http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma The Rising Eastern Yellow-Dragon, has moved to--> chinajapanusrelations.blogspot.com Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:59:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I wanted to let you all know that I am moving to a new blog  http://chinajapanusrelations.blogspot.com/    Please join me there for my continued discussion on China, Japan and U.S. relations and geopolitics in the Asian-Pacific region.   http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After the 9/11 tragedy, the CIA (Central Intelligent Agency) came under heavy criticism because it failed to share information that could have prevented the attacks in 2001. As a result, officials across government agencies began to share information; this provided more analysts wider access to government secrets. As WikiLeaks began ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After the South Korean Navy patrol craft Cheonan broke down on 26 March 2010, US and South Korea scheduled a joint naval drill in the Yellow Sea, China’s doorstep at the end of June. On 24 June 2010, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) suddenly announced that the PLA’s army ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Thailand media (The Nation) published an article “Dollar Tsunami Will Threaten Asian Economies” on 5 November 2010. According to the article, “US banks and US funds are getting almost free money from the Fed to speculate in global assets. Fundamentally speaking, the US dollar does not have any intrinsic ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After the West failed to use its “currency card” to pressure the Chinese government to appreciate the Renminbi, the West began to use another card – the “human right card.” Since Liu Xiaobo received the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, almost all western media has begun to pressure Beijingto release Liu ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited European countries including Greece, Italy, Turkey, Spain, and Germany (a surprise visit) in October, he came bearing gifts: billions of dollars worth of business deals and a wave of favorable attention from a crucial foreign investor. This month, the Chinese president Hu ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It is unusually when North Korea convenes the second parliamentary session in early June. The announcement by the North Korean media after supreme leader Kim Jong Il’s trip to China after three days later the Chinese President Hu Jintao talked with President Lee Myung-bak who attended the opening ceremony of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Certain rare metals are necessary for the development of high-tech equipment and the next generation of automobiles. Currently, China provides more than 90 percent of the global market for these rare metals, such as lithium, terbium, and dysprosium. For instance, Japan depends on China for 97 percent of these rare ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Gregory Clark, Australian diplomat and a longtime resident of Japan, published the article, “Western Media Play along in the Disinformation Game,” in Japan Times on 25 June 2010. Clark asks the fundamental question about Western journalism, “Are they being manipulated by governments? Or are they just plain lazy, happy to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com  It is unusual that Kim Jon-il visited China twice within a year. On 27 August, Kim met the Chinese leader in Changchun, China. According to a Chinese newspaper published in Washington D.C., on his last visit Kim asked for a Chinese fighter-jet (J-10) for free. Hu Jintao rejected Kim’s request. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 29 June 2010, Chiang Pin-kung, head of Taiwan delegation, and Chen Yunlin, the head of the mainland China delegation, signed the Economic Co-operation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in Chongqing, where Communist leader Mao Zedong and Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek tried to negotiate a united front against the Japanese during the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Kevin Rafferty published his article in the Japan Times, titled “Appreciating the Renminbi” to defend Beijing’s action. While the G20 summit gathered in Toronto, Canada on 27 June 2010 to discuss the global economy, the Western media focused on one of the hottest topics, the appreciation of the Renminbi. “Beijing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com One week before the G20 summit in Toronto, the Chinese central bank, People’s Bank of China announced “Further Reform the RMB Exchange Rate Regime and enhance the RMB Exchange Rate flexibility” at night of 19 June 2010. “In further proceeding with reform of the RMB exchange rate regime, continued emphasis ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In May 2003, with the backing and help of the US, Japan Aeronautical Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched Hayabusa [peregrine falcon] from Kagoshima Prefecture, landing on the asteroid Itokawa twice in November 2005. The 550meters-long Itokawa’s orbit is located between Mars and Earth, discovering by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology team ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Ryukyu/Liuqiu Kingdom was an independent country until Japan annexed the islands in 1879 when the Chinese dynasty was weak. Since then, the Japanese have called it Okinawa. Recently, Kina Shokichi, a former member of Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), published the book titled Okinawa no Jikokentteiken[Okinawa’s Right to Autonomy], ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When Obama announced to go back Afghanistan to fight against terrorists, many believe that Obama’s strategy will fail badly. Yet, when Pentagon announced that Afghanistan might become the “Saudi Arabia of lithium,” one of many rare metals in the world (New York Times, 13 June 2010), Obama’s Afghanistan’s strategy might ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After Kan Naoto took power from Hatoyama who resigned as prime minister on 2 June 2010, he appointed Niwa Uichito as the ambassador of China, succeeding Miyamoto Yuji in late July. Niwa was part of the student movement against the 1980 revision of the Japan-U.S. security treaty when he was ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com US and European researchers issued a list of the world’s supercomputers on 31 May 2010, compiled by Hans Meuer of the University of Mannheim, Germany; Erick Strohmaier and Horst Simon of NERSC/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Jack Dongarra of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Chinese Nebulae system at the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In school, students learn that labor strikes do not exist in Communist societies. According to Marxist theory, a strike can only exist in capitalist society where unions are the primary force to enforce the workers’ rights including wage hikes. Ironically, Honda Motor Corporation (Honda’s Chinese assembly joint ventures: Guangqi Honda ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Before the Chinese prime minister landed on Chinese soil, the Japanese prime minister announced his resignation on 2 June 2010. In Hatoyama’s speech, two issues were addressed: relocation of Futenma and political funds scandal. Since the first day that Hatoyama replaced the LDP from power last August, the US has ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 31 May 2010, Japan and China agreed to have a hotline between Hatoyama Yukio and Wen Jiabao, who visited Tokyo after holding a summit in Jeju, Korea, where three countries: Japan South Korea, and China talked about rising tensions after the sinking of a warship in March by a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 22 May 2010, the 44th President of the United States declared that America cannot act alone in the world and pledged to shape a new “international order.”  The Obama Doctrine is a departure from “cowboy diplomacy” of his predecessor, George W. Bush. “We need intelligence agencies that work seamlessly ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Hatoyama Yukio visited Okinawa for a second time since he took power in Nagata-cho on 23 May 2010. He told Nakaima Hirokazu, Governor of Okinawa, that the Okinawans need to accept the Henoko district in the city of Nago which is located in the northern part of Okinawa as the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 25 May 2010, Boeing tested flight of the X-51 WaveRider which is an unmanned aerial vehicle in Edward Air Force Base. The X-51 was released from a B-52 bomber off the southern California coast and flown only five minutes. A supersonic combustion ram jet which accelerates to about Mach ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 18 May 2010, the Japanese Diet (House of Representatives) unanimously passed a bill which will protect the Okitori Islet.  Under the new law Japan would invest and repair the islet by creating an EEZ. In the following day, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu denied the Japanese claim that ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 30 April 2010, former Chief Cabinet Secretary Nonaka Hiromu who served as the government spokesman during 1998-1999, made a stunning claim in the Asahi Shimbun. According to Nonaka, the LDP gave an average of 50 million yen to 70 million yen a month to the key politicians and political ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com George N. Lewis from Cornell University and Theodore A. Postol from MIT published their article titled “A Flawed and Dangerous U.S. Missile Defense Plan” in Arms Control Today(May 2010) published by the Arms Control Association, a private group in Washington, D.C. The Pentagon claimed the rocket-powered interceptor SM-3 (which Japan ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Republican governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, published an article in the Washington Post on 24 February 2010, when the Toyota CEO, Toyoda Akio, testified before the U.S. Congress. “That’s why I hope Congress will resist the temptation to attack Toyota simply to advance the interests of its American competitors. Toyota ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton started her Asian tour on 21 May 2010. The first stop was Japan, where she only stayed three hours and fifteen minutes for a meeting with foreign minister Okada Katsuya and Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio. No significant agreement was reached between Japan ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In the Asian region, no one expects that China has the largest carrier in the region. According to the Japan Times (14 May 2010) China Southern Airlines is Asia’s largest carrier by passenger numbers after overtaking troubled Japan Airlines (JAL). In fact, China Southern overtook JAL in 2008, rising to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the America-backed proposal to ban export of Atlantic bluefin tuna convened at the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES on 18 March 2010, the Japanese government felt the Japanese consumers might not be able to eat tuna in the future.  There was fear that sushi ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 3 May 2010, the Pentagon disclosed the number of the nuclear warhead. The total number is 5,113 nuclear warheads currently deployed. It seems to everyone that the announcement is unprecedented because it had been top secret in the USA.  Yet, most scholars know the number of nuclear warheads in ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In the end of April 2010, the World Bank finally decided to provide more voting power to emerging economies, such as China. The developing countries voting shares in the World Bank gained 3.13 percent to a total stake of 47 percent. However, the US remained its majority stake of 16 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com As Greece failed into financial chaos, Japan should learn some lessons. Currently, the Japanese fiscal budget deficit reaches nearly 200 percent of GDP. “It’s necessary for the government to make the medium-term fiscal road map as concrete as possible,” stated the deputy managing director at the IMF, Shinohara Naoyuki (Japan ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The 44th president gathered 36 heads of states in Washington D.C. for the security summit. On 14 April 2010, Washington Postpublished “Among Leaders at Summit, Hu’s First,” summarizing the winners and losers during the summit. Based on Al Kamen’s writings, the winner is the Chinese President Hu Jintao who got ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The April 15 is the anniversary of the death of Hu Yaobang in 1989. Hu got heart attack which initiated on the student movement in Tiananmen Square. On 15 April 2010, Wen Jiabao published the long article in Renmin Ribao, praising Hu Yaobang’s work style for the people. As the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The US government has secretly developed its new weapons for year. On 23 April 2010, a miniature space shuttle, X-37B, which is 8.9m long and has a wing-span of 4.5m, was launched from Florida by the Atlas V Centaur rocket. The X-37B will be used to position satellites and other ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 19 April 2010, The Wall Street Journal published a long article on a SEC (Security and Exchange Commission) investigation. The case involves the hedge fund, Pualson & Co., which allegedly sold CDO (collateralized debt obligation), ABACUS 2007-AC1, in violation of U.S.law.  