The aircraft carriers USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan transit the South China Sea together last year.

Analysis by CNN Staff

Updated 0327 GMT (1127 HKT) January 29, 2021 CNN

(CNN)Any suggestion that the departure of former US President Donald Trump from Washington would provide a temporary pause in US-China tensions has been swiftly dispelled.In the short time since President Joe Biden was sworn into office, China has flown more than two dozen combat aircraft near to the self-ruled island of Taiwan and passed a law allowing its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels. Meanwhile, the US Navy has sent an aircraft carrier strike group into the South China Sea.Analysts say such moves are likely only the beginning of what is expected to be a potentially uneasy initial relationship between the new Biden administration and Beijing.

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by Anonymous

Atlantic Council

Key points

• The single most important challenge facing the United States and the democratic world in the twenty-first century is the rise of an increasingly authoritarian and aggressive China under Xi Jinping. China has long had an integrated, operational strategy for dealing with the United States. The United States has so far had no such strategy with regard to China. This is a dereliction of national responsibility.
• US strategy and policy toward China must be laser-focused on the fault lines among Xi and his inner circle–aimed at changing their objectives and behavior and thus their strategic course. Communist Party elites are much more divided about Xi’s leadership and vast ambitions than is widely appreciated.
• The foremost goal of US strategy should be to cause China’s ruling elites to conclude that it is in China’s best interests to continue operating within the US-led liberal international order rather than building a rival order, and that it is in the Chinese Communist Party’s best interests to not attempt to expand China’s borders or export its political model beyond China’s shores.

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NGUYỄN THỤY PHƯƠNG 24/1/2021 6:00 GMT+7

TTCT – Một nạn nhân chất độc da cam đơn thương độc mã đối mặt với 26 công ty hùng mạnh, thông qua một thiết chế luật pháp quốc tế, đòi công lý cho mình. Đó là hành trình hơn 10 năm bước vào cuộc tranh đấu của bà Trần Tố Nga, trong đó có hơn 6 năm theo đuổi 19 phiên tòa thủ tục đầy trắc trở, trong niềm tin kiên định rằng tội ác sẽ bị kết án, công lý không chỉ tới cho riêng mình bà mà sẽ mở đường cho rất nhiều nạn nhân chất độc da cam Việt Nam và trên thế giới. Tại Paris (Pháp), nhà nghiên cứu Nguyễn Thụy Phương (Tiến sĩ Giáo dục học, Giảng viên thỉnh giảng – Đại học Paris) trò chuyện cùng bà Trần Tố Nga trước ngày phiên tòa chính thức tiến hành (25-1-2021).

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NGUYỄN THỤY PHƯƠNG 24/1/2021 10:00 GMT+7

TTCT – Đây là lời của luật sư William Bourdon, một trong ba luật sư người Pháp (cùng Bertrand Repolt, Amélie Lefebvre), đã đồng hành cùng bà Trần Tố Nga trong 10 năm bà đi tìm công lý. Họ sẽ bảo vệ bà trong phiên tòa sắp tới (ngày 25-1-2021 tại Pháp), cáo buộc 26 công ty hóa chất Mỹ về hành vi diệt chủng môi trường (écocide) trong cuộc chiến tranh ở Việt Nam.

Vì đây là lần đầu tiên, nạn nhân duy nhất, đơn thương độc mã đối mặt với 26 công ty hùng mạnh, như Monsanto và Dow Chemical, thông qua một thiết chế luật pháp quốc tế.

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The Future of the U.S. and China Opening Session: The Global Chessboard

January 14, 2021 — Asia Society Northern California Executive Director Margaret Conley gives welcome remarks to the center’s signature one-day conference, The Future of the U.S. and. and China: Seeking Truth Through Facts, followed by opening remarks from Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis, lieutenant governor of California. Asia Society President and CEO Kevin Rudd then delivers a keynote address on the necessary frameworks for China and the United States to co-exist and continue collaboration, maintain competition, and prevent conflict. (31 min., 22 sec.)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=fpPJ3roAuIM%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26fs%3D1%26hl%3Dvi%26autohide%3D2%26wmode%3Dtransparent

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NĐT –  14:37 | Thứ năm, 17/12/2020 “Thật thú vị khi nghĩ rằng gần 200 năm trước đã có một người đồng hương của tôi đến diện kiến Tả quân với nhiệm vụ cũng giống như của tôi hiện nay: thúc đẩy ngoại giao và thương mại giữa hai nước…” – Tổng lãnh sự Anh tại TP.HCM và Giám đốc Thương vụ Anh tại Việt Nam Emily Hamblin.

Khu Lăng Ông rộng khoảng 18.500 m2, tọa lạc giữa bốn con đường thuộc quận Bình Thạnh, TP.HCM: Phan Đăng Lưu, Trịnh Hoài Đức, Vũ Tùng, Đinh Tiên Hoàng. Từ ngày 16.9.2020, đường Đinh Tiên Hoàng (từ Cầu Bông đến giao lộ Phan Đăng Lưu) được đổi tên thành đường Lê Văn Duyệt. Ảnh: Thành Nguyễn

• Đường Đinh Tiên Hoàng trước ngày đổi thành Lê Văn Duyệt
• Lê Văn Duyệt và nỗi oan khiên bị kết tội sau khi đã qua đời
• Lăng Ông Bà Chiểu: Chốn tâm linh

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The Central Tibetan Administration welcomed the Tibetan Policy and Support Act passed by the US Congress, calling it a historic move and a clear message to China

WORLD Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 15:20 IST The Hindustan Times

Shishir Gupta
Hindustan Times, New Delhi

The US Congress has passed a bill that reaffirms the right of Tibetans to choose a successor to their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. The law has been described by Dharamshala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, as a historic move and a clear message to China.

