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January 02 , 2018
  • NPR：Emboldened By A Strengthening Economy, China Flexes Its Diplomatic Muscles
    NPR reports: "China's President Xi Jinping finished 2017 vowing to boost China's role on the world stage. 'As a responsible major country, China has something to say," Xi said in his Dec. 31 New Year speech. "China will resolutely uphold the authority and status of the United Nations, actively fulfill China's international obligations and duties, remain firmly committed to China's pledges to tackle climate change, actively push for the Belt and Road Initiative, and always be a builder of world peace, contributor of global development and keeper of international order. The Chinese people are ready to chart out a more prosperous, peaceful future for humanity, with people from other countries.' Meanwhile, Chinese diplomats closed out the year with a barrage of summit meetings in Beijing and diplomatic initiatives in the world's hot spots, including Afghanistan and Myanmar. Analysts in China say the proactive statesmanship is befitting the new era Xi has declared, in which China confidently wields its newly acquired wealth and influence and resumes what it considers its rightful place at the center of global affairs rather than leaving world problems to the United States and other countries to deal with."
  • Newsweek：China's New Hypersonic Missiles Could Hit Anywhere In The U.S. In Under an Hour
    Newsweek reports: "Chinese military analysts have claimed that China's new hypersonic ballistic missile, the DF-17, could destroy U.S. defense systems by flying fast and low to evade detection. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) fired the rockets, capable of reaching speeds of up to 7,680mph, in November. The Diplomat reported that the missiles traveled approximately 1,400km, passing through the Earth's atmosphere at ten times the speed of sound. And because the HGV—which stands for hypersonic glide vehicle—is able to travel at lower altitudes, U.S. defense systems will