CDOs are derived from mortgage bonds, but they ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com T0he first BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia in June 2009, and the second summit in 2010 was organized in Brazil on 15 April. The Chinese President Hu Jintao delivered a speech titled “Cooperation, Openness, Mutual Benefit, and Win-Win Results,” emphasizing peaceful development with ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the end of 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, the Chinese had suffered from the opium. As a result, the Chinese government has strictly punished illegal drugs in China. In 2006, Akano Mitsunobu was convicted of attempting to smuggle stimulant drug totaling about 2.5 kg from Dalian ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 31 March 2010, the Serbian Parliament (127 out 173 lawmakers) passed a landmark resolution condemning the 1995 Srebenica massacre – some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims died. In 2005, Serbian President Boris Tadic attended the 10th anniversary of the massacre and apologized to survivors there. Will Japan apology to China what ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group made a deal with Ford (which has been seeking to sell the money-losing unit since late 2008) to buy VOLVO during the end of March. It will cost $1.8 billion, one of largest foreign brand acquisitions by the Chinese company. But the Geely currently ranks ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “Out judgment was that since the unidentified aircraft was harmless, we handled the incident according to the standard operation procedure. We demanded the aircraft leave immediately,” stated air force Major General Wang Hsuan-chou. The Russian Tupolev TU-95 long-rang strategic bomber was detected on radar screens as if flew about 285 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the fight between the US and China regarding yuan peg issue, many Asian countries are silent. “We used to say when the United States sneezes, Japan would catch a cols. Nowadays, when China sneezes, Japan catches a cold. Japan’s economy has become that much more reliant on Chinese growth,” ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The current Chinese leaders will change when the 2012 Party Congress holds in Beijing. Two groups: Princeling and Chinese Youth League (CYL), have displayed their fights for the 5th generation leadership in China. The Chinese Communist Party Secretary Bo Xilai (son of Bo Yibo) in Chongqing has made the crackdown ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Siberian tiger is one of the world’s rarest species; currently, there are only about 300 left in the wild and 50 of them in China. In March, 13 Siberaian tigers were starving to die in the Shenyang Forest Wildlife Zoo in Liaoning Province even though the zoo has made ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 9 March 2010, Foreign Minister Okada Katsuya disclosed that the Japanese government had allowed nuclear weapons to be brought onto Japanese soil under secret pacts (Japan Times). Since WWII, the LDP had ruled Japan and denied the fact that nuclear weapons were introduced into Japan, violating Japan’s three NOs ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After months of diplomatic problems (i.e., selling arms to Taiwan and Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama) between China and the US, the White House finally dispatched two senior officials: Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg and Jeffrey A. Bader, National Security Council’s senior Director for Asia to Beijing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After China’s annual National People’s Congress conference, the Chinese premier Wen Jiabao opened the press conference by criticizing the United States. Wen defended that China would not the appreciation of Renminbi. Soon after the Chinese leader dismissed the American complains, about 130 American congressman submitted the letter to the president ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to BBC News Chinese website the Dalai Lama provided an interview on February 22 in Los Angels. In his interview with BBC News he indicated that, “The reincarnation should stop if the people in Tibet agree with.” Well, by now Dalai Lama has probably figured out that he may ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Japanese media the head of the PR department in CCTV, Xia Guanghong, resigned from his director post. During the lunar years (February 14-15), CCTV had all night entertainment programs including singing and dancing.  However, CCTV made about 6.5 millions yuan in profit from commercials. This outraged the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In February, the Japanese government announced that its GDP grew at 1.1 percent during September and December (Daily Mainichi). This will place Japan as the second economy ($5.1 trillion GDP) in the world even though China had 8.7 percent economic growth in 2009 ($4.9 trillion GDP). Economic indications have limits. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After nearly two months of investigation regarding the South Korean Navy patrol craft Cheonan tragedy where 46 crew members were killed, the South Korean investigation team sponsored with technical support from the UK, the US, Sweden, Canada, and Australia, concluded that the naval ship was sunk by a North Korea ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The name of the Project 2049 Institute is not widely known in the Asian region. The institute was established in January 2008. According to its home page “the organization fills a gap in the public policy realm through forward-looking, region-specific research on alternative security and policy solutions (Webside of Project ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com A new Washington Post-ABC News poll indicates that the majority of Americans believe that China will be the leading superpower in 21st century. In terms of the economy, 41 percent of Americans believe that this century is the Chinese century, while 40 percent of Americans continue to believe that this is ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since 1993, China has been the net importer of oil; currently it reaches more than 50% of the dependency (about 237,900,000 ton) of foreign oil. According to the Japanese media, China will become the net import of coal in 2009. If China continues to grow annual more than 10 percent, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to China Daily (9 January 2010) Chinese exports jumped 17.7 percent year-on-year base in December 2009. At the same time, the imports jumped by an even more, 55.9 percent in December. Therefore, China’s trade surplus shrank by 34.2 percent in 2009 to $196 billion. In addition, on 21 January ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com While the 44th President of the United States addresses his state of union to the American people by focusing on his “job initiative” on 27 January 2010, China’s State Council has decided to set up a National Energy Commission (NEC). Premier Wen Jiabao will be the head of the commission, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since Obama finished his Asian trip in 2009, the Middle Kingdom seems to be on a collision course with the U.S. Most western media insisted on 3T (Trade, Tibet, and Taiwan) which are a  major cause of conflict between China and the U.S. But Robert J. Samuelson of the Washington ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to CCTV the Chinese government (by Du Qinglin) finished talking with the Dalai Lama’s private representatives (by Ladi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen) without any meaningful result for both sides. They (Dalai Lama’s private representatives) “have no legal status to discuss with us the affairs about Tibet Autonomous Region … ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In a Swiss resort, the World Economic Forum opened its annual meeting at Davos. After the Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang addressed the forum, the western media made extremely unfair and uncomfortable headlines regarding the speech. For example, “Vice-premier defends Chinese policy (Financial Times 28 January),” and “Chinese Leader Offers ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Spanish European Union President indicates that EU should left an arms embargo on China which crackdowns on 1989 Tiananmen Square protesters about 21 years ago. Among countries in EU France and the U.K. constantly agree to lift Chinese arms ban, but the U.S. has always interfered the lift arm ban ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 19 January 2010, it is the 50th birthday of Japanese-U.S. Security Treaty. The Japanese-American security treaty was created during the cold war as a deterrent against the USSR, which no longer exists. Both Japan and the U.S. announced a joint statement signed by foreign ministers (Okada and Clinton) and ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In Davos, some countries began to search for a new way to escape their financial crisis. Among EU members, Portugul, Italy, Greece, and Spain (PIGS) basically have financial tsunami in their own purses. All of these countries have very high deficits in GDP; therefore, PICS are looking for life-savor. According ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Recently, Maureen Callahan published an article in New York Post (17 January 2010) titled “Don’t Panic: because China won’t overtake the US as the world’s superpower.” The Americans began to fear China would overtake the US, just as similar to fears Russian military during the cold war and Japanese economy ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “We need set a new goal: We will double our exports over the next five years, an increase that will support 2 million jobs in America. To help meet this goal, we’re launching a National Export Initiative that will help farmers and small businesses increase their exports, and reform export ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since Hatoyama took power in Japan, the deadlock over the transfer of a key American military airfield between Tokyo and Washington has put the 50th anniversary of the Japan-U.S. security treaty into danger. One of the current coalitions with the DPJ, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), opposes the relocation of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Many people know Japan is democratic nation, but not so many people know that the right-wings is threatening fundamental democratic principles in Japan. On 25 December 2009, the office of Ozawa Ichiro, DPJ Secretary General, received a package which contains a 8cm-long-bullet. This type of occurrence is not unusual in ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since 1994, a U.N. General Assembly Committee adopted a resolution of the nuclear weapons elimination. On 29 October 2009, along with 87 counties, Japan submitted the resolution calling for the total elimination of nuclear weapons world-wide. Two countries: North Korea and India voted against the resolution, and 170 countries including, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Global Trade Information Services Inc. (GTI), China overtook Germany as the world’s top exporter in 2009. In the first 10 months of 2009, China shipped products worth $958 billion while Germany sold goods worth $918 billion. This year, 2010, China might become the world’s second economy overtaking ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After becoming 2 trillion Japanese yen in debt, Japan Airline Corporation (JAL) filed for bankruptcy on 19 January 2010. JAL is symbolized by the “rising sun” of Japanese national flag. Just as GM, JAL is going to be rehabilitated and hopefully recovered as a “healthy” company. For over a half ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It is unusually for the Finance Minister to comment on the foreign exchange rate. When Kan Naoto, Finance Minister of Japan, took a new job on 7 January 2010, Kan stated, “Currently, the yen has been weakening since around the time of the Dubai shock, but I hope it will ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to China Daily the Chinese consumer price index (CPI) rose by 0.6 percent in November, the first time since January. In China, almost every city has faced the problem of real estate, which has grown more than 20 percent. The normal citizens in China are not able to afford ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 11 December 2009, the Germany government will name Berlin’s new airport after Willy Brandt, the former West German leader. The airport is expected to complete by 2011. The Nobel Laureate in Peace made his famous visit in Poland by bending his keens to apology to the Jews regarding the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Google threatened that it might shut down its China-based Google.cn site based upon concerns about censorship and hacking its mail service within China. As Siva Yam, President of United States of America-China Chamber of Commerce states, “As long as you aren’t involved in politics, the media or pornography, the government ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “There was an unfortunate period in modern history and it is a historical fact that Japan and the Japanese people must apologize for,” Ozawa Ichiro, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan on 12 December 2009. The statement came out when Ozawa made a speech at Kookmin University in ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Chinese media in Hong Kong, the Chinese government established a school for anti-corruption northwest of Beijing training 15,000 officials. These officials are going to learn psychology and foreign methods of the anti-corruption. In past 30-years of economic reform, according to the Japanese media, about 4,000 corrupted officials ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Japanese envoy to Taiwan, Saito Masaki, made the claim that the island’s status remains “unresolved” when he gave the lecture in the college in Taiwan (see the blog on 14 August 2009). For months, Ma Ying-jeou refused to see Saito; as a result, Saito decided to quit and return ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Currently, only three nations: U.S., Russia, and Israel, have the technology to shoot down a missile. On 18 January 2010, China joined the interceptor club because the Chinese military intercepted a missile in mid-flight during a test-fire. It is unusual that the ministry of foreign affairs announced the test. “The ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Two weeks before the 44th President visited the Middle Kingdom, two US government officials made their trip to Beijing on a “special mission,” according to the Japan Times (27 November 2009). Two officials: Dennis Ross and Jeffrey Bader, both senior officials in the National Security Council, informed the Chinese leaders ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the democrat controls in the White House last time during Clinton Administration, the anti-China rhetoric was out control in the end.  