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Iran dismisses sanctions, but tried to avoid them
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The U.S. and its allies scored a long-sought victory Wednesday by pushing through new U.N. sanctions over Iran’s nuclear program, punishments Tehran dismissed as “annoying flies, like a used tissue.”
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Obama comes up short on Iran
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ANALYSIS | How the White House ended up with a worse result than when Bush was president. White House – Iran – United States – President – Government
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China: Irans President to Visit Pavilion at Shanghai Expo
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejads visit comes as the United States and other Western countries are seeking to impose new sanctions on Iran for continuing with its nuclear program.
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Pakistan and China in $1.4 billion fighter jet deal from chinesemil.blogspot.com
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This is a huge deal. But $1.4 billion is not cheap, can Pakistan come up with enough funding for this purchase ?
LAHORE: China has agreed to sell Pakistan at least 36 advanced fighter jets in a landmark deal worth as much as $1.4bn, Pakistani and western officials said on Tuesday.
China will supply two squadrons of J-10 fighter planes in a preliminary agreement, which could lead to further sales in future, a Pakistani official said.
The official added that Pakistan might buy “larger numbers” of the planes in the future, but denied reports that Pakistan had agreed to buy 150 jets.
Experts describe the agreement as a “landmark” in Pak-China relations.
“The agreement should not simply be seen in the narrow context of Pakistan’s relations with China,” said Abdul Qayyum, a retired Pakistani general. “There is a wider dimension. By sharing its advanced technology with Pakistan, China is … also saying to the world that its defence capability is growing rapidly.”
China has supplied Pakistan with fighter jets for more than three decades. Experts said the sales would be evidence of China looking to expand its military power. “Countries like Iran and possibly some of the Middle Eastern countries would be keen to deal with China,” said one western official in Islamabad.
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Wang Presses U.S. on Lifting Export Controls to China from china-defense-mashup.com
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May 24 (China Military News cited from Bloomberg) — China pressed the U.S. to provide a timetable for relaxing restraints on technology exports after Commerce Secretary Gary Locke pledged to scale back the number of products covered by the restrictions.
“China is pleased to note the U.S. initiative to relax U.S. export controls,” Wang Qishan, vice premier of China, said at the start of the Security and Economic Dialogue in Beijing today. “We hope to hear from the U.S. side in detail a timetable and road map on gradually removing barriers on high-tech exports to China.”
Chinese officials, business leaders, students and reporters have questioned U.S. restrictions requiring licenses for the export of civilian technology that could have military applications during Locke’s weeklong trade mission to China.
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Locke said a review of the controls, which would scale back the number of items covered by the measures and impose tighter restrictions on those items, would be completed this summer.
“We look forward to continuing to work with the Chinese government on non-proliferation and with Chinese companies on export control compliance practices that are consistent with international standards,” Kevin Griffis, a Commerce spokesman, said in an e-mail. Still “the impact of U.S. export controls on high-tech trade with China is extremely small.”
Of the $63.4 billion in U.S. Exports to China in 2009, only 0.3 percent required a commerce license, according to Commerce Department data. Less than 2 percent of all such license applications to China were denied, it said.
Wang also pressed the U.S. to grant China so-called market economy status, a designation that could limit the size of anti- dumping duties on Chinese products. That change requires China to meet legal barriers on labor and foreign exchange, Locke said May 19.
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Chinese delegation meets Pakistan top military leadership, discusses defense cooperation from china-defense-mashup.com
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May.23 (China Military News cited from onlinenews.com.pk) — A Chinese delegation headed by General Liang Guangile, Minister of Defence and State Councilor of China, called on Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters on Sunday.
Defense cooperation between the two countries and other matters of mutual interest came under discussion during the meeting.
The Chinese defense minister alongwith Ambassador Lou Zhaohui and other members of delegation also called on General Tariq Majid, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) at Joint Staff Headquarters and exchanged views on regional security situation, bilateral defence relations, measures to enhance military to military cooperation and other matters of mutual interest.
