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Now, the US must be wondering what have they done to cause this to happen ......
If China is not participating, the western sanctions against Russia is next to useless.

It has already been proven useless. Putin took a swift revenge by dismembering the EU.

The next revenge will be Putin's putting Trump as the US' next president.

The third revenge will be on Turkey leadership.
 
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I am sure SK is aware that it is being used as a pawn.
If it doesn't know, it could be a casualty. It is not often that the President meets the Prime Minister of another country.
I think this is purposely done to send a clear message to SK.


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President Xi Urges Caution on U.S. Missile System in South Korea
2016-06-29 21:13:27 | Xinhua Web | Editor: Guo Jing

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with the Republic of Korea Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in Beijing, capital of China, June 29, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged South Korea to address China's concerns on security and "cautiously and appropriately" address the United States' plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country.

Xi Jinping made the remarks as he met with visiting South Korea Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in Beijing.

China and South Korea should continue to work for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, work together to maintain peace and stability on the Peninsula, and solve problems through dialogue and consultation, said the president.
 
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I am sure SK is aware that it is being used as a pawn.
If it doesn't know, it could be a casualty. It is not often that the President meets the Prime Minister of another country.
I think this is purposely done to send a clear message to SK.


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President Xi Urges Caution on U.S. Missile System in South Korea
2016-06-29 21:13:27 | Xinhua Web | Editor: Guo Jing

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with the Republic of Korea Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in Beijing, capital of China, June 29, 2016. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged South Korea to address China's concerns on security and "cautiously and appropriately" address the United States' plan to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the country.

Xi Jinping made the remarks as he met with visiting South Korea Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn in Beijing.

China and South Korea should continue to work for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, work together to maintain peace and stability on the Peninsula, and solve problems through dialogue and consultation, said the president.


SK has no choice. They sold their soul to the US. India will be doing the same thing next month.
 
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Why is Russia and China getting closer to each other? This is one of the reason.

"We're looking at the vast majority of the world pulling together an alternative to the self-destructive and globally destructive policies implemented [by Washington],"


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Oops! Washington's Aggressive Posture Pushes Russia & China Closer Together
21:30 26.06.2016 (updated 21:33 26.06.2016)

Aggressive US moves in Eastern Europe and the South China Sea have only led to Russia and China strengthening their economic and geopolitical cooperation, political commentator Mike Billington told Iranian news network PressTV.

Commenting on Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Beijing, where the two sides have signed a series of new agreements on enhanced cooperation, Billington, an Asia expert and author for the Executive Intelligence Review newsmagazine, told PressTV that Russia and China are strengthening their ties in light of both countries' growing tensions vis-à-vis the United States.

"This is happening in the context of the total breakdown of the Western financial system; it's happening in the midst of [President] Obama and his British controllers moving the most massive military forces since World War Two right up to Russia's border; two US aircraft carrier exercising in the Philippine Sea [are] obviously another threat to China," the analyst noted.

"And as both Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi Jinping [have] said, the deployment of these anti-ballistic missile systems in Romania and Poland, as well as the THAAD missiles in Korea and missiles being deployed in Japan and elsewhere," constitute another danger to the two countries, Billington added.

Ultimately, the commentator suggested that "what Putin is doing with Xi Jinping is to successfully create an alternative world — a new paradigm, based on development, based on building infrastructure (railroads, nuclear power, space programs), collaborating with the BRICS nations, with the SCO nations that have now brought India and Pakistan into the SCO, in collaboration with the Eurasian Economic Union that Mr. Putin formed."

"We're looking at the vast majority of the world pulling together an alternative to the self-destructive and globally destructive policies implemented [by Washington]," Billington concluded.
 
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US has been trying to kill off BRICS. What a surprise!
US wants to be the only superpower and hegemon.


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Killing The BRICS Hasn't Quite Worked
Kenneth Rapoza, Contributor
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
Jul 6, 2016 @ 12:08 PM

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Leaders of BRICS from left, Brazilian (suspended) President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and South African President Jacob Zuma pose for a photo during their meeting prior to the G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)


In some financial circles, especially those macro traders open to a good conspiracy theory, the supposed strategy of the U.S. to “kill the BRICS” hasn’t worked out. In fact, despite sanctions and economic downturns and unheard of corruption scandals, the BRICS have money in the bank and the International Monetary Fund at bay. Meanwhile, European banks are hanging on for dear life, with the IMF saying in June that Deutsche Bank was the biggest single risk to the region’s financial system.