Even the congress published COX REPORT against China on Capital Hill by accusing to spy American nuclear secrets. China-bashing was costless. When the 44th president took the power ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the “Dubai Shock” attacked the financial market globally, the Chinese Finance Minister announced that it will issue 50-year Renminbi bond. China will be the third nation after the UK and France to sell the 50-year bonds. The total Renminbi bonds will be 20,000,000,000 yuan, and its interest rate will ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com China has more than 6,900 islands and more than 10,000 small isles, according to the Chinese governmental media On 26 December 2009, China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee, passed a law protecting the islets. According to the Xinhua News, China will strengthen the protection of its ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Interestingly, Time (November 23, 2009) magazine published Bill Powell’s article, titled “5 Things the U.S. Can Learn from China” before Obama landed in the Middle Kingdom. The five things are: be ambitious, education matters, look after the elderly, save more, and look over the horizon. All five items are fundamental ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 2001, Gordon G. Chang predicts  the collapse of China (The Coming Collapse of China by Random House). Nearly ten years has past, where is the collapse of China? Recently, most economists, governments, and experts expect the Chinese economy to continue to grow in 2010. But, James S. Chanos, a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com For years, the LDP repeatedly denied the existence of the Secret Pact between the U.S. and Japan. On 1 December 2009, a former senior diplomat, Yoshino Bunroku, admitted for the first time in court that Tokyo and Washington had a secret accord on the cost burden relating to the 1972 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com If an alumni makes a donation to a university in the West, it would rarely make the international news unless it was an exceptionally large donation. When Zhang Lei, the founder and managing partner of Hillhouse Capital Management in Beijing gave $8,888,888 to the management school of Yale University (where ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 30 November 2009, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) opened its 14th conference in the Hague of Holland (till December 4th). The head of the Chinese delegation, Zhang Jun, insisted that “I hope that Japan will remove its chemical weapons in China, abandoned by the Japanese ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 7 January 2010, the Chinese government denounced the U.S. decision to clear the sale of Patriot missiles by Lockheed Martine to Taiwan, the deal entered into by George W. Bush. Three days later, the Chinese Foreign Ministry again denounced U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, a $1.1 billion order received ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Beijing Capital Airport reached 60 million flights on 30 November 2009 when a Air China (flight CA 912) from Stockholm to Beijing took a number of passengers to China. All passengers received a USB memory drive with the design “60 million” on it. This is a milestone for the Beijing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 14 February 2010, it is the Chinese (lunar) New Year. Many countries in the Asian region including South Korea celebrated the lunar new year. In Nanjing, according to the Japanese media, Jiangsu Province, a 70-year-old grand-mom walked into the store to purchase one kilo-gram of the pure gold (24K) ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 1 December 2009, the Japanese government decided to develop Okinotori Island, which is located in 1,740 km south of Tokyo, building a port and other facilities and finishing within 5 years. However, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated its opposition to the Japanese government’s decision. In September, the Chinese government ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com China is considering becoming co-chair of a group with European Union to fight Somalia pirates. Recently, some Chinese vessels have kidnapped by Somalia pirates. However, so far the Chinese navy has operated independently in the Gulf of Aden. If the Chinese navy jointly operates with naval forces of EU, this ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Hatoyama Yukio repeatedly tied to balance his campaign financial books. It has been revealed that more than 100 million Japanese yen was falsely declared out of revenues from selling tickets for fundraising parties between 2004 and 2008. At least 300 million yen was falsely declared in Hatoyama’s financial statements. Finally, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When Vice President Xi Jinping visited Japan, the head of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), an opposition in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, was in Tokyo on 15 December 2009. Regarding the unification, she stated that the whole Taiwanese people (23 million people) must decide their future of the unification. At the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 27 November 2009, the Chinese Defense Liang Guanglie and the Japanese Defense Minister Kitazawa Toshimi held a joint press briefing in Tokyo to announce a joint naval drill agreement in next year after the Chinese delegation arrived Japan for visiting. This military exchange will be the first joint naval ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com For years, the United States government asks its allies -- Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark, and Norway – to support the development of new radar-evading F-35 fighter jet. By now, Japan has also expressed interest in buying the F-35 fighter jet. The single-engine F-35, also known as ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “Can the renminbi become a major international currency in as little as a decade? Only time will tell. But U.S. history suggests that this schedule, while ambitious, is not impossible,” wrote by Barry Eichengreen, a professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, publishing an interesting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the Vice President of China, Xi Jinping, visited Japan on 14 December 2009, his visit created one of hottest debates in Japan. Since the Japanese emperor has prostate cancer in 1995, the Imperial Household Agency has asked any leaders from any countries must arrange the meeting with the emperor ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the Korean War (1950-1953), Beijing and Pyongyang joined forces to fight against with the UN forces, led by the USA.  On 22 November 2009, the Chinese Defense Liang Guanglie arrived in North Korea. Both Korean and Chinese media pledged to strengthen their military alliance, “sealing it in blood.” Kim ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The United States, European countries, and South Korea have already reached open skies agreements, promoting liberalization of their respective civil aviation markets for a while. In the middle of December, Japan finally agreed to liberalize air traffic with the US under open skies accord (Nippon News Network). Japan has one ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When President Obama’s Asian trip finished in the last country – South another Asian nation was nervous. That is no other – than India. When the 44th President visited both Japan and China, he did not mention the name of Indiain his speech at all. However, after Obama returned to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to Xinhua News Agency two men: Hu Minghua and Su Binde, were executed in the morning of 26 November 2009. Based on the statement from the Supreme People’s Court, Hu Minghua had kidnapped and sold nine children from April 1999 to October 2005, while Su Binde was convicted of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 27 October 2009, former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, received the lifetime achievement award from the US-ASEAN Business Council in Washington D.C., the first award of its kind awarded to a former prime minister. Lee Kuan Yew made his speech at the 25th anniversary gala dinner in ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After the US lost the Vietnam War, Americans have been extremely careful in the acting in the Asian region. The 44th President of the United States broke this hesitance. During the Obama’s Asian trip in 2009, he made the first meeting with ASEAN + 1 since the Vietnam War by ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Chinese government pledged that, according to CCTV, China would voluntarily cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40 percent to 45 percent by 2020, compared with levels in 2005. Before Copenhagen climate summit, President Obama committed to reduce 17 percent below 2005 level. Major Carbon Emitters’ Positions Country Reductions by ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the 44th president took air force one heading on his first trip to Asia on November 12, 2009, American journalists dropped a bombshell into the global news media. When Obama landed in Japan on the following day, the Washington Post (by R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick) published an article ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It is unusual for the Prime Minister of Japan to leave a guest of state during their visit.  However, when the US President Barack Obama delayed his visit Japan for 24 hours due to domestic affairs, this is exactly what happened. The Japanese prime minister left for the APEC meeting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 1959, the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet, entering the Buddhist monastery town of Tawang located in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. This region, which lays on the Indo-Tibetan border, has long been the issue of territorial disputes between India and China as the result of the border artificially ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The US. President, Barack Obama, made his first trip to Asia to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit meeting in Singapore on 10 November 2009. The 44th president decided to make a 10-day visit to Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. Interestingly, three days before Obama arrived in Singapore, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the British colonized most world affairs during Pax Britanica, hundreds of thousands of disadvantage children were sent from around the world including from the U.K. to Australia. These abused orphans faced sexual abuse, violence, and forced labor over a period of decades.  On 16 November 2009, Prime Minister Kevin ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Recently, Beijing University held a Japanese Studies Contest hosted by the center of Japanese studies. This contest is the only one in China offered at the master degree level.  Currently, about 70 universities offer Japanese Studies at the graduate level (including Japanese language and Japanese literature), and students continue to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Before the 60th anniversary of the PRC military parade on 1 October 2009, General Liang Guanglie, Chinese Defense Minister, was interviewed by the Chinese media regarding the Chinese military might. “Today, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has almost all types of weaponry in the arsenal of Western countries (China Daily).” ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 1886, when the Meiji government took back the power from Tokugawa Shogun, the Japanese bureaucrats began to control Japanese politics. On 14 September 2009, the administrative vice minister regular conference hold the last meeting. This symbolized to end the 123-year-old practice by the Japanese bureaucrats. This regular meeting by ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 1942, the decision by the Tojo Hideki Administration forced about 40,000 Chinese brought to Japan into slavery, working in 135 factories (Asahi Shimbun). For the past 64 years, LDP refused to acknowledge the Japanese government’s mistakes by ignoring the slavery issue. On 23 October 2009, Nishimatsu Construction Corporation agreed ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Recently, the Japanese media begin to use the word, VISTA, which is taking capital letters from five nations: Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, and Argentina, to describe the economic growth expansion in 2010 as the Japanese corporations are ready to extend their muscles. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) has ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Paul Krugman, the Laurent of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics, published his article in the New York Times, titled “The Chinese Disconnect.” Basically, Krugman claims that China’s bad currency policy is threatening the growth of the rest of world economy. It is understandable that Krugman wants the Chinese government ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In the third quarter, the Chinese economy (GDP) expanded 8.9 percent while the economic growth in the U.K. shrunk to -0.4 percent, the longest recession since the government took economy statistics in 1955. Thanks to Cash and Kruncker, the American economy (GDP) in the third quarter managed to rise about ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 1990, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mahamad, proposed an East Asian Economic Caucus, but the idea was dismissed by the United States. In 1997 when the Asian financial crisis hit, Japanese Finance Minister, Miyazawa Kiichi, pushed to create an Asian Monetary Fund, which was quashed by the United ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited China during October 12-14, 2009. Both China and Russia singed 12 agreements.  According to the Chinese media, one of these agreements was that two countries would notify the other of ballistic missiles and the launch of carrier rockets. Usually, no country wants to sign a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “Those earnings are not the achievement of risk takers,” said George Soros. “These are gifts, hidden gifts, from the government, so I don’t think that those monies should be used to pay bonuses (Financial Time 24 October 2009).” He is right. The “fat cats” on the Wall Street basically took ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Jack Gallagher wrote an article in the Japan Times(Ishihara’s Bid for Legacy Was Olympian Waste of Taxpayer Money) on 11 October 2009. His analysis explored how the naïve Japanese politicians like the Governor of Tokyo, who has wasted more than 15 billion (Japanese yen) tax payer’s money, has tried to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When politics shifted the balance of power in Japan, some new information which had been hidden for more than 50 years, came out. On 11 September 2009 before Hatoyama took the office, Japanese bureaucrats disclosed that they sent a congratulatory telegram to elected LDP politicians after each national election. Of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In Rizhao, Shandong Province, there are 2.8 million residents and about 99 percent of the households are using solar water heaters, according to the Japanese media. China began to import the Japanese green technology to prevent pollution which has accumulated for the last three decades. Time on 2 November 2009 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In October, finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations held a meeting emphasizing the strong dollar. In the meeting, a G4 (Japan, China, EU, and the US) meeting was proposed by the US, according to the Japanese media. Last year, the White House began to propose the idea ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 10 October 2009, Turkey and Armenia normalized relations and sought reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their bloody history. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton worked so hard behind the scene for this day.  Both Turkey and Armenia have been in dispute since the World War ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Starting several years ago, Iran began to settle most of its crude oil exports in non-dollar currencies.  In October, the Arab states in the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar, were in secret talks with Russia, China, Japan, and France to replace the U.S. dollar ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In the G20 (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, UK, and USA) Summit at Pittsburgh (24-25 September 2009), the 20 largest economies’ leaders finally made one crucial decision – replacing G7, the anachronistic system. More ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Hu Jintao finally began to control the Chinese military. On 20 July, Hu Jintao promoted three “princelings” including the son of Liu Shaoqi, Liu Yuan, to general rank, the highest military rank in PLA.  By now, 17 out of 27 military generals were promoted by Hu Jintao, controlling the PLA. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the early October, it symbolized that BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) will be major power in the future. China held the 2008 Summer Olympic, Russia will host the 2014 Winter Games, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Former diplomat M. K. Bhadrakumar published an article in the Asia Times online (1 August 2009) titled “China dips its toe in the Black Sea.” Beijing and Moldova signed an agreement to loan $1 billion (with 3% interest rate over 15 years and a five-year period on interest payments). Moldova ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com As New York Times (24 September 2009) describes the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York, both China and the United States produce 40 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. In the climate summit, the world needs the leadership from China and the US. Hu Jintao, China’s President, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Brad Glosserman, executive director of the Pacific Forum CSIS, wrote an article in the Japan Times regarding Japan politics after the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won the parliamentary election. “The real obstacles to improved Japan-China relations defy any change in government and many require changes not in Tokyo, but ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Today, only two aerospace companies: Boeing and Airbus, dominate the aerospace industry world-wide. . Now, the Chinese are trying to get into this monopoly industry. In 2008, the 90-seat passenger plane, ARJ21, made its successful flight. The ARJ21 might be suitable for regional and Chinese domestic flights. Another Chinese airplane ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Hugh Cortazzi, a former ambassador to Japan (1980-1984), published his article (“Shifting Balances of Power”) in the Japan Times (11 September 2009).  “The new Japanese government will be able to enhance Japan’s world interests only by ensuring that Japan is represented effectively abroad. This requires the appointment of ambassadors willing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In August, the Australian government issued a visa for Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, but the Chinese government protested strongly. Kadeer visited in August to participate in the Melbournefile festival for the screening of a documentary (“Ten Conditions of Love”) about the exiled Uighur leader. A Chinese diplomat made a phone ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com  In the middle of August, Senator Jim Webb visited Burmameeting senior general Than Shwe and Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi. After Webb left the country, the Burmese government began to crackdown on the powerful ethnic militias that challenged the regime for  more than a half century. As ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com One month after Xinjiang unrest on July 5, the Chinese government decided to provide millions in yuan (one yuan = $6.8) renminbi to victims whose stores were ruined. Unfortunately, some local government officials began to pocket some money intended for victims. In some cases, the victim should have received 3,000 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Before he took the office, Japanese Prime Minister, Hatoyama Yukio, made a proposal to Asian countries- to form an “East Asian Community.” This was not a new idea.  The Japanese leaders had the same idea a long time ago, probably during the Meiji Restoration. During WWII, the Japanese imperial army ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “Whatever the cause, though, Beijing’s only smart way forward is to state clearly that a contract is a contract and that Chinese companies must abide by theirs (The Wall Street Journal 9 September 2009).” The controversy between the Chinese companies and the banks of the Wall Street is when fuel ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 27 July 2009, President Obama welcomed the Chinese delegation during two-days of high-level talks between China and the U.S. The issues ranged from climate change to human rights.  Of course, media in both countries widely reported the meeting. However, another nation is watching the meeting carefully too. That is ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Military parades symbolize national unity and national pride; it is just a show. Both France and India have their military parades annually, but the U.S. rarely holds such parades, instead invading another country to demonstrate its military might. The October 1st Chinese military parade is the 15th military display since ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 1860, the Western powers, such the British and French, invaded Chinaand destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace. They were looting and smuggling the finest pieces of the Chinese collections out of China. Thanks to voices of the Chinese people in the internet, Beijing finally decided to send a team ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to CCTV the Chinese government is going to sell Renminbi bonds denominated in Hong Kong on 8 September 2009.  This is the first time that Beijing will sell its bonds outside of mainland China. About 6 billion yuan ($876 million) in bonds will be sold on 28 September 2009. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After the US won its intellectual property case involving music against China in WTO, the American government has agonized whether to impose special 421 safeguards against Chinese tires.  In a politically sparked debate, Obama faced a dilemma based upon promises made to unions during his campaign for the presidency.   As ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Global Times (3 August 2009), in July China once again rejected in Hong Kong the American proposal seeking cooperation to control North Korea if the emergent case (i.e., the collapse of the dictator regime) occurred in North Korea. This is the third time that China has rejected ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The first execution of a Chinese citizen living in Japan occurred on 28 July 2009 since WWII.  