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February 17 , 2016
  • CNN：China: Missiles have been on South China Sea island for years
    CNN reports: "Chinese sea and air defenses on a disputed South China Sea island that alarmed Asian neighbors when reports revealed their existence Wednesday have been in place for years, Beijing says. Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday it had confirmed that surface-to-air missiles had been deployed on Woody Island, part of the Paracel Islands chain in the hotly disputed sea....But China's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that sea air and sea defense systems had existed on the islands for years, according to a statement online by the Chinese government-run Global Times....Earlier, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Hong Lei told reporters that the 'deployment of defense facilities in our own territory is appropriate and reasonable.' 'It's aimed at improving our national defense capabilities and has nothing to do with so-called militarization,' he told a press briefing."
  • The Washington Post：Obama to veto bill to rename Washington plaza after jailed China dissident
    The Washington Post reports: "The Obama administration said Tuesday that the president would veto legislation to rename a stretch of street in front of the Chinese Embassy in Washington after a jailed Chinese dissident, after the Chinese government warned of 'serious consequences' if the proposal was enacted. Friday, the Senate unanimously backed a proposal introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.), a Republican presidential candidate, to rename the plaza in front of the embassy after Liu Xiaobo, who in 2009 was sentenced to 11 years in jail on charges of inciting state subversion....State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters that the bill would only complicate efforts to impress upon China the need to respect human rights and release Liu, the Associated Press reported. He said the White House had indicated that the president would veto the bill." 
  • The New York Times: Sinosphere：China Telescope to Displace 9,000 Villagers in Hunt for Extraterrestrials
    The New York Times reports: "The Chinese government is relocating thousands of villagers to complete construction by September of the world's biggest radio telescope, whose intended purpose is to detect signs of extraterrestrial life. The telescope would be 500 meters, or 1,640 feet, in diameter, by far the largest of its kind in the world....The mass relocation was announced on Tuesday in a report by Xinhua, the state news agency. The report said officials were relocating 2,029 families, a total of 9,110 people, living within a three-mile radius of the telescope in the area of Pingtang and Luodian Counties in the southwestern province of Guizhou."
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