You won’t hear that in Brazil. Itau and even government owned Banco do Brasil is not going to bring the country down. (It has its own corrupt politicians to do that.) Russia has shuttered a few mid-cap banks over the last two years and is burning through one of its sovereign wealth funds, but like Brazil it still has over $320 billion sitting in its core central bank currency reserve fund.

China is slowing, but still growing. India is a stand-out. Policy implementation is slow as ever, but there is not political crisis or economic crisis in the works, nor on the horizon.

In South Africa, which hasn’t touched an IMF loan since 1999, the economy is actually growing. It’s not great. Incomes are in decline. But it’s better than Brazil, Spain and even Japan.

The BRICS, once heralded as drivers of global growth, are all hanging on for dear life. Their counterparts in the U.S. and Europe, meanwhile, are tethered to the whims of their respective central banks for life support. And while there is talk of a recession in Europe or even in the U.S., Brazil and Russia are expected to see the light at the end of their recessionary tunnel by year’s end.

Markets are pricing in crisis-mode, however. On the basis of the JP Morgan Emerging Markets Currency Index alone, investors perceive the big emerging markets as still being in the midst of a crisis, one that is more severe in fact than any they have undergone in the past—including the various EM-driven crises of the 1990s and early 2000s, and even the more recent global financial crisis. The Index is roughly 27% below 2009 levels.

For those who like an opportunity, this looks like there’s some upside to be had here.

The BRICS are in a bad way, but they have learned from past mistakes. Until the IMF comes to town in Brazil, the government is trusted to be in control of its debt burden. Russia, meanwhile, is consistently conservative. It de-pegged the ruble from the dollar in 2014, helping it manage the fall in oil prices. When oil prices fell, the ruble fell even deeper, helping Russian oil companies maintain their markets.

Even China has moved to a more flexible exchange rate, widening the trading band for its currency in August 2015. They “have learned the lessons of previous crises, and leveraged them to put themselves in a much stronger position to successfully weather the latest set of shocks,” says Michael Hasenstab, a fund manager for Franklin Templeton.

One reason why the BRICS have not yet required a bailout: dollar denominated debt. They’re no longer drowning in it.

The financial crises in these countries have all been based on currency, weak local banking and sovereign debt priced in dollars or euros. The most severe crises typically involve more than one of these causes. This explains why the BRICS boosted their levels of foreign exchange reserves after the last crisis in the early 2000s, and joined forces between their central banks to provide financial support when needed.

Hasenstab says in a 32 page report released last week that the most important step the big emerging markets have taken to reduce their vulnerability to crises, both foreign and domestic, is the deepening of their own financial markets. That means they don’t have to rush to Citibank for funding anymore, unless its the home-grown subsidiary pricing its loans in the local currency.

The development of a reliable domestic investor base has benefited from the rise of a broad middle class. This is especially true in China and less so in Russia and India. The total assets held by domestic insurers and pension funds in emerging markets, including the BRICS, have swelled from just $2.3 trillion in 2005 to around $6 trillion in 2013, boosted by the expansion of the insurance sector in China and by pension funds in Brazil and Mexico.

For the BRICS, a transition toward more balanced funding has improved financial resilience and made them harder to force into the loving arms of the IMF.

Domestic institutional investors can be a stabilizing force when asset prices collapse to levels that are clearly out of line with fundamentals, Hasenstab writes. In the past, the lack of a strong domestic investor base magnified the consequences of financial volatility. When the West was out, countries like Brazil, South Africa and India, in particular, were out of luck.

The borrowing practices of these governments have also improved. According to the Bank for International Settlements, governments have raised their reliance on funding in local markets, with the share of international loans falling from roughly 40% in 1997 to a mere 8% in 2014, while the share of foreign holdings of local government debt has increased to 25%, according to JP Morgan.