In 1999, Chen Detong killed 3 people in Kawasaki, Japan. Chen was found guilty by the Tokyo Supreme Court in June 2006. Now, four more Chinese are waiting for the execution in Japan. http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 16 July 2009, Bloomberg News reported that the Chinese stock market became the second place behind the Wall Street. The current market price of the Chinese stock market is worth about $3.210 trillion which overtook the Tokyo stock market ($3.200 trillion), but remains behind the U.S. stock market which ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 26 July 2009, Ma Ying-jeou ran uncontested in the election for Kuomingtang (KMT) party chief. The Chinese communist party chief, Hu Jintao, congratulated Ma Ying-jeou. “I hope that our two parties can continue to promote peaceful development of cross-strait relations, deepen mutual trust, boost the well-being of compatriots on ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When former Koizumi Junichiro shouted during the 2005 lower house election, “I will destroy LDP if it does not change.” On 30 August 2009, the Japanese voters finally got rid of the lame-duck head of the LDP, Aso Taro, who has been viewed by many as the most arrogant, idiotic, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the U.S. occupation of WWII in Japan, the United States took large quantities of Japanese military government documents for the purpose of investigating Japan’s war crimes and gathering military intelligence. However, the US government copied about 3 percent of a total of 18 million pages of documents on microfilm ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com A year ago, Sichuan had the 8.0 magnitude earthquake, killing near 70,000 people and destroying a number of schools. People thought the Chinese would learn less from the “Tofu” construction of schools in Sichuan. On 27 June 2009, one year later of tragedy from Sichuan, a building collapsed in Shanghai, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 4 July 2009, the Japanese government decided to send its Self-Defense force to the Yonakuni Island. This led to an alert by the Chinese media including both Taiwan and Hong Kong. The area of the Yonakuni Island is about 28 sq. km. with 1,700 citizen including two policemen, located ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 15 July 2009, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, delivered an American foreign policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. About half-hour speech has been provided major foreign policy of Obama Administration. “America will always be a world leader as long as we remain true to our ideals and ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When Hu Jintao, President of China, left Italy on July 7, in order to respond to civil unrest in Xingjiang, negotiators from G8/G7 (the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Russia, Canada, and Italy) realized that hopes had evaporated for any major diplomatic breakthroughs at the summit. In L’Aquila Summit, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., offered a direct apology to a group of the Second World War veterans taken prisoner by Japanese imperial army in the Philippines. “We extend a heartfelt apology for our country having caused tremendous damage and suffering to many people (Japan Times).” A meeting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com  In the beginning of August, former President Bill Clinton visited North Korea asking for the release of two American journalists: Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were sentenced 15 years in a labor camp. On 11 August 2009, the Chinese newspaper (Hong Kong Economic Journal) published a fantastic article (the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched its largest-ever tactical military exercise which involves four military commands: Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan, and Guangzhou on 11 August 2009. Each military commands has provided one army division that accounted about 50,000 heavy armored troops over thousands of miles has been participated in a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 2 July 2009, China’s central Bank, Bank of China, issued detailed rules for cross-border trade settled in yuan, or Renminbi. The first transactions with Hong Kong and Macao starts in July using yuan. The central government also approved five cities: Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Gongguan to settle international ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After the 44th President was sworn into the White House, some new facts regarding 9.11 were revealed globally. Recently, an extremely interesting academic article was published in journal – The Open Chemical Physics Journal (vol. 2, 2009, pp. 7-31) on the issue. The nine authors from European countries and the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 18 June 2009, the United States Senate (111th Congress 1st Session) passed a resolution which formally made an apology to African-Americans for racial segregation. “Apology for the enslavement and segregation of African-Americans- The congress – acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws; ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 29 June 2009, a train going from Changsha, Hunan Province (K9017) collided with the Shenzhen-bound train (K9063) at 2:34 in the predawn. The incident killed at least 3 people and injured an additional 60 passengers. The Japanese media (Kyodo News) reported that the train (K9017) had a special train ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It is well-know that the world’s number one supercomputer, “Roadrummer,” was built by IBM for the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Probably, people are assumed that Japan will be the second nation to build the fastest supercomputer after the United States. But, this is not ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 8 July 2009, Hamada Yasukazu, former Defense Minister in Japan, indicated that the ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) troops will be deployed to Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost islet. Very few people have the geographical knowledge of Yonaguni Island, which is just 110 kilometers from Taiwan’s eastern coast, and roughly 150 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 23 May 2009, the United States was going to file a case to WTO against China. According to Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative, who made the announcement, China has continued to restrict exports of rare metals, including zinc, tin, tungsten, antimony, bauxite, coke, fluorspar, indium, magnesium carbonate, molybdenum, rare ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Chinese media, the Chinese President Hu Jintao inspected a new Chinese nuclear submarine in 1996. The news reflects the new type of submarine 094 or 095 has become part of the Chinese navy. However, during the 60 anniversary of the Chinese navy parade in Qingdao, China did ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 7 June 2009, Guo Shuqing, the chairman of China Construction Bank (CCB), made a new proposal regarding Chinese renminbi. “I think the U.S. government and the World Bank can consider the possibility of issuing renminbi bonds in the Hong Kong market and the Shanghai market (Japan Times 9 June ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The World Bank announced the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 on 1 July 2009. Among the top ten, the United States ranks number one at about $14.2 trillion and Japan as number two with $4.9 trillion. However, BRIC have increased their GDP ranks from the previous year. The GDP ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “Chinese authorities have in fact obtained evidence which proves that (Rio employees) – for a foreign country—Chinese state secrets, which hurt China’s economic interests and economic security,” stated by Wing Gang, a spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC). The Chinese government detained four Rio ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Finally, the Chinese government began to crackdown on child trafficking  early this year. The state-controlled CCTV broadcasted the top ten kidnapped criminals in China. Currently, a number of people have created an outcry over the internet reporting that children, in particular boys, ranging in age from 100 days to 8 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 16 May 2009, Barack Obama nominated Jon Huntsman, Governor of Utah, as the next ambassador of China. Jon Huntsman is moderate Republican who speaks fluent Chinese. Obama’s move is extremely smart because he has eliminated a number of his enemies who might run in the presidential race in 2012. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 25 May 2009, North Korea conducted its second nuclear test since October 2006. About one hour before North Korea regime tested the bomb, the government informed the White House, and so did China. However, North Korea has never cared about Japan at all. The government of Japan should consider ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since a seminal 2001, Jim O’Neill, chief economist of Goldman Sachs began to use the word, BRIC in the research report; today BRIC has turned into an interesting word in the current financial crisis. BRIC, meaning Brazil, Russia, India, and China, met in Yekaterinburg, Russia for a summit on 16 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It was a sad day for the South Korean people when former President Roh Moo Hyun committed suicide on 23 May 2009. One of many reasons for Roh’s suicide was that he felt strong responsibility towards the Korean citizens as prosecutors began to make the bribery case. Well, it is ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Many people know Dr. Sun Yat-sen had three wives: Lu Muzhen, Soong Ching-ling, and Chen Cuifen. However, recently the Japanese media reported that the daughter of fourth wife of Sun is alive. In 1898, Sun met Ootsuki Kaoru in Yokohama, and Sun made his proposal to her in 1901 when ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 20 May 2009, China and EU held the 11th China-EU Summit. At the meeting, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejected the idea of G2. “Some say that world affairs will be managed solely by China and the US. I think that view is baseless and wrong…. Multi-polarization and multilateralism represent ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 26 May 2009, the Chairman of Kuomingtang (KMT) Wu Poh-hsiung met with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao in Beijing. During the talks between leaders of the two parties, Hu Jintao made a stunning proposal suggesting that the “end hostility and [that two sides] reach [a] ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Japanese media, the Chinese government sentenced Yu Jiafu, a former reporter of Xinhua News Agency, to 18 years in prison recently. The 62-years-old reporter has admitted that he gave the top-secret information regarding the Chinese foreign policy of North Korea to foreign diplomats including Miyamoto Yuji, the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 2009, a Chinese government study was released reporting the total length of the Great Wall according to the Chinese media.  A joint project between the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping utilized GPS devices to map parts of war built during Ming ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In May, Tami Tiger rebels were crushed by the Sri Lanka government’s military, finishing more than a quarter of the century civil war. Since January 2009, the conflict between the government forces and rebel militants cost the lives of at least 7,000 civilians. The western media has denounced the Sri ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The 60-year-old Human Right Commission was replaced by the UN Human Rights Council on 15 March 2006. This year is election year for the members of the UN Human Rights Council (2009-2012): 5 seats from African States, 5 seats from Asian States, 2 seats from Eastern European States, 3 seats ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Last year, the government amended the Law on Precautions Against Earthquake and Relief of Disaster, which would protect schools and hospitals requiring them to be able to stand at least a 8.0 earthquakes. In May, it is the first anniversary of the 5.12 earthquake in Sichuan Province.  The Chinese government ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On the surface, Japan is the second economic superpower after the US, but poverty is a major problem which is threatening the basic social welfare in reality. Every three years, the Japanese government conducts a research of poverty levels. According to the Labor and Welfare Ministry 2007 report that the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 2 May 2009, the Australian government issued its defense white paper indicating that it planned to spend $72 billion protecting itself against the Chinese military threat during next 20 years. The Royal Australian Navy is going to purchase weapons including 100 F-35 jets, 12 new submarines, 8 frigates, and ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since the end of WWII, it is the first time former POWs have stepped onto Japanese soil to seek apology from the Japanese prime minister Aso Taro, whose family made POWs serve as slaves in Fukuoka Prefecture. Australian Joseph Coombs, British James McAnulty, the son of late POW, and Patrick ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The British citizen James McAnulty is seeking an apology from Aso Taro because his father spent long hours at Aso’s family’s Fukuoka Prefecture mine while a former POW. “He (my father) said there was a lack of food and the sleeping quarters were terrible, but sleep was welcome because it ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Prime Minister Aso Taro made another interesting question on 22 May 2009. “It cannot be true that the number of new influenza infections in China is so low... (Japan Times 4 June 2009).” Because China has 1.3 billion people, about 10 times larger than Japan’s, China should have more people ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In the beginning of June (June first), Treasury Secretary Tim Githner went on his first foreign trip – China – to reassure Chinese leaders that America is committed to long-term fiscal discipline. In other words, he kept asking the Chinese to keep buying US bonds in order to maintain the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When the Chinese President Hu Jintao met with heads of 29 foreign navy delegations which participated in the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in