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October 04 , 2016
  • The Wall Street Journal：For China, 'Clouds Are Fading Away' in the Philippines
    The Wall Street Journal reports: "Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's progression from abusive name-calling to a more broadly articulated anti-American hostility has been swift and stunning....One month ago, Mr. Duterte called Mr. Obama a 'son of a whore' over U.S. criticism of his war on drugs....A few days later Mr. Duterte proposed removing American military advisers from the troubled southern region of Mindanao. Then he declared he was shopping in China and Russia for military supplies readily available in the U.S....And last week he declared an end to joint U.S.-Philippine naval exercises in the South China Sea to avoid provoking China....Mr. Duterte says he's pushing a more independent foreign policy but still supports the U.S. alliance. His inflammatory rhetoric, though, suggests he's trying to blow up a friendship."
  • The New York Times: Sinosphere：Chinese Tourists Take to the Road in Record Numbers for Golden Week
    The New York Times: Sinosphere comments: "The holiday always begins on Oct. 1, the celebration of the Communist founding of the People's Republic in 1949. And this year, the crowds have gotten even more epic in scale, with hordes of travelers taking to the highways, the rails and the air....People's Daily, the Communist Party newspaper, said 589 million people were expected to travel this week — almost twice the population of the United States. Though tourists may gripe about the crowds, they are a welcome sight for Communist Party leaders who say that China must move to a more consumer-driven economy."
  • The Diplomat：South China Sea: China Activates First Desalination Plant on Woody Island
    The Diplomat comments: "On Sunday, Chinese state media reported that a new desalination plant had been activated on Woody Island in the South China Sea. According to Xinhua, the equipment 'is capable of treating 1,000 tonnes of seawater per day and 700 tonnes of processed water is directly drinkable.'...Around 1,400 personnel, mostly with the People's Liberation Army, are positioned on Woody Island, which is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan....With the activation of a desalination plant on China's most militarized South China Sea outpost, Beijing improves its troops' ability to endure longer during conditions that may have otherwise deprived them of important supplies at sea, including drinking water. The Global Times, in late September, noted that troops and residents on Woody Island alike 'rationed the use of fresh water due to inadequate supply.'...In due time, desalination facilities may make their way to China's artificial islands in the Spratly group."
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