The increased importance devoted to attracting foreign direct investment in long term projects like energy and infrastructure instead of speculative investments has helped curb the risk of sudden capital outflows. It’s much easier to sell out of Brazilian bonds, than it is to sell out of an entire Brazilian hotel chain.

China remains particularly hard to bring down. It has been butting heads more against the U.S. over the South China Sea, but their economy is so deeply tied to the U.S. that a weak China also ends up being bad for American companies, especially those that are just starting to export there.

China has been a stalwart within the BRICS. And while the political ties between the five countries are not as tight as those between the U.S. and European Union, they have proven that they can take their lumps when up against the ropes.

Over the last few years, the five countries created the National Development Bank, which was first seen as a challenge to the World Bank and IMF. Then China launched an even bigger project, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. It received immediate criticism by the U.S. Washington has abstained from becoming a member of the bank, while the U.K., Washington’s biggest ally in Europe, is a member.

The BRICS have been seen as an alternative to a unipolar, dollar-centric world. But its latest development banks are all dollar denominated, for now. And while their economies are in varying degrees of crises, they have shown that the last decade of keeping clear of the IMF remains a policy none are willing to reverse. Until the IMF comes crashing into Brasilia or J-Berg, the BRICS are alive and will manage to grow in the current low-growth environment everyone is facing.
 
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The G2 has many avenues to discuss and come to an agreement. Their main vehicle is the "Strategic and Economic Dialogue" which is held yearly. Now, their "think tanks" are talking with each other. Note that think tanks play a role in influencing their respective government's policies

When the G2 comes to an agreement, the US will gracefully exit the SCS and the small countries will become sacrificial pawns. Countries don't have permanent allies or enemies, they only have permanent interests, (i.e. their own interests).


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South China Sea Disputes Should Not Define China-U.S. Relations

WASHINGTON, July 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 50 leading experts from China and U.S. think tanks participated in the seminar, co-organized by Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China (RUCCY) and Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), sponsored by National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCSS) and Wilson International Center for Scholars.

Ideas such as "The disputes over the South China Sea should not define China-U.S. relations." and "Averting a deepening U.S.-China rift over the South China Sea issue should be a priority while coordination and cooperation between the two countries must be encouraged." were discussed by a group of International Leading Experts who concluded China-U.S. Dialogue on the South China Sea, at a closed-door seminar in Washington DC on July 5, 2016.

"The final decision of the arbitration, which will come out in the next few days, amounts to nothing more than a piece of paper," said Dai Bingguo, former State Councilor of China, spoke in the opening ceremony, "China's sovereignty over the South China Sea islands, as part of the post-war international order, is under protection by the UN Charter and other International Laws."

"China sees the peace and stability of the South China Sea as having a bearing on its vital interests. That is why China will never resort to force unless challenged with armed provocation," added Dai Bingguo.

"The stability in the South China Sea is in accordance with all parties concerned," said Huang Renwei, Vice President of Shanghai Academy of Social Science, "We should reduce strategic mistrust while enhancing crisis management."

The tension in the South China Sea must be cooled down," said Michael Swaine, Senior Associate of CEIP." "The U.S. and China must get beyond the heated rhetoric and build the basis for de-escalating tensions in this region."

"We need to carefully consider the implications for U.S. operations in the South China Sea," said Brendan Mulvaney, Associate Chair for Language and Culture Dept. in the United States Naval Academy.

"It serves as 'Think Tank Diplomacy' at this subtle moment," said Wang Wen, Executive Dean of RUCCY.

This seminar seeks exchanges of views among think tanks and cooperation between China and the United States. Experts here agreed that the two countries should not get into a confrontation regarding the South China Sea issue.
 
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Turkey has apologized for the downing of the Russian plane and it now looking to mend ties.

Yes, it seems they have seen the dead end as far as establishing a nice and clean Nusra-friendly Islamic brotherhood regime in Syria to create the great sunni-land under neo-Ottomanist Turkey president.

In Turkey, foreign policy seems to be attached to one person, hence, depending on his ambitions and little power interests, moves are made. Of course, they little notice that one can ruin relatons single-handedly, but cannot mend them alone.

Russia accepted the apology on conditions known to no one. It will interesting to see how things will develop in Syria.
 