April, Hu launched the idea of the “harmonious ocean.” Hu stated, “China will never seek hegemony, nor will it turn ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The deadline for coastal states to submit the delimitation of the maritime beyond 200 nautical miles to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea was 13 May 2009. The Chinese government submitted initial information on the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In June 2009, it is 20 anniversary of “June Fourth” movement. In May, the posthumous memoir of former head of the Chinese Communist Party Zhao Ziyang, Prisoner of the State, was published in the U.S. This book is based on Zhao’s 30 audiotapes which were recorded at his home from ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When Admiral Gary Roughead, U.S. Chief of Naval Operations visited China to participle in the celebration of the Chinese navy’s 60th anniversary in Qingdao in April 2009, a reporter asked a question regarding China’s plan to build its first aircraft carrier. “The advert of an aircraft carrier on the part ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Nikkei Shimbun 112 LDP Lower House members, or 37.8 percent of the chamber, have direct blood kin in politics. In Aso’s current Cabinet, 11 out 17 ministers belong to political family dynasties (Japan Times). Since the 1990s, 9 out 11 prime ministers (Miyazawa Kiichi, Hosokawa Morihiro, Hata ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When both sides of the Taiwan Strait are getting friendlier, one of groups is getting upset -- the Japanese right-wing groups. In May 2009, the Japanese envoy (de facto Japanese embassy in Taipei), Saito Masaki gave a speech at a university in Taiwan. In his speech, the Japanese envoy stated ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The International Monetary Fund decided to issue its bonds in order to raise money for lenders to combat the global economic crisis after the meeting among the ministerial level of the G7 and G20 (April 25-26).  The IMF sought to raise its lending capacity to $750 billion when the G20 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 27 April 2009, Nakasone Hirofumi, Foreign Minister of Japan, delivered a speech at a hotel in Tokyo. “China’s strategic direction is unclear and it continues to modernize its nuclear armaments, without cutting down its nuclear weapons. It hasn’t released any information on its capabilities,” stated Nakasone (Japan Times).In his ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 26 April 2009, Chen Yunlin, Head of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait, and Chiang Pin-kun, Head of the Straits Exchange Foundation met for the third time to enter a new agreement between the Taiwan Strait in Nanjing. This deal included an increase in the frequency of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Google got into trouble in Japan when Google Earth added historical maps of Japan. Recently, the Justice Ministry in Japan investigated the company because its historical maps revealed “burakumin” location for century ago. The burakumin is a former low-caste community which is one of many taboo issues in Japan. This ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the Japanese golden week, Aso Taro visited Beijingon the 29th. He met the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao and talked about various issues. However, it seems that a number of isues of Sino-Japanese relations have not reached any resolve. While Aso emphasized the Chinese military expenses, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Everyone is thinking that Japan is democratic society. However, one needs to see it before to believe it. On 20 April 2009, a group of right-wing activists drove a truck with loud speakers passed the house of Dewi Sukarno, who was the former first lady of Indonesia, in Shibuya, Japan. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com These days, Shii Kazuo, party chief of the Japanese Communist Party (JCP), is busy, but he is happy. Shii is one of the happiest people in Japan during this financial chaos. In 1922, the JCP was founded, but it was an illegal organization. In 1945, the JCP was legalized; however, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Sin-ming Shaw published an interesting article in a Japanese newspaper, titled “Crony capitalism has taken root in America” (19 May 2009 Japan Times). Shaw criticized Obama’s “stress tests” as the crony capitalism that will corrupt Third World counties to the U.S.A. Just like former treasury secretary Robert Rubin, who served ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Japan is only country which experienced nuclear bombs. On 19 April 2009, the right-wing politician Nakagawa Shoichi, famous for his drunken appearance during an interview at the February 13-14 minister level G7 meeting, said, “It is common sense worldwide that in pure military terms, nuclear counters nuclear (Japan Times).” A ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Three Australian prisoners of war wanted Aso Taro to apology because Aso Mining Company’s Yoshikuma Coal Mine in Fukuoka forced POW to work as slaves. Later Aso Taro became president of company. According to the Australian (24 April 2009) three POWs: John “Jack” Hall, Joe Coombs, and Arthur Gigger “signed ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 13 April 2009, the 15-member United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a residential statement condemning the April 5 missile launch by North Korea. The statement notes that “The Security Council bears in mind the importance of maintaining peace and stability in the Korean peninsula and in northeast Asia as ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com A recent find by the Italian financial police (Guardia Italiana di Finanza) may result in a big jackpot for the Italian government.  Two Japanese nationals (around age 50s), carrying U.S. bonds worth $134.5 billion (including 249 US Treasury bonds worth $500 million each, and ten Kennedy bonds, as well as ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 16 April 2009, the Chinese government released its first quarter GDP growth at 6.1 percent, the slowest pace in a decade. Recently, most countries and regions have the minus economic growth in the first quarter GDP, such as  -11.5 percent in Singapore, -1.9 percent in the U.K., -6.1 percent ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It is unusually for senior Japanese politicians to criticize high-ranking U.S. officials by name. On 7 April 2009, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General, Hosoda Hiroyuki, criticized former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, who was soft in dealing with the North Korea nuclear threat. Hosoda also condemned Christopher Hill, former ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com As indicated in his landmark speech in Prague on 4 March 2009, Barack Obama has decided to eliminate nuclear weapons. His speech suggests that the United States will seek U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which was signed by Bill Clinton but never passed by the Senate. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the Beijing meeting (March 20) between Hamada Yasukazu, Japan’s Defense Minister, and General Liang Guanglie, China’s Defense Minister, the Chinese government exposed “new” shocking news for Japan. “China cannot be without an aircraft carrier forever… .  China is the only major country in the world that does not have ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended a broad overhaul of military spending slashed on 6 April 2009. These cuts include the ending production of a F22 fighter and a $13 billion-presidential helicopter. At $140 million-apiece, the F22 fighter is a priority for the Japanese purchase lists because F22 fight can evade ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In March 2009, the American navy surveillance ship Impeccable was harassed by Chinese ships inside the Chinese 200-miles EEZ (exclusive economic zone) in the South China Sea. The confrontation took place in the high sea, about 120 km from Hainan Island. A similar incident took place with an American EP-3 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the Chinese parliament meeting in March, Hong Kong based newspaper, Ta Kung Pao (5 March 2009), published an interesting article from a member of the Chinese army. Lin Xianshun, Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the PLA’s Beijing Military Region Air Force, openly appealed to the public that ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “Chimerica,” combining “China” and “American,” reflects a new geostrategic politics created by China’s unprecedented rise power in the global politics. The last time the media used the words “G2” was in the1980s when Japan emerged as the second economic power in the world. Today, after the G20 meeting in London ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Chief Executive Donald Tsang was so happy when the Chinese State Council (9 April 2009) decided to introduce a pilot program for using renminbi (RMB) or yuan for cross-border trade settlement in five Chinese cities, such as Shanghai, Guangdong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Dongguan (CCTV). This will promote economic and trade ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In Qingdao, the Chinese celebrated their 60 anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The Chinese government invited many countries to participate in a naval festival on 23 April 2009.  There were 21 naval ships from 14 nations which were joined the celebration (PLA Daily):  1. Canada: ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Despite a number of nations warning North Korea repeatedly for months, Pyongyang launched its rocket claiming that it was a satellite. Japan was outraged and pushed for new sanctions at the U.N. Security Council with new resolution. At the Prague Castle gate, the young president of the United States claimed, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 18 March 2009, the largest naval vessel ever built for Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force, a 13,950-ton Hyuga with a 195-meter full-length flight deck, was delivered to the Ministry of Defense in Yokohama. On 11 April 2009, the Hyuga opened to the public at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Recently, the Chinese government approved two films (Associated Press): “City of Life and Death” which examines the Nanjing massacre through the eyes of a Chinese soldier, and “John Rabe” which is about German businessman, John Rabe, the head of the 7-sq. km. International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone (ICNSZ), ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com “I would urge you to sell any sterling you might have. It’s finished. I hate to say it, but I would not put nay money in the UK,” stated by Jim Rogers, co-founder of the Quantum fund with George Soros (Independent 21 January 2009). That is, the bankruptcy of the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com An auction of art works by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge in February have made the Chinese mad. Two rare bronze sculptures (heads of a rat and a rabbit) of Yuanmingyuan or the Old Summer Palace were stolen by the British and the French during the Second Opium War ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Recently, according to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) and the Washington NGO reports Chinese submarine conducted 12 patrols in 2008, twice the number of patrols conducted in 2007, which reports seven patrols. Chinese submarine conducted only two patrols in 2006 and none in 2005. In the case of Russian ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com President Barack Obama added some 17,000 American troops to the flagging war in Afghanistan in February 2009. Since Kyrgyzstan is going to close the Manas Airport in Central Asia, the U.S. needs to obtain logistical support.  The question is where will it come from. If one looks a map, the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On 31 December 2008, Hu Jintao made a bold proposal (or often is called Huliudian or Hu’s Six-Points) to Taiwan. Recently, Ma Ying-jeou has reacted positively to Hu’s call. According to both Taiwan and mainland media , one of Ma’s ideas is to build a bridge which can link Quemoy, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Group of Seven (Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the USA) finance ministers and central bank chefs gathered in Rome, Italy during February 13-14 to figure out the solutions of the financial meltdown. Unfortunately, no specific solution of the financial chaos has been found; merely providing some lip-service ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The right-wing Prime Minister Aso Taro expressed his hard-line attitude toward the territorial disputes islets (Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands) with China in the East China Sea. In February 2009, Japan dispatched permanent patrol vessels to theses islands waters from the “periodic patrols” to “daily patrols,” according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The U.S. automobile market had long been world’s largest. On 3 February 2009, automakers reported their sales in January that the U.S. sold 565,976 cars and light trucks and the consumers in China bought 790,000 vehicles (Phoenix TV). For the first time, China passed the U.S. in terms of automobile market. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The communiqué on 4 February 2009 by President of France Nicolas Sakozy and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel is extremely interesting news. According to the agreement the Germany military will be stationed in France according to the BBC News. This is the first time since WWII when the Nazi army ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com People are remembering some classic gaffes by former President George W. Bush. Prime Minister Aso Taro is Japan’s "George W. Bush." He has failed during speeches to correctly pronounce certain words, many of them commonly used in daily Japanese. For instance, Aso Taro mispronounced the word "mizou"  (unprecedented)  as "mizo-yu," a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In China, Zhengyue Waijiao [New Year Diplomacy] has been a famous phrase among the media including phoenix TV in Hong Kong. The Chinese lunar new year (January 26-February 9) is just started on January 26, 2009, but the Chinese diplomatic strategy is widely launched. First, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com After Barack Obama became the 44th President on 20 January 2009, the bandits in Japan and China have different analyses of Obama’s inaugural address. As everyone knows, Obama’s speech does not contain a famous phrase like John F. Kennedy’s inaugural statement “Ask not what your country can do for you; ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Following the Financial Times chief economics commentator Martin Wolf’s article “Asian Revenge” (Financial Times October 8, 2008, my blog “Asia’s Revenge” Is Nonsense! on 17 November 2008), and his book Fixing Global Finance in 2008, Sebastian Mallaby’s article (title: “Opec has a lesson for China”) began to look at China ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) dropped at an annual pace of 12.7% in the fourth quarter (October-December) 2008. For Japan, it is the worst economic performance since the oil shock of 1974. The financial meltdown center – the United States – only declined of 3.8 % and 6.0% in the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since the financial meltdown on Wall Street, a popular word has suddenly appeared in the Asian media. That is “BRIC”!!! From the Chinese Phoenix TV to the Japanese newspapers, even in the airline magazine such as United Leader’s Review (in Japanese language November 10-January 9 issue, pp. 16-19), published the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com These days, Tamogami Toshio is busy appearing on TV shows, publishing books, and holding sponsored lectures. Tamogami also had an interview with the Japan Times. Since he was fired on 31 October 2008, Tamogami appears to view his mission to convince people that his theory of WWII is right. “I remember ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Today, it will be difficulty for anyone to find a number of young Chinese reading a proletarian novel in street of Beijing. Even within communist system, communist philosophy is not popular at all. However, it is totally different in Japan. Since 2008, a great phenomenon occurred among youth Japanese. The ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The young president of the United States has stayed in his office less than a month; one of major challenges that might face to the US. Surprisingly, it is not the Middle East problem. On 3 February 2009, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan informed the Obama administration that Kyrgyzstan will close ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Charles W. Freeman III, head of the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), published the Freeman Report titled “Heeding the Lessons of Failure” (December 2008). In the report, Freeman claims that China has never embraced the Washington Consensus by pursuing development goals ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Two interesting articles appeared in the newspaper regarding Obama’s foreign policy when Barack Obama was taking the oath in front of millions people on January 20, 2009. One is written by former diplomat Henry Kissinger (Independent 20 January 2009), and the other is written by Japanologists Richard Samuels and James ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On January 19, 2009, more than 380 legislators in Tibet endorsed a bill to mark March 28 as “Serfs Emancipation Day,” according to CCTV. In 1959, the date when one million serfs and slaves in the region were freed, the State Council dismissed the local government of Tibet and replace ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the 44th President, the first minority ethnic President in more than 230 years of American history. According to Hong Kong media 1.5 billions people watched Obama’s inauguration ceremony. The society of the superpower of the world is beginning to change. Unfortunately, on the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Aso Taro believes that the United States will be required to help Japan under a bilateral security treaty if a foreign country invades the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Aso’s comments were made at a meeting on foreign affairs at the House of Representatives Budget Committee when Maehara ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Lau Nai-keung, a politician in Hong Kong, wrote a piece in South China Morning Post (December 26, 2008) entitled “Proof that China will no longer be bullied.” Internally, Beijing has faced tremendous pressure to take action to defend China’s vital national interests. These tough foreign policy actions include the cancelation ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Nobuo Miyamoto, Chairman of Board Regent of Komazawa University, was fired in December. As one of the oldest universities in Tokyo, Komazawa University suffered a $15.4 billion loss from derivatives trading (i.e., currency swaps) that were manipulated by three financial institutions. Recently, both Nanzan University and Aichi University reported losses ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When Washington decided to remove North Korea from a list of state sponsors of terrorism on October 11, 2008, some politicians in Tokyo were not happy including right-wing Nakagawa Shoichi, who was attending the G7 meeting in the USA. For years, Japanese right-wing groups including some politicians and abductees’ families, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The central government in China announced a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus in November 2008. The stimulus primarily focuses on roads, railways, and major infrastructures inside China. According to CCTV the central government will support projects already under construction in a local province in the amount of 10 trillion ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The mainland’s largest offshore explorer, CNOOC, signed with Taiwan’s oil company, CPC, for the cooperation agreements. According to Xinhua News this agreement includes to joint exploration of the Chaozhou Shantou Basin off mainland’s Guangdong coast and joint study on the Wuqiuyu Basin off Fujian coast. Furthermore, CNOOC is ready to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Chinese parliament passed an amendment to a law on earthquake safety. This bill came after the Sichuan earthquake on May 12, 2008 after a number of schools were collapsed due to “Tofu” construction. According to the Xinhua News, the law will impose stricter building standards for schools to make ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On October 14, 2008 Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan, arrived in Beijing for a four-day state visit seeking $4 billion to $6 billion in aid from China so that Pakistan would not default on its payments. This is not the first time that Pakistan sought China’s help. In 1996 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com While George W. Bush was busy persuading American lawmakers to support the administration’s $700 billion Wall Street bailout, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela arrived at Beijing for a three-day visit (before going Russia, and heading to Belarus, France, and Portugal) in last fall. In return, the Chinese promised to launch ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On November 17, 2008, General Qian Lihua, director of the ministry of foreign affairs, had an interview with the Financial Times in English. Regarding the issue of whether the Chinese will build its aircraft carrier or not, General Qian states clearly, “The question is not whether you have an aircraft ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On November 24, 2008, South Korea and China opened their military hotline. This is first and only country that South Korea has a hotline with. The military hotline includes the air force hotline between the Korean Second Central Air Forces (MCRC) and the Chinese air force in Shangdong, and the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com By using the taxpayers’ money, the Chinese officials are still living in the “heaven,” according to the Japanese media. In April 2008, a 11-members delegation for “the human resources inspection” from Xinyu-city Jiangxi Province went to the USA. The delegation has done nothing with human resources, and instead toured the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On January 4, 2009, Voice of America (Chinese Language) reports that local bureaucrats have stolen huge money from the Sichuan earthquake victims, who are getting frustrate. According to Xinhua News about 1962 cases of corruption were reported to the authorities by end of November 2008, but only 146 corruption cases ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since the Lehman Brothers bankrupted on September 15, 2008, it seems that Chinese leaders have expressed different opinions about the recovery of the Chinese economy. According to the right-wing newspaper Sankei News in Japan, Wen Jiabao began to clash with Hu Jintao regarding economic stimulus plan. For instance, Primer Wen Jiabao ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Oliver Hazard Perry Class frigates was well-known in the US Navy, named after American hero Oliver Hazard Perry, the older brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry, who is famous in Japanese history. On December 2, 2008, the American Navy named new naval ship as Matthew Calbraith Perry, who opened new ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Before the G20 Washington meeting held on November 15, 2008, Aso Taro made a proposal to deal with the financial crisis. Under this proposal, Japan would provide up to $100 billion to the IMF to strengthen the looming financial crisis. Unfortunately, the global financial markets responded to the proposal for ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Besides New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong, Japan became the latest member to join the 2008 Recession Club. On November 17, 2008, Japan posted its second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth, indicating a recession for the first time since 2001. Less than two months after taking office, Aso Taro ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Recently, the Japanese government released some documents regarding Prime Minister Sato Eisaku administration. In one account, Sato, who is uncle of former prime minister Abe Shinzo (9 months in office), wanted the United States to use its nuclear weapons against China in retaliation if Japan became engaged in a was ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Under prodding pressure from Democratic Party, the ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released documents in December 2008 showing that 300 Australian, British, and Dutch prisoners of war worked at a mine owned by Aso Mining during the last four months of the Second World War. Prime Minister Aso Taro ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the Second World War, one of greatest Japanologists, Ruth Benedict, wrote one of best books on Japan, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. She analyzed Japanese society’s strong sham culture, which reflected traditional society of Japan. Since then, many scholars have imagined Japan as the sham society based upon Benedict’s ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since the 1990s, Japanese right-wing radicals have created what is often referred to as an iron triangle: politicians-media-scholars, to poison the views of Japanese youth who were born after WWII. One way the Japanese right-wing politicians push their political policies and agenda is through the public education system which often ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to the Wall Street Journal on November 7, 2008 (online edition) the United States made a proposal to China to seek cooperation if 67-years-old Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s leader passes away. For the USA, a power shift in North Korea could send hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing over ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In a CCTV interview, Huang Xueping, a Chinese defense military spokesman, states that China will serve in international obligations and its need to cope with various security threats around the globe. On December 20, 2008, the Chinese