, Japan, Australia Boost Maritime Cooperation
Australia, Brisbane, China, G20, Japan, Joint Military Exercises, President Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea Dispute, USAFor the first time since 2007, the leaders of the United States, Australia, and Japan met on the sidelines of the G20 conference in Brisbane, Australia and agreed to deepen their military cooperation. Specifically, U.S. President Barack Obama, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to deepen their cooperation on […]
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US, Japan, Australia take aim at China, Russia on G20 sidelines
Australia, Brisbane, China, East China Sea, G20, Japan, President Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea Dispute, USAThe United States, Japan and Australia all took aim at China and Russia at the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in Brisbane, Australia, says Duowei News, a US-based Chinese political news outlet. The final day of the G20 summit on Nov. 16 had been slated for a discussion about economic growth and developing employment opportunities, […]
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Australia, US, Japan discuss security ties
Brisbane, China, G20, Japan, President Barack Obama, Shinzo Abe, Silk Road, South China Sea Dispute, USAThe US, Australia and Japan have renewed vows on tripartite security cooperation and urged peaceful resolutions of maritime disputes, an allusion to China’s territorial rows with its neighbors. This developed as Beijing continues to advocate a dual-track approach for the settlement of disputes in the South China Sea, and rejects all external interference. Meeting in […]
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Brisbane speech underlines Obama’s increasingly tough tone on China
Yesterday in Brisbane US President Barack Obama reaffirmed the Asian Pivot/Rebalance (transcript) which he presented in Canberra three years ago. But in doing so he presented a view of Asia’s future, and especially of US-China relations, which was starker and darker than he gave in 2011. This makes the speech rather important. When future historians […]
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Vietnam Premier Calls for South China Sea Restraint
Artificial Islands, China, President Barack Obama, Reclamation, South China Sea Dispute, USA, VietnamVietnam’s premier called on countries not to alter rocks and shoals in the South China Sea and warned that improperly-handled disputes with China risk damaging bilateral relations between the two nations. Countries should refrain from “actions that would complicate the situation and change the status quo of rocks and shoals,” in the South China Sea, […]
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Showing off to the world
APEC, BRICs, China, Japan, Military Presence, Philippines, President Barack Obama, Putin, Rusia, Shinzo Abe, South China Sea Dispute, USATHE factories have closed down for a few days, and millions of cars have been ordered off the roads. Clear blue skies appearing over a usually smog-choked Beijing always mean one thing: a big event is about to get under way. From November 10th President Xi Jinping will welcome world leaders to this year’s Asia-Pacific […]
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Don’t Blame US Pivot for South China Sea Row
BRP Sierra Madre, China, Oil Rig, Pivot, President Barack Obama, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea Dispute, Strategy, USA, VietnamChina is once again accusing the U.S. pivot of causing the recent tensions in the South China Sea. In the wake of the U.S. and China squaring off over the South China Sea at the ASEAN Regional Forum, Xinhua published a blistering critique of U.S. policy towards the waters. “By stoking the flames,” Xinhua opined, […]
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South China Sea Standoff: The U.S. Must Get Off The Sidelines
China, Intentional Rammings, Offshore Drilling, Oil Rig, Paracels, Pivot, President Barack Obama, Sinking, South China Sea Dispute, USA, VietnamTAIPEI, TAIWAN — Within days of President Obama concluding his recent trip to Asia, which was meant to reinforce America’s commitment there as the Chinese threat grows, China attacked Vietnamese vessels to advance its claim over disputed waters and to test Washington’s resolve. A firm, multilateral response is needed to avoid escalation and to demonstrate […]
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Explaining China’s behaviour in the East and South China Seas
Analysis, China, Diplomatic Relations, Japan, Mutual Defense, Philippines, President Barack Obama, South China Sea Dispute, USA, VietnamMany people, like my old friend Brad Glosserman, find it hard to understand why China is acting the way it is in the East and South China Seas. What does Beijing hope to achieve by alienating its neighbours and undermining regional stability? Let me suggest an answer: China is trying to build what President Xi […]