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China urges U.S. to stop supporting Taiwan independence
2016-07-07 21:39 | Xinhua | Editor: Gu Liping

China urged the United States to stop "sending the wrong signals" to Taiwan independence forces, as the island's new leader Tsai Ing-wen contacted several U.S. congressmen.

"We insist on handling Taiwan's external contacts in the principle of the one-China policy, and oppose any countries having diplomatic relations with China to conduct any official association or contacts with Taiwan," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei on Thursday.

Hong told a daily press conference that China was very dissatisfied with contact between U.S. officials, congressmen and Tsai Ing-wen. China has already lodged solemn representations with the U.S. side.

Hong urged the United States to honor its commitment to the one-China policy, the principle of the three joint communiques, and to oppose Taiwan independence.

The United States should handle Taiwan affairs cautiously and stop official contact with Taiwan in any form, and sending the wrong signals to Taiwan independence and avoid harming China-U.S. relations, Hong said.

Tsai started an overseas trip to Panama and Paraguay on June 24, and made stops in Miami and Los Angeles.
 
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China urges U.S. to stop supporting Taiwan independence
2016-07-07 21:39 | Xinhua | Editor: Gu Liping

China urged the United States to stop "sending the wrong signals" to Taiwan independence forces, as the island's new leader Tsai Ing-wen contacted several U.S. congressmen.

"We insist on handling Taiwan's external contacts in the principle of the one-China policy, and oppose any countries having diplomatic relations with China to conduct any official association or contacts with Taiwan," said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei on Thursday.

Hong told a daily press conference that China was very dissatisfied with contact between U.S. officials, congressmen and Tsai Ing-wen. China has already lodged solemn representations with the U.S. side.

Hong urged the United States to honor its commitment to the one-China policy, the principle of the three joint communiques, and to oppose Taiwan independence.

The United States should handle Taiwan affairs cautiously and stop official contact with Taiwan in any form, and sending the wrong signals to Taiwan independence and avoid harming China-U.S. relations, Hong said.

Tsai started an overseas trip to Panama and Paraguay on June 24, and made stops in Miami and Los Angeles.

I think Chinese think tank got it wrong here. They should allow US to encourage Taiwan independence so that the unification will be sooner rather than later.
 
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US should stop meddling in SCS, Middle East (Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Iran, etc), Europe (Ukraine), Latin America, etc.

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U.S. should stop treating South China Sea as next Caribbean
2016-07-11 08:18 | Xinhua | Editor: Mo Hong'e

The United States should stay away from the South China Sea issue and avoid repeating its history of military intervention and political manipulation in the Caribbean in the past century.

The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague will announce its award on Tuesday in an arbitration case filed unilaterally by the Philippines against China on disputes over the South China Sea.

Looking back at the drama, it's not difficult to see that the United States has played an important role in disturbing the once peaceful waters since it adopted a "pivot to Asia" strategy.

And it's not the first time for the nation to do so. Having been regarding Latin America as its backyard, the United States has never stopped making waves in the Caribbean.

Cuba is one of the biggest victims. The United States occupied the country during the 1898 American-Spanish War and forced it to sign a contract to indefinitely lease Guantanamo Bay, which later became the first overseas military base of the United States and has never been returned.

Later on, the United States dispatched troops to Cuba three times after the establishment of the republic in 1902, and has adopted a hostile attitude toward the country ever since the victory of the Cuban revolution in 1959.

After failing to topple Cuba's regime in April 1961 by sending over 1,500 mercenaries, the United States started imposing economic and financial blockade and trade embargo on Cuba, which have not been completely lifted as of today.

In 1903, the United States instigated Panama's independence from Colombia, and forced the new government to sign an unequal treaty on building the Panama Canal.

Over half a century later, in a bid to seize control over the canal, the George H.W. Bush administration sent an army of 26,000 to Panama on Dec 20, 1989 in the name of "protecting American lives there from political instability." The same reason had been used to justify the U.S. occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934.

In August 1926, U.S. Marines invaded Nicaragua to bolster the pro-American conservative government when a civil war torn the small central American country apart. While in April 1965, when a civil war broke out in the Dominican Republic and overturned a U.S.-installed government, the United States sent nearly 40,000 troops to "restore order" in the country.