government announced that it was sending three naval ships to the Gulf of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com A few hours after the House of Representatives passed the $700 billion bailout plan on October 3, 2008, the Pentagon announced weapons sales to Taiwan. The $6.5 billion weapon sales include 30 AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicopters, 330 Patriot missiles, 32 Harpoon submarine-launched missiles, and others. The Pentagon said that ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the Asian financial crisis in 1998, IMF played a significant role in rescuing Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia, and the Philippines by imposing its free economy, free market, and laissez faire propaganda. Where is IMF during the 2008 financial chaos?? It seems to everyone that IMF is running out of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On October 10, 2008, G7 (the world’s leading powers) including Japan met in Washington addressing five points to stabilize the financial chaos. George W. Bush tried to convince members of the G-20 countries including China, which collectively account for 85 percent of the global economy, to help the US. Without ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The word APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) has often been heard in the mass media, but a few people have heard of ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting). The difference between ASEM and APEC is “without Uncle Sam” or “with Uncle Sam.” ASEM, which was established in 1996 will have its seventh meeting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since January 2008, a total of 3,631 small-sized toy producers, 52.7 percent of the industry’s businesses, shut down, according to the Chinese and Japanese media. The rising Chinese currency, along with escalating production costs, drove these exporters out the business. In addition, the financial meltdown in the US provided another ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com For years, both Japan and Chinahave negotiated with the Russians to construct an oil pipeline in the Asian region. As Wen Jiabao made his trip to Russia in the end of October, the Russians agree to extent the oil pipeline to the Chinese border. Once again, Japan fell behind the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The paramount Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping went Tokyo and signed the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty with the Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Takeo in October 23, 1978. The year 2008 is the 30th anniversary of the peace treaty. Unfortunately, there is no cause for celebration regarding Sino-Japanese relations. A few ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In 1929, the former Soviet Union invaded Heixiazi (R: Bolshoi Ussuriysky) Island while the Chinese empire was in chaos. In addition, the Russians occupied Yinlong (R: Tarabarov) Island. Heixiazi and Yinlong islands are located at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers in Manchuria, about 1,000 miles northeast of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On November 3rd, Chen Yunlin, Head of Mainland Affair Council, arrived in Taiwan, becoming the first Chinese high official to visit the island. Chen and Chiang Pin-kun, Head of the Straits Exchange Foundation, signed an agreement by stopping “3 NOs” from Taiwan. The major items in the agreement are: a. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In September, the former Prime Minister, Koizumi Junichiro, announced that he would not run in the next lower house election. But, Koizumi recommended his 27-year-old son to take his seat to run the next election simply because Koizumi inherited this political seat from his family at age 27. Nearly, one-third ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com By now, many people are wondering why did the American government save AIG, but abandon Lehman Brothers. There is one factor that many don’t know- the “China Factor.” According to some Chinese sources, Beijing pressured to Washington to save AIG because a majority of Chinese companies and institutions including insurances, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Thaksin Shinawatra, the former prime minister of Thailand, made an interesting proposal to create an Asia Bond to save Asian countries (Financial Times October 6, 2008). According to his plan, Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, could agree to pool some of their reserves in a certain ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On the 25th of September, the 97,000-ton USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered carrier of the U.S. Navy, arrived at its new home port, Yokusuka Japan. Since 1973, this is the fourth U.S. carrier stationed in Japan after the Midway, the Independence, and the Kitty Hawk. All carriers are oil-powered. Of the U.S. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com During the global financial chaos, Australian Prime Mister Kevin Rudd stated that China could help strengthen global financial stability. “The current instabilities that are concentrated in the U.S. should not be taken as a signal to China to retreat from integration and globalization (Japan Times, October 7, 2008).” Similarly, Larry ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Will the $700 billion bailout save the U.S. economy? The answer is “NO!” In 1990s, the Japanese property bubble burst cost taxpayers about $3 trillion (with Japan’s GDP about $4 trillion) and took more than 15 years to clean up the mess in the Japanese economy. Today, the subprime loan ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com While the U.S. spent $700 billion to bailout gamblers in Wall Street, the Chinese government spent much time “bailing out” its reputation in global business as the result of the recent tainted milk scandal. Two different social systems created two different issues for the global community. American financial gamblers dealing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The Financial Times chief economics commentator Martin Wolf made a strange argument about the recent financial meltdown on Wall Street.  He published a newspaper article entitled “Asia’s Revenge,” accusing China and others of creating what he called a “Bretton Woods II” or “export-led growth” plan in order to seek revenge ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com "We have made clear to the Chinese Government, and publicly, the we do not support Tibetan independence. Like every other EU member state, and the United States, we regard Tibet as part of the People's Republic of China," stated by the United Kingdom foreign office website on October 29th, the days ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On October 31, 2008, General Tamogami Toshio, Chief of Staff of Japan’s Air Force, was fired because of his essay, “Was Japan an Aggressor Nation?,” which expressed an odd view of  world history much different from the majority of global audience. Tamogami, was praised by the right-wing former Defense Minister, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On September 22, former President Lee Teng-hui visited Okinawa, Japan for the first time. He was treated with VIP status with more than 400 police protecting him. When Lee met the Governor of Okinawa, Nakaima Hirokazu, for lunch on 24th, Lee Teng-hui remarked “The Tiaoyutai (Diaoyu/Senkaku) Islands have belonged to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com According to China Youth Daily (July 5, 2008), Zhongguo Qingnian Bao, some officials from other parts of China used the excuse of inspecting the Sichuan earthquake for recreational purposes. These officials, spent large amounts of Chinese money (300,000 Chinese yuan) and took delegations of 20-30-people delegation on the trips spending ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The year, 2008, is not a usual year for China. Internationally, surrounding countries have been chaotic. To the East of China, people in South Korea have protested imported American beef for months; the new regime in South Korea is in crisis. To its South, people of the opposition party demand ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When both Beijing and Tokyo agreed to the joint development of oil/gas field in East China Sea on June 16, the announcement caused nationalists in both countries to become excited. On one hand, the radical Chinese nationalists believe that their government sold the sovereignty of Chunxiao oil field. On the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On July 3, envoys and the Chinese government held the second meeting since Tibet’s 3.4 riot.  Unfortunately, there was little breakthrough between two sides primarily because Dalai Lama supporters have differing opinions on how to solve the issue. Certain radical supporters want to use violence to resolve the issue creating ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com In Weng’an county of Guizhou province on June 28, thousands of people flocked to a police station to protest the alleged cover up of a teenage girl’s rape and murder. Under Hu Jintao’s order, the Weng’an government claims that there was no cover up after examining the girl’s body three ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It was not long ago when scholars used the words “G2” in the 1980s to describe two “superpowers” – the United States and Japan. Times have now changed. In 2008, an article (“A Partnership of Equals,” Foreign Affairs July/August 2008) written by C. Fred Bergsten used the phrase “G2” to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com There has been a significant “breakthrough” in the relationship between North Korea and the United States after North Korean demolished its 20-meter-tall cooling tower in Yongbyon on June 27, 2008. Among the six parties involved with talk with Northern Korea, China has played a crucial role in denuclearizing North Korea ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On February 20, 1943, the Japanese imperial navy landed in Guangzhou city. More than 60 years later, on June 24, 2008, the Sazanami, the Japanese naval destroyer, docked in Zhanjiang, a port city in southern Guangdong Province. This time, the Japanese navy received a 21-gun salute from the Chinese navy, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The comparison with between the 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China resulting in a loss of 70,000 lives in Sichuan on May 12, and the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Japan resulting in the death of 12 people in Miyagi on June 17 is telling. The problem is “tofu” construction of many ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com It has now been over months since the earthquake hit Sichuan, China on May 12, costing nearly 70,000 people their lives. Now, the survivors have begun to express their anger toward the Chinese officials after a-month-long grief and sorrow. A number of parents who lost their children in those “tofu” ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Since 2004, both Japan and China have negotiated oil/gas development issue in the East China Sea (regarding this history see chapter 9 in China and Japan at Odds: Deciphering the Perpetual Conflict for Posterity, edited by Jamese C. Hsiung, 2007). Finally, on June 18, two superpowers in the East Asian ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com On June 16, the United States pressed Japan and Taiwan to use  “restraint” and to resolve the heated dispute over a ship collision in the surrounding water of the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands. Even though Japan expressed “regret” and offered to pay the “Lienhe” captain Ho Hung-yi, the Taiwanese regime dispatched nice ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com When “independent” Chen Shui-bian controlled Taiwan for eight years, the Japanese right-wing had a “honeymoon” relationship or “best” years with Taiwan since 1972 when the diplomatic ties were broken. A number of visits to Taiwan during these years by famous radical Japanese right-wings, including Ishihara Shintaro, the Governor of Tokyo, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com The first experiment of the Third United Front CCP-KMT is coming at the same time as a the Japanese 100-ton coast guard patrol vessel “Koshiki” sank a Taiwanese 20-ton recreational fishing boat “Lienhe” near the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands of the East China Sea on June 10th (regarding history of this territorial ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Wang Yi, China's ambassador to Japan during 2004-2007, became director of Taiwan Affairs Office under the State Council on June 3, 2008. Geopolitically, Chinese President Hu Jintao appears to have cut off relationships between the Japanese right-wing and Taiwan's "independent" right-wing movement. These changes signal that Sino-Japanese relations are back ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com Two Chinese: Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong loathed each other for more than half a century; as a result supporters of the two sides have almost killed each other on many occasions. After nearly 60 years of hostility between Taiwan and mainland China, Taiwan and China have entered an agreement ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/www.chinajapanusrelations.com