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November 02 , 2016
  • The New York Times：Separatist Hong Kong Lawmakers Draw Blunt Response From China
    The New York Times reports: "It started with an oath of office that two young, newly elected lawmakers altered to insert a derogatory term into the formal name of Hong Kong's sovereign ruler, the People's Republic of China...the lawmakers, Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung...displayed a banner with the words "Hong Kong Is Not China" at their swearing-in. And China is responding with some bluntness of its own. Hong Kong's government...has asked the court system in the city...to review whether the council can let the lawmakers retake their oaths of office....But a fusillade of invective against the pair in China's state-controlled news media on Wednesday is leading to fears...that Beijing may circumvent Hong Kong's legal process by issuing a rare interpretation of the city's mini-constitution that would effectively bar Ms. Yau and Mr. Leung from office....a clause in the city's mini-constitution...gives China's rubber-stamp legislature, the National People's Congress, final say over interpretations of that constitution...If the Congress's standing committee...rules on the matter, it would amount to mainland China...overriding the highly developed Hong Kong court system....Eric Cheung, a law lecturer at the University of Hong Kong, said...that any interpretation by the National People's Congress 'fundamentally undermines our rule of law and the interpretation power of our courts.'...the congress would be acting pre-emptively and not allowing the court proceedings in Hong Kong to run their course."
  • The Washington Post：Top Obama officials meet China state councilor in New York
    The Washington Post reports: "Secretary of State John Kerry and national security adviser Susan Rice held talks Tuesday with a senior Chinese official on managing differences and expanding cooperation between the two world powers....the two sides "reviewed progress in bringing about a more durable, stable and productive bilateral relationship." The Obama administration has forged cooperation with Beijing on issues such as climate change, but...there are growing signs of strain in bilateral relations amid tensions in the South China Sea and provocations by China ally North Korea....A Chinese government statement said the two sides agreed to maintain high-level exchanges to extend pragmatic cooperation and manage their differences....Obama has made a sustained push to increase U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific. That's been viewed by China as an attempt to contain its rise as a military and economic power. U.S. officials have expressed growing frustration that China is still importing large amounts of coal from its unpredictable ally [North Korea]. Potentially, that provides a vital source of revenue for Kim Jong Un's government that could aid its weapons development."
  • The New York Times：Philippines' Deal With China Pokes a Hole in U.S. Strategy
    The New York Times comments: "For years, the United States and its allies have struggled to contain China's ambitions in the South China Sea...Now, by cutting its own deal with China, the Philippines has suddenly changed the calculus, persuading the Chinese to let its fishermen operate around a disputed shoal but setting a worrying precedent for the United States...What had been a fairly united front against China's expanding maritime claims...now has a gap in the southeast corner where the Philippines lies, and could soon have another at the southwestern end, where Malaysia is making noises about shifting its alliances. In both cases, resentment over what is seen as American interference in unrelated problems...may have contributed to the shift....The Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte, is angry with the United States over its criticism of his lethal antidrug program...'China is using its economic leverage, its geographic position and its lack of interest in human rights to try and change the balance of influence in a region where the vagaries of American politics are now on stark display.'...How long Mr. Duterte can ride out his good relations with China and keep up his threats against the United States is an open question....the Philippine public remains pro-American and skeptical of China, opinion polls show."
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