The same tragedy also happened to Grenada, one of the smallest countries in the Caribbean. In October 1983, the Reagan administration sent 5,000 Marines to Grenada to topple its Communist regime. In little more than a week, the government was overthrown.

Throughout the 20th Century, the United States has been incessantly cruising its warships on the Caribbean waters, trying to assert its influence over the region.

Its interference that blocked the path of independent development for Caribbean countries, and resulted in long time of turmoil as well as social stagnation in some of the countries.

Obviously all the military operations, political interference and economic sanctions made by the United States are only for one purpose -- defending, if not wanting more, its interests in the region.

As former U.S. President Ronald Reagan once put it, "the Caribbean region is a vital strategic and commercial artery for the United States."

Since it began to enjoy a rapid rise of political eminence at the end of the 19th century, the United States has been driving wedges in the Caribbean countries so that it could gain dominance over the entire region.

And now it is using the same strategy in the Asia-Pacific, specially, the South China Sea.

Since a U.S. strategy shift in 2009 toward Asia-Pacific, tensions and disputes between countries in the South China Sea have been increasing dramatically.

Recently the situation has been worsened due to a string of provocative actions made by the U.S. Navy under the banner of "free navigation."

U.S. warplanes and warships have been patrolling dangerously close to Chinese territory, emboldening some nations, even though the region is thousands of miles away from the U.S. homeland.

It seems like a habitual behavior of the United States to boss around. However, the South China Sea is not the Caribbean and U.S. hegemony will not work there.

This is not only because China's claim of sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea is legitimate, but also because China has always been a firm advocate for peace and prosperity in the region.

With regard to the current disputes in the South China Sea, China proposes a "dual-track" approach, namely peacefully and properly handling the disputes through direct talks between the parties involved and jointly maintaining peace and stability in the South China Sea with the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

There has been peace and prosperity in the South China Sea for most of the time in past centuries and will prevail in the future unless outside forces come to interfere.

So the United States should stop treating the South China Sea as the next Caribbean and quit the habit of meddling in other countries' business.
 
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From Time magazine.

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China Will Never Respect the U.S. Over the South China Sea. Here’s Why
Hannah Beech / Shanghai @hkbeech
July 8, 2016

The U.S. is one of the most vocal countries urging China to hew to international arbitration in the vital waterway. Beijing isn't impressed

A great power refuses to play by international rules, declining to ratify a major U.N. convention to which more than 160 other countries are party. After years of complaints, the nation convinces the U.N. to tweak the treaty to many of its specifications. Yet even after those amendments, the great power’s legislature prioritizes protectionist sentiment over respect for global rule of law.

This renegade country, though, is not China, which has come under fire for saying it will flout an upcoming U.N. court decision on its territorial claims in the South China Sea. Instead, the longtime outlier is the U.S., one of the most vocal countries urging China to hew to the international order.

In 1982, after around a decade of wrangling, the U.N. hammered out a framework to guide global maritime affairs and ensure freedom of navigation. Called the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS), the treaty covers everything from the rules of maritime commerce to the ways in which resource-rich seabeds can be divvied up between nations. In certain cases, international courts like the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, can rule in maritime disputes.

On July 12, that judicial body will decide on a lawsuit lodged in 2013 by the Philippines, one of six governments that claim territory in the contested South China Sea. At stake is whether Chinese-controlled rocks and reefs — many of which have been turned over the past couple years into military outposts through extensive reclamation — are eligible for so-called exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the surrounding sea. These zones, which are defined by UNCLOS and can extend up to 200 nautical miles, give governments the right to all natural resources found in those waters. For all of Beijing’s dredging in the South China Sea, if the court rules that the atolls under Chinese control are not naturally formed islands fit for human habitation or economic life, China will lose international legal claim over much of the contested waterway.

Many legal experts expect the court to rule at least partly in favor of the Philippines. Yet China says it won’t abide by the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s ruling nor does Beijing even accept the U.N. tribunal’s authority over its South China Sea claims. Last month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reiterated China’s official position. “I again stress that the arbitration court has no jurisdiction in the case,” he said. “China does not accept any dispute resolution from a third party and does not accept any dispute resolution forced on China.”

