Russia Says It’s Joining China to Counter U.S. Missile Defense - October 12, 2016

Media Report

October 12 , 2016

Bloomberg Business：Russia Says It's Joining China to Counter U.S. Missile Defense
Bloomberg Business reports: "Russia said it's working with China to counter U.S. plans to expand its missile-defense network, which the two nations see as targeting their military assets. The upgrades aim to give Washington the ability to launch a nuclear strike 'with impunity,' Lieutenant General Viktor Poznikhir of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff said Tuesday at a security forum in Xiangshan, China, according to a transcript of his speech posted on the Defense Ministry's website. 'We are working together on ways to minimize possible damage to the security of our countries,' Poznikhir said. 'The illusion of invulnerability and impunity under the guise of missile defense will encourage Washington to make unilateral steps in dealing with global and regional issues. This could lead to a decrease in the threshold for using nuclear weapons to preempt enemy actions.'"
The New York Times：China Protests UN Official's Attending Ceremony for Scholar
The Associated Press reports: "China on Wednesday protested the attendance of the U.N. human rights chief at a ceremony honoring an imprisoned Chinese scholar and rights activist, saying the official had ignored Beijing's contention the man was a 'violent terrorist.' U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein had 'confused right and wrong' and 'blatantly supported terrorists,' Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters at a daily briefing. The statement reflected China's contention that Ilham Tohti had been part of a criminal gang that sought to split the western region of Xinjiang from China. On Tuesday, he was given the Martin Ennals Award bestowed by 10 rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch at a ceremony in Geneva. Referring to the rights groups, Geng said they had 'turned a blind eye on crimes committed by separatists and violent terrorists against Chinese people and taken every means to cover their behavior.'"
The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time：China Questions Soccer Largesse Amid Tattered World Cup Dreams
The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time comments: "Back-to-back losses over the past week have all but derailed China's World Cup qualifying campaign, prompting somber soul-searching over the country's lavishly funded bid to become a global soccer power....Some fans blamed tactical missteps by Chinese head coach Gao Hongbo, who took responsibility and resigned. Others lamented their team's subpar skills, noting that China had been lucky to avoid elimination from an earlier qualifying stage. A group of influential voices, however, believe the rot goes deeper: a chronic underinvestment in grassroots soccer, masked by the increasingly free-spending ways of China's elite professional clubs."

Calendar

2016-10-11 For China’s Leaders, U.S. Election Scandals Make the Case for One-Party Rule
2016-10-10 Tourists Behaving Badly: Name-and-Shame Effort Fails to Fix China’s Image
2016-10-07 How a Trump or Clinton presidency could hurt China's economy
2016-10-06 Chinese People Feel Good About Their Increasingly Assertive Country, Report Finds
2016-10-05 Many in China see the U.S. as a greater threat than Islamic State, new report says
2016-10-04 For China, ‘Clouds Are Fading Away’ in the Philippines
2016-10-03 China Eyes Ending Western Grip on Top U.N. Jobs With Greater Control Over Blue Helmets
2016-10-02 China Factory Gauge at 2-Year High Eases Pressure for Stimulus
2016-09-30 China’s New Silk Road Hinges on a Small Pakistan Port
2016-09-29 How to Fix China’s Crooked Congress

News

Bloomberg Business Russia Says It's Joining China to Counter U.S. Missile Defense
The New York Times China Protests UN Official's Attending Ceremony for Scholar
Reuters Philippines to open giant rehab center soon, funded by China tycoon
CNN 500,000 elderly people go missing in China every year
The Washington Post Philippine President Duterte to visit China next week
The Washington Post Pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmakers defy China in oath taking
The Wall Street Journal Singapore Urges China to Engage With Neighbors in Easing Tensions
Bloomberg Business China Cities Face End of Fairy Tale as Default Risks Rise
The Washington Post NBA player slammed for graffiti incident, told Great Wall of China is 'not the toilet of your home'
TIME New Lawmakers Pledge Loyalty to the 'Hong Kong Nation'
Reuters China angered as U.N. rights chief attends ceremony for jailed academic
BBC News Western contact with China began long before Marco Polo, experts say
The Wall Street Journal China Car Sales Rise Sharply in September
National Geographic Discoveries May Rewrite History of China's Terracotta Warriors

Commentary

The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time China Questions Soccer Largesse Amid Tattered World Cup Dreams
The National Interest China's South China Sea Island Buildup 'For Military Purposes'
The Diplomat Is Duterte 'Nation-Building' in the Philippines?
The New York Times: Sinosphere At Hong Kong Swearing-In, Some Lawmakers Pepper Their Oath With Jabs
The Wall Street Journal: China Real Time Early Look: China's Economy Appears Stable, but Watch the Housing Bubble
The Economist: The Economist explains Why is world trade growth slowing?
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