Admiring China’s spectacular economic growth, technological modernization and rapid national development, CJCSC said that China as a vibrant power in global politics and global economy is playing crucial stabilization role in many regions of the world, and especially thanked China for its proactive role in socio economic development and strategic stability of Pakistan.
Terming Pak – China relations as unique, he said that these are solidly anchored on convergence of strategic interests, high degree of mutual trust and are driven by an abiding interest in progress and prosperity of each other as well as promotion of peace and stability in the region. Tariq Majid said that Pakistan – China relations are a classic example of military diplomacy providing solid foundation and continued momentum to strong interstate relations.
The Chinese defense minister lauded the Pakistani people, government and the Armed Forces for their valiant struggle against terrorism and violent extremism. Assuring China’s continued support in diverse fields he reciprocated the desire to bolster bilateral defence collaboration and said that not only the defence ties have been effectively institutionalized, their scope and content have been progressively expanding to include regular defence and security dialogue, mutually beneficially training cooperation, exchange programmes, intelligence sharing, military hardware procurements and defence industrial joint ventures. He also discussed specific measures to give greater depth to this relationship.
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Obama Iran Diplomacy: Some Success with Sanctions Deal
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The Obama Administration has had something of a diplomatic success in dealing with Tehran. But Iran still has nuclear ambitions
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China, Cambodia seek to strengthen military ties from china-defense-mashup.com
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BEIJING, May 11 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — China and Cambodia pledged to strengthen military ties when senior military officials from the two countries met here Tuesday.
Cambodia is China’ s good neighbor, friend and partner, China’ s Defense Minister Liang Guanglie told Pol Saroeun, commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.
Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People’ s Liberation Army (PLA) of China
Liang said recent years have witnessed high-level contacts, a deepening of economic and trade cooperation, productive exchanges in science and technology, and sound growth in military relations between China and Cambodia.
Both countries have also supported each other on major issues concerning their respective core interests, Liang added.
China hopes to make joint efforts with Cambodia to consolidate their traditional friendship, promote reciprocal cooperation, and constantly enrich their comprehensive cooperative partnership, Liang said.
Chen Bingde, chief of the General Staff of the People’ s Liberation Army (PLA) of China, also had talks with Pol Saroeun Tuesday.
Chen said China-Cambodia military relations have smoothly developed with pragmatic and meaningful cooperation in personnel training and the building of military schools and hospitals.
China is ready to work with Cambodia to further boost their military relations, Chen said.
Pol Saroeun said the Cambodian government attaches great importance to its relationship with China and will continue to adhere to the one-China policy.
The Cambodian armed forces would like to work with China to enhance cooperation in various fields, he added.
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China promises trucks for Cambodian military after US rap from china-defense-mashup.com
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May.03 (China Military News cited from Asia World News) — China is to donate more than 250 trucks to Cambodia just weeks after the United States withheld a shipment of military vehicles in response to Phnom Penh’s recent expulsion of 20 Uighur refugees, local media reported Monday.
The donation was announced by Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on his return from Shanghai, the Phnom Penh Post newspaper reported.
Hor Namhong said China would donate 257 military trucks and 50,000 military uniforms.
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He said the gesture was made by Beijing of its own accord during a meeting in Shanghai between China’s President Hu Jintao and Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen.
“[Hun Sen] did not ask them, but they know our requirements, and [Hu Jintao] promised to provide further military assistance in the future,” he said.
The US embassy in Phnom Penh declined to comment Monday.
China has growing business and strategic interests in Cambodia, and is Phnom Penh’s most important investor.
In the past four years Cambodia has approved more than 6 billion dollars of Chinese investment. Much of that is in infrastructure, particularly hydropower dams.
The investment figure excludes 880 million dollars in Chinese grant and aid during that period.
It also excludes 1.2 billion dollars in economic assistance awarded by China immediately after Cambodia expelled the 20 Uighur asylum-seekers in December at Beijing’s request.
Both countries denied any link between the two events, though that denial was not widely believed.