But first back to history. Shortly after UNCLOS was unveiled in 1982, U.S. President Ronald Reagan refused to sign what was touted as the “constitution of the sea,” claiming the convention undermined U.S. sovereignty. In 1994, after UNCLOS was revised to take into consideration American worries about losing control of valuable underwater oil and natural-gas deposits, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed an updated UNCLOS agreement, although not the entire treaty. Yet even though multiple presidential Administrations — both Democrat and Republican — have since supported the convention, Republicans in the U.S. Senate have routinely scuttled efforts to ratify UNCLOS. Meanwhile, even landlocked countries like Mongolia, Burkina Faso and Bolivia have signed on to the treaty.

Washington’s outsider position undercuts its message as it urges China to respect global maritime norms. After all, China ratified UNCLOS in 1996, even if Beijing now says it rejects any judgment by the Permanent Court of Arbitration. In a speech in Washington earlier this month, retired Chinese top diplomat Dai Bingguo accused the U.S. of “heavy-handed intervention” in the South China Sea. “Accidents could happen,” said the still influential Chinese Communist Party official, “and the South China Sea might sink into chaos and so might the entirety of Asia.” Still, even as Beijing has launched a public-relations blitz ahead of the July 12 ruling, Chinese state media and diplomatic statements have not highlighted America’s AWOL status in UNCLOS. Perhaps critiquing the U.S. absence is harder when China itself is distancing itself from one of the treaty’s utilized tribunals.

It’s true that even if Congress hasn’t ratified UNCLOS, the U.S. Navy, which is the world’s largest, adheres to its principles. American top brass openly support U.S. ratification. “I think that in the 21st century our moral standing is affected by the fact that we are not a signatory to UNCLOS,” said Admiral Harry Harris, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, in testimony to the House Armed Services Committee earlier this year.

In a June speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to move ahead on UNCLOS. “If we’re truly concerned about China’s actions in the South China Sea,” he said in his commencement address, “the Senate should help strengthen our case by approving the Law of the Sea convention, as our military leaders have urged.” But ratifying the convention will require a two-thirds majority in the Senate, an all but impossibility particularly in this contentious election year. The U.S. Navy will continue to ply the high seas, acting as the world’s oceanic policeman by engaging in freedom-of-navigation exercises to ensure open trade routes. But American hypocrisy when it comes to maritime rule of law looks likely to endure.
 
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G2 is winning

China played well to bring down USSR and Russia..
 
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Yes, the G2 will be looking after their respective interests. If necessary, the pawns can be sacrificed.

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Xi calls on China, U.S. to respect each other's core interests
(Xinhua) 08:16, July 26, 2016

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Chinese President Xi Jinping(R) meets with U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 25, 2016. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)


BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping on Monday called on China and the United States to effectively manage their differences and respect each other's core interests.

Xi made the remarks when meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China-U.S. common interests outweigh their differences, Xi said, noting that both sides needed more mutual trust and cooperation.

The goal of China's development is to benefit its 1.3 billion people, Xi said, reiterating that China had no intention of challenging the present international rules and order, and it will never seek hegemony.

Xi called on both sides to expand economic, trade and investment cooperation, as well as cooperation in climate change and international and regional affairs to make pragmatic cooperation a "ballast" in China-U.S. ties.

Rice said the United States agreed to work with China to strengthen mutual trust, enhance pragmatic cooperation and manage issues of difference through close communication.

Xi recalled his meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama over the past three years and the consensuses agreed upon.

The decision of the two sides to build a new model of major-country relations has produced many solid achievements in bilateral relations, Xi said.

Sino-U.S. relations should always stick to the principle of no-conflict, no-confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation, according to Xi.

China values ties with the United States and is willing to make joint efforts to make sure the relationship enjoys sustainable, steady growth, Xi said.

Rice said the U.S. side viewed its relationship with China as its most consequential ties today and China's success is in line with America's interest.

She called for more cooperation to deal with global challenges such as climate change.

This year's G20 summit will be held in east China's Hangzhou City in September.

Xi said he was looking forward to meeting with President Obama in Hangzhou in September, expressing his hope that the meeting will boost bilateral ties and direct the stable development of bilateral ties.

