Asia’s Response to China’s Rise

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China: perverse rising superpower: “Westerners have presumed that China’s rise will take a familiar trajectory incorporating first economic, then political and social development in a broadly liberal democratic, market-driven direction. The recent tensions with Australia underline the failure of that perspective to explain modern China and its rise. What is China today and where is it heading? At the Wednesday Lunch at Lowy on 12 August, Asia-Pacific Editor of The Australian newspaper, Rowan Callick, explored the dimensions of the party-state.”

Asia’s Response to China’s Rise

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World Briefing Asia: China: U.S. and Chinese Generals Clash: “A meeting between a Chinese military leader and an American army general turned rancorous as the Chinese leader gave a lecture on the failure of the United States to respect China’s interests.

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Tension Increases as China and Australia Grow Closer: “Public exchanges between the nations grew sharper when Australia granted a visa to Rebiya Kadeer, the rights advocate for China’s Muslim Uighur minority.

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China Sends 4 Divisions on Long-Range Exercise: “TAIPEI – Four Chinese armored divisions are traveling more than 1,200 kilometers to sharpen their ability to move long distances and conduct exercises in unfamiliar territory.”

Japan Chair Platform: China: Japan’s Rising Power Conundrum: ”

China’s reemergence as the preeminent power in East Asia poses a seminal challenge to Japan. In navigating this challenge, Tokyo has pursued two complementary strategies: binding—enmeshing Beijing in international institutions—and hedging—consolidating alliance ties with the United States and developing new indigenous military capabilities.

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Is China A “Soft” Naval Power?: ”

Members of the Chinese Navy in Beijing during a welcoming ceremony hosted by President Hu Jintao for the visiting president of Costa Rica. Photo from The BBC

From The Jamestown Foundation:

China created a stir late last year when it announced that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) would commence policing the Gulf of Aden for Somali pirates. Two PLAN destroyers and a combat logistics ship arrived on station off the Horn of Africa this past January. By most accounts, Chinese commanders have coordinated their efforts smoothly with other antipiracy contingents, notably the U.S.-led Task Force 151, the European Union’s Operation Atlanta, and individual detachments dispatched by the likes of India and Russia. Nevertheless, skeptics saw ulterior motives at work in the Chinese expedition. China is finding that controversy follows great-power naval actions.

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China Is Alarmed About Japanese Talk Of Developing And Acquiring Nuclear Weapons: ”

Aftermath of the Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)

A TROUBLING insight into ultra-conservative thinking at the top of Japan’s armed forces has emerged after the dismissal of Toshio Tamogami, the chief of the air staff.

He has become a hero to right-wing groups since being sacked last year for writing an article that said imperial Japan was not an aggressor in the second world war. His popularity has caused outrage in China and it could provide an early diplomatic headache for the opposition Democratic Party of Japan if, as expected, it wins the general election on August 30.

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World Briefing Asia: China: U.S. and Chinese Generals Clash: “A meeting between a Chinese military leader and an American army general turned rancorous as the Chinese leader gave a lecture on the failure of the United States to respect China’s interests.

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Asia’s Recovery Highlights China’s Ascendance: “Economists have long predicted that China would eventually surpass the U.S. in influence. That change may be arriving sooner than expected.

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China launches military website: “Defence ministry goes online as government ramps up modernisation of military.”

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