The expulsion of the Uighurs drew strong criticism from Washington, which promised penalties for Cambodia’s failure to meet its international obligations. Cancelling the shipment of US trucks was the first of those punishments.
Human rights workers have expressed rising concern at growing ties between private business and the military in Cambodia after Hun Sen encouraged business leaders to “adopt” military units.
Cambodian military regularly guard huge private land concessions across the country, and have been used in the past to evict the rural poor.
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Deal on Iran sanctions near
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BEIJING / Washington – United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday that the US, Russia and China have reached agreement on a draft resolution on sanctions on Iran.
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China calls for more nuclear reductions
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NEW YORK – China on Tuesday encouraged the United States and Russia to further reduce their nuclear arsenals, and reiterated its support for peaceful and diplomatic solutions to regional nuclear issues such as in Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
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US biggest ‘threat’ to China, says top Chinese military expert from china-defense-mashup.com
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Apr.26 (China Military News cited from IANS) — The US is the greatest “perceived threat” to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and cross-Straits relationship was the most likely subject to provoke a China-US war, a top Chinese military strategist has said.
“The US is the only country capable of threatening China’s national security interests in an all-round way,” Rear Admiral Yang Yi, former head of strategic studies at the PLA’s National Defence University, said last week to a group of visiting senior US officials.
“Japan has no such ability, while Russia has no such motivation and India is more worried about China,” Yang said while addressing delegates at the weeklong US-China Government Executive Global Leadership Course that concluded last Friday.
Yang said Beijing was hoping to maintain and develop a stable and healthy relationship with Washington but it also needed to make necessary preparations for any possible threat.
“Fortunately, the risk of a Sino-US confrontation is decreasing due to the relaxation of the Taiwan question,” China Daily reported Sunday quoting Yang.
He said the Taiwan question would be solved politically rather than militarily, adding the cross-Straits relationship would become even more stable and secure if it continued to develop positively over the next five to 10 years.
Talking about US arms sales to Taiwan, Yang said: “Those weapons will be ours sooner or later.”
The 17-member US group included directors of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Defence Department and Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
This is the first time that Washington has sent senior government officials to Beijing to engage their Chinese counterparts in a comparative educational dialogue.
Sun Zhe, director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for US-China Relations who planned the course two years ago, said Yang had answered the questions in a frank manner.
“A US navy official in charge of intelligence asked the question and he quickly responded that it was the same case for China about the US,” Sun said, adding it is very unique for naval officials from the two sides to exchange thoughts so honestly.
According to Sun, the frank communication was not intended as a threat, but that it would help the two powers to avoid strategically misjudging the other.
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Unlikely activist
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Mark Mardell: Iran’s leader a ‘nuclear campaigner’
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With new Iran sanctions looming, Ahmadinejad tries to get sympathy
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UNITED NATIONS Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, insisting that there’s no “credible proof” his regime is developing a nuclear arsenal, Monday launched a scathing attack against the U.S. and other nuclear weapons powers in an apparent bid to derail a new round of U.N. sanctions against Iran.
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Crippling, Crushing and Suffocating Iran
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Members of the US Congress outdo each other’s zeal and vehemence to bring wrath down on Tehran’s head, calling for ‘overwhelming’ sanctions against Iran. Members of the House and Senate were competing to see how strongly each one could condemn Iran, notes Robert Dreyfuss .
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Rep. Ron Paul Opposes Iran Sanctions
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In a speech before the House of Representatives on April 22, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) voiced opposition to H.R. 2194, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act, referring to the legislation as ?this entire push for war on Iran, however it is disguised.?
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China Opens Missile Plant In Iran from chinesemil.blogspot.com
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China inaugurated a missile plan in Iran last month, even as the United States and its allies were pressing Beijing to support a new round of tough economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, Jane’s Defense Weekly reports.
It’s a military relationship that goes back two decades and, in light of Russia’s reluctance to provide the Iranians with advanced air-defense missile system to counter possible U.S. or Israeli airstrikes, is set to expand.
