6 October 2020 BBC
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan in Tokyo to discuss how to counter China.
The “Quad meeting” comes as all four countries seek to form a front against an increasingly assertive China.
Before he left the US, Mr Pompeo said the meeting was “something we’ve been working on for a long time”.
Credit: Official White House photo
The year is not over, but it’s safe to say that 2020 has been a watershed. Even so, it may be difficult to grasp just how consequential the last several months have been for U.S.-China relations. As the many crises of 2020 recede into the past, it will become increasingly clear that we witnessed the most important sea change in U.S.-China relations in 50 years. Critically, this was the year that the tide of public opinion in the United States turned against China.
Continue reading on CVD >> Yahoo! NewsKeegan Elmer South China Morning Post 4 October 2020
TĐH: This will affect Vietnam
The United States has released guidance on its immigration laws that will make it almost impossible for members of a Communist party or similar to be granted permanent residence or citizenship of America.
The announcement was made in a policy alert issued on Friday by the US Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS).
In a sign Washington is dusting off its Cold War-era legislation, the agency said: “In general, unless otherwise exempt, any intending immigrant who is a member or affiliate of the Communist Party or any other totalitarian party … domestic or foreign, is inadmissible to the United States.”
Thứ tư, 01/07/2020 | 13:34
Ngày 29/6, Tòa án Evry của Pháp đã ra một thông báo mới về vụ kiện của bà Trần Tố Nga, theo đó quá trình tiến hành các phiên thủ tục sẽ kết thúc vào ngày 28/9/2020 và ngày 12/10/2020 sẽ tiến hành phiên tranh tụng để xét xử vụ kiện.
Như mọi người đã biết, ngày 14/5/2014, bà Trần Tố Nga, một Việt kiều sống ở Pháp từ năm 1993 đến nay, đệ đơn lên Tòa Đại hình ở Evry kiện 26 công ty hóa chất của Mỹ đã cung cấp chất độc hóa học cho quân đội Mỹ sử dụng trong chiến tranh ở Việt Nam, làm cho bà bị nhiễm độc, bị nhiều căn bệnh nguy hiểm, làm cho con gái đầu của bà bị di nhiễm nên đã chết lúc 17 tháng tuổi, con gái thứ hai bị bệnh Alpha Thalassemia (thiếu máu huyết tán).
Beijing is going all in to back a breakthrough in Chinese semiconductor manufacturing as the nation faces US sanctions on hi-tech goodsBut many newcomers to the industry have little experience and some experts say the ‘whatever it takes’ approach shows tolerance for inefficiency
Published: 11:30pm, 28 Sep, 2020 SCMP
By Leo Kelion, BBC, Technology desk editor
The US Department of Commerce has written to American suppliers of China’s biggest chip manufacturer, warning them of “unprecedented risks” that their products could be used by the Chinese military.
The letter reminds the firms they must apply for licences to ship controlled items to Shanghai-based SMIC. But it does not appear that Washington has decided whether or not to add the firm to a trade blacklist. SMIC has denied any military links. And it said it had not received any formal notice of new restrictions from the US. But the latest action caused Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation’s shares to drop about 7% in Hong Kong trade.
24 September 2020 BBC
Major carmakers are suing the US government over import taxes it has imposed on Chinese parts.
Tesla is the latest auto firm to object to customs duties introduced by the Trump administration and is demanding refunds.
The US and China have imposed border taxes on each other’s goods and services as part of a trade war.
Tensions between Washington and Beijing have rapidly escalated in recent weeks, mainly concerning technology firms.
TTCT – Cuộc họp thượng đỉnh trực tuyến hôm 14-9 giữa các lãnh đạo Liên minh châu Âu (EU) và Trung Quốc đã được dư luận châu Âu tóm tắt bằng những câu xoay quanh tính từ “ngờ nghệch”. Tỉ như tựa đề: “Châu Âu vẫn còn quá ngây ngô trong tương quan lực lượng với Trung Quốc” của tờ Huffington Post 14-9. EU đã ngây ngô từ bao giờ, như thế nào, đến đâu, và đã thức tỉnh chưa?
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Bài xã luận cùng ngày của tờ Le Monde tái khẳng định nhận xét chua chát trên: “Châu Âu nay phải trả giá cho sự ngây ngô trước Bắc Kinh”. Tờ báo hàng đầu của Pháp giải thích “không son phấn”: “Nhóm 27 nước [tức EU, sau khi Anh đã Brexit] lâu nay mù quáng thèm khát một thị trường khổng lồ, giờ phải rũ bỏ những thỏa hiệp dễ dãi không đi kèm với những điều kiện đủ khắt khe.
Từ giờ châu Âu muốn chấm dứt tình trạng cạnh tranh bất chính của một đối tác mà châu Âu đã ngộ ra rằng cần phải đề cao cảnh giác, và nay sẵn sàng nói ra điều đó”.
Press Statement
Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State
September 14, 2020
The launch of the Mekong-U.S. Partnership reflects the importance of the Mekong region to the United States. Our relationship with Mekong partner countries is an integral part of our Indo-Pacific vision and our strategic partnership with ASEAN. With more than $150 million in initial investments in regional programs, we will build on the good work of the Lower Mekong Initiative and the $3.5 billion in regional U.S. assistance during the last eleven years.
24/09/2020 11:46 GMT+7 vietnamnet
The Indian Government will support seven water management projects in the Mekong Delta provinces of Ben Tre, Hau Giang, Kien Giang, and Tien Giang with non-refundable aid of $350,000.
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At a ceremony in the Delta’s Can Tho City on September 23, representatives from the Indian Consulate General in HCM City and the localities signed seven memoranda of understanding for the projects, each worth 50,000 USD.
They are part of 26 quick-impact projects funded by India in 22 Vietnamese cities and provinces, 13 of which have been completed while 12 others will be launched during the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Sept. 22, 2020 CNA
NEW DELHI: India’s new French Rafale jets have flown “familiarisation” flights above the border region contested with China where a deadly clash between soldiers from the nuclear-armed neighbours took place in June, an official told AFP on Monday (Sep 21).
The first five planes of a US$9.4 billion order for 36 Rafale aircraft were formally commissioned on Sep 10, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calling them a “strong message” to New Delhi’s adversaries.
“Rafale fighter jets have been familiarising in our operational areas including Ladakh,” a senior air force official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Tensions between the US and China came to the fore of the annual UN General Assembly in New York, with US President Donald Trump blaming China for the spread of coronavirus.
He called for China to be held “accountable” for the pandemic.
In his speech, Chinese President Xi Jinping said his country had “no intention to enter a Cold War with any country”.
Ties between the two world powers are strained on a number of fronts.
16 January 2020, BBC
The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a bitter trade battle.
The dispute has seen the US and China impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of one another’s goods.
US President Donald Trump has long accused China of unfair trading practices and intellectual property theft.
In China, there is a perception that America is trying to curb its rise as a global economic power.
17 Sep 2020 07:08AM(Updated: 17 Sep 2020 07:21AM) CNA
WASHINGTON: Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced on Wednesday (Sep 16) an ambitious plan to expand the US Navy with a range of unmanned and autonomous ships, submarines and aircraft to confront the growing maritime challenge from China.
The Pentagon chief said a sweeping review of US naval power dubbed “Future Forward” had laid out a “game-changer” plan that would expand the US sea fleet to more than 355 ships, from the current 293.
18 September 2020
China says it is conducting military exercises near the Taiwan Strait to “protect its sovereignty” as a top US official visits Taiwan.
The live-fire drills take place as relations between Beijing and Washington sour and the US shores up its support of Taiwan.
China regards self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province.
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