Xi called on China and the United States, as the world's two biggest economies, to work together and make the summit a success, which will send a signal of confidence to the world and inject new vitality into the global economy.

Rice said President Obama was also looking forward to the G20 summit and the meeting with Xi.

When meeting with Rice on Monday, Vice Chairman of China's Central Military Commission Fan Changlong and Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi reiterated China's position on the South China Sea issue and the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in the Republic of Korea (ROK).

On July 12, the Arbitral Tribunal for the South China Sea arbitration issued its so-called award, which attempts to deny China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea.

China will continue to firmly safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the South China Sea, Yang said, noting that China opposes the award of the so-called arbitral tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration.

China's stance on the South China Sea issue is unshakable, Fan said, affirming China's staunch position of non-acceptance and non-recognition of the award.

Fan said the Chinese military would continue to provide strong backing to safeguarding China's national territorial sovereignty and security.

In mid July, the ROK's defense ministry announced an agreement with the United States to deploy the U.S. missile defense system, THAAD, to its southeastern region despite opposition from neighboring countries.

Fan said the THAAD deployment would directly damage China's strategic security, escalate the tension in the Korean Peninsula and undermine China-U.S. mutual trust.

Yang urged the U.S. side to take China's concern seriously and to halt the deployment of the U.S. anti-missile system in the ROK.

Rice said the United States was ready to work with China to properly manage and control differences to avoid misunderstanding or miscalculation.

Rice is visiting China from July 24 to 27.


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BEIJING, July 25, 2016 -- Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi holds talks with U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice in Beijing, capital of China, July 25, 2016. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
 
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The two big boys are making up.

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US agrees it's time to 'turn the page'
(China Daily) 08:46, July 27, 2016

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi(right) meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry inVientiane, capital of Laos, July 25, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

Kerry says he will encourage Manila to pursue negotiations with Beijing

Washington agrees with Beijing that "the time has come" to move away from the tensions in the South China Sea and to "turn the page", US Secretary of State John Kerry said, adding that he will encourage the Philippines to pursue dialogue and negotiation with China in their dispute.

He made the comments to reporters in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, while recalling his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday.

Both Wang and Kerry attended a range of multilateral meetings of the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations from Sunday to Tuesday.

Kerry told a news conference on Tuesday that "we don't take a position, as I said earlier, on the claimants" in the South China Sea issue. He said the US "would like to see a process of dialogue" between Beijing and Manila.

"I will be leaving to the Philippines this afternoon, meeting with President (Rodrigo) Duterte tomorrow, and I would encourage President Duterte to engage in dialogue and in negotiation," he said.

The consensus between Kerry and Wang surprised many observers, since Washington has publicly pressed Beijing to accept the recent ruling by the Arbitral Tribunal of The Hague in a case unilaterally initiated by Manila in 2013.

Wang told China Daily on Tuesday night that the three-day meetings were a success, and "the biggest consensus between China and ASEAN this year is to return to the track of resolving disputes through dialogue and consultation" after the arbitration ruling.

Wang said that since ASEAN said during the meetings that it takes no position as a whole on the arbitral ruling, the hyping about the South China Sea did not resolve the issue, but instead "offered excuses to forces outside the region to impose intervention".

Chen Qinghong, a researcher on Southeast Asian and Philippine studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Research, welcomed Washington's milder tone. "The possibility cannot be ruled out that Washington may require Manila to make the ruling a condition for future talks with China, while this condition has been refused by Beijing," Chen added.

On the sidelines of the meetings, Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak of Slovakia, which assumes the chairmanship of the European Union this year, told China Daily that the EU believes the South China issue should be solved "in a direct dialogue of parties affected".

He said that "we are pleased by the joint communique" achieved on Monday in the meeting between ASEAN member states and China, which renewed commitment to managing the disputes.

"We believe that this is a step in the right direction, and we believe that in this spirit, the progress will continue in the future," he added.

Zhou Fangyin, a professor of Chinese foreign policy at Guangdong Institute for International Strategies, said the meetings "set a tone" for ASEAN's future South China Sea policies, and ASEAN's not taking a position on the arbitration ruling "will be a restraint for Manila".
 
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