Robert Hewson, editor of Jane’s Air-Launched Weapons, reported that the factory for assembling and producing Iran’s Nasr-1 — Victory 1 — anti-ship missile was opened March 7.
The Nasr is identical to China’s C-704 anti-ship missile, Hewson says. Iran’s burgeoning defense industry, much of it controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, has been producing Chinese-designed anti-ship missiles such as the C-801 since the early 1990s.
The C-704, developed by China Aerospace Group, targets ships of 1,000-4,000 tons displacement and is the equivalent of the U.S. AGM-119 anti-ship missile. With a range of 106 miles and a 240-pound warhead, the C-704 has a kill probability of 95.7 percent.
The Iranians, possibly with Chinese assistance, have even developed improved versions such as the Noor, an upgraded version of China’s C-802, with a longer range than the original and over-the-horizon capabilities.
Indeed, Hewson observed that “Iran has gone further than China in fielding the C-802, taking what was previously a land- and ship-launched weapon and producing an air-launched version that can be carried by Mi-17 helicopters and fast-jet types.”
Over the years Iran has developed a range of anti-ship missile systems from the Chinese weapons that gives the Islamic Republic’s regular navy and the IRGC’s naval arm the capability to exert a considerable degree of control over waters in the Gulf and the Arabian Sea.
This is the area from which U.S. naval forces would strike if hostilities erupt.
On Saturday, the IRGC concluded its annual three-day Great Prophet exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, the choke point gateway to the Gulf and a key energy artery, in a show of defiance against the United States.
The Nasr is a medium-range weapon that can be launched from warships or shore batteries and its development and planned mass production has been trumpeted by Tehran at a time when Iran’s military forces are making preparations to counter possible attacks.
“In a methodical and deceptively modest manner China has helped Iran take charge of all its surrounding waters and this work between the two nations continues,” Hewson reported.
“Follow-on versions of the Nasr are being developed to include an air-launched variant.
“There are other cooperative tactical missile programs under way and China’s design bureaus have displayed several ‘export only’ weapons (such as the C-705 lightweight cruise missile) that would seem set to follow the established route into Iran,” Hewson added.
“With such a solid relationship established between the two countries it is not difficult to see why China has been reluctant to commit to the Western push for sanctions against Iran.”
China, ever hungry for energy sources to fuel its expanding economy, imports around 12 percent of its oil from Iran and seeks to secure Iranian natural gas through overland pipelines — another reason it has shown little enthusiasm for new U.N. sanctions on Iran.
Hewson said no Chinese envoys were seen at the opening of the Nasr factory conducted by Iran’s hard-line defense minister, Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, but the event marked “another milestone in the continuing military/industrial bond between the two countries.”
Hewson observed that unlike Russia, China “has been very successful in offering Iran technology and capabilities that are actually wanted, as opposed to those that might be ‘nice to have.’
“A path has been found through the factions within Iranian officialdom (and its armed forces) to deliver products that build trust in Beijing. In return, China gains influence with Tehran that can be parlayed into access to Iran’s natural resources.”
While these Chinese-origin systems have provided Iran with invaluable missile technology, this has had little or no impact on the development of its ballistic missile capabilities.
“Iran’s strategic weapons can only (ultimately) involve it in a losing battle with the United States,’ Hewson concluded, “but its tactical weapons have already altered the regional balance of power in a much more practical way.”
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China opens missile plant in Iran
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TEHRAN, April 23 (UPI) — China inaugurated a missile plan in Iran last month, even as the United States and its allies were pressing Beijing to support a new round of tough economic sanctions on the Islamic republic over its nuclear program, Jane’s Defense Weekly reports.
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Iran, Sanctions and the Memo
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The U.S. and its allies must press for tighter sanctions on Iran and quietly answer the questions posed in a memo by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
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China will agree to new UN sanctions against Iran: Biden
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US Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that China will agree to a new round of UN sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear activities, despite having long held out against the move.
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