The Tibetan Policy and Support Act of 2020 (TPSA), which was passed by the US Senate, calls for the establishment of a US consulate in Tibet’s main city of Lhasa and underlines the absolute right of Tibetans to choose a successor to the Dalai Lama.

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Analysis by Laura He, CNN Business

Updated 0947 GMT (1747 HKT) December 22, 2020

Hong Kong (<a href=”https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/22/tech/smic-us-sanctions-intl-hnk/index.html&quot; target=”_blank” CNN Business)

China had been counting on its biggest chipmaker to help the country eventually reduce its reliance on the likes of Intel (INTC) and Samsung (SSNLF). The United States just put those ambitions in jeopardy. Washington announced Friday that it will require US exporters to apply for a license before they can sell to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC). The US government claims that the chipmaker can use its tech to help China modernize its armed forces. SMIC (SIUIF) says it has no relationship with the Chinese military. But in a statement on Sunday, the company acknowledged that while the restrictions are unlikely to hurt its short-term operations, its loftier goals are in doubt. The new US rules will have “a material adverse effect” on its ability to develop highly advanced chips, it said.

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2020 Annual Report to Congress

Topics this year include China’s view of strategic competition with the United States; China’s promotion of alternative global norms and standards; China’s strategic aims in Africa; vulnerabilities in China’s financial system and risks for the United States; U.S.-China links in healthcare and biotechnology; China’s growing power projection and expeditionary capabilities; Taiwan; Hong Kong; and a review of economics, trade, security, political, and foreign affairs developments in 2020.

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14 Dec 2020 01:27AM(Updated: 14 Dec 2020 06:46AM) CNA

BANGKOK: A US-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was launched on Monday (Dec 13), adding to the superpowers’ rivalry in Southeast Asia.

The 4,350km waterway – known as the Lancang in China and flowing south through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam – has become a focus of competition.

Beijing has dismissed US research saying Chinese dams have retained water to the detriment of downstream nations, where 60 million people depend on the river for fishing and farming.

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• DANH ĐỨC
• 11.12.2020, 12:00

TTCT – “Vui sướng nhất thế giới hiện giờ là các lãnh đạo Trung Quốc…” – Phải chăng phát biểu của Tổng thống Donald Trump phản ánh quan hệ giữa ông và Bắc Kinh vào cuối trào? Phải chăng cơn lốc trừng phạt Trung Quốc vừa rồi của ông chỉ là những nước đi cuối trước khi dẹp bàn cờ?

Song, có lẽ chính ông Trump cũng là một trong những nhà lãnh đạo “sung sướng” nhất hiện nay. Thứ bảy tuần rồi 5-12 tại Valdosta, bang Georgia, ông đi gặp các fan cứng trong một cuộc mittinh mà báo chí gọi là “cuộc tập hợp quần chúng đầu tiên kể từ bầu cử hôm 3-11”. 

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By Isaac Chotiner December 9, 2020 The New Yorker

In September, the House passed a bill that would ban imports produced by Uighur forced laborers in Xinjiang. Companies such as Apple, Nike, and Coca-Cola have mounted a lobbying campaign against the bill, which passed the House by an overwhelming margin of four hundred and six to three, and is likely to pass the Senate. If the bill does become law, it will be the latest sign that the relationship between the United States and China is as contentious as it has been in decades. The Chinese Communist Party’s use of forced labor, its authoritarian activity in Hong Kong, and its obfuscation about the coronavirus have raised bipartisan concerns about the future of the relationship between the U.S. and China.

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10 Dec 2020 02:50PM(Updated: 10 Dec 2020 02:52PM)

BEIJING: The European Union and the United States should work together to stand up to coercive Chinese diplomacy and coordinate with other countries in the region on the disputed South China Sea, the EU ambassador to China said on Thursday (Dec 10).

US President-elect Joe Biden, due to take office on Jan 20, has spoken of the need to revitalise alliances with like-minded democracies as a core source of strength in dealing with China.

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The DailyBeast

CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER

The two governments have been reduced to trading insults and taunts, closing consulates, and mounting demonization campaigns for the benefit of their respective domestic audiences.James A. WarrenPublished Nov. 27, 2020 5:12AM ET 

U.S.-China relations have been on a generally downward trajectory since it became apparent during the later Obama years that America’s longstanding policy of diplomatic and economic engagement had failed to bring China around to embrace democratic institutions or accept the rules-based international order led by the United States. On all fronts—diplomatic, military, and commercial—the relationship has been an exceptionally bumpy ride since Donald Trump assumed office. With the advent of COVID-19, international relations scholars and professional China watchers say, things have gone rapidly from bad to worse.

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