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July 27 , 2017
  • USA Today：U.S. Pacific Fleet commander: I'd launch nuclear strike against China if Trump ordered it
    USA Today reports: "A senior U.S. military official said Thursday that he would launch a nuclear strike against China next week if President Trump ordered it. 'The answer would be: yes," said Adm. Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, in response to a hypothetical question from an academic at an Australian National University security conference in Canberra. He also warned against the military ever shifting its allegiance from Trump, its commander in chief. 'Every member of the U.S. military has sworn an oath to defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic and to obey the officers and the president of the United States as commander and chief appointed over us,' Swift said. 'This is core to the American democracy and any time you have a military that is moving away from a focus and an allegiance to civilian control, then we really have a significant problem,' he added. His remarks came after a joint U.S.- Australian military exercise off the Australian coast, and after Trump tweeted that the U.S. military wouldn't allow transgender troops 'in any capacity.' The tweet is an apparent rejection of about 6,000 trans troops and the Obama-era policy that embraced them."


  • The New York Times：How India and China Have Come to the Brink Over a Remote Mountain Pass
    The New York Times reports: "On a remote pass through Himalayan peaks, China and India, two nuclear-armed nations, have come near the brink of conflict over an unpaved road. It is one of the worst border disputes between the regional rivals in more than 30 years. The road stands on territory at the point where China, India and Bhutan meet. The standoff began last month when Bhutan, a close ally of India, discovered Chinese workers trying to extend the road. India responded by sending troops and equipment to halt the construction. China, the more powerful of the two, angrily denounced the move and demanded that India pull back. Now soldiers from the two powers are squaring off, separated by only a few hundred feet. The conflict shows no sign of abating, and it reflects the swelling ambition — and nationalism — of both countries. Each is governed by a muscular leader eager to bolster his domestic standing while asserting his country's place on the world stage as the United States recedes from a leading role."


  • The Washington Post：Why is Beijing afraid of Chinese feminists?
    The Washington Post comments: "In 1968, Chairman Mao Zedong famously declared that Chinese women ought to 'hold up half the sky.' Yet in 2015, the government detained China's 'feminist five' for planning to distribute anti-sexual harassment materials in public. Two years later, Beijing is still nervous about gender activism. In May 2017, Guangzhou police searched the houses of feminists who they suspected were printing clothing with slogans against sexual harassment. Why would a party that liberated women be threatened by a handful of 20-year-olds who champion the very rights that the government espouses? China's feminists are astute activists. While the Chinese government has tolerated the occasional nationalist protests and labor strikes, it is apprehensive about activism that has an organizational backbone... China's feminists (also) expose inequalities that prick the public's conscience... (Finally), Feminists threaten China's party-state by allying with labor activists... By identifying common ground with workers, feminists could tap into a much larger network of more than 280 million migrant workers, 34 percent of which are women. This makes the feminists' actions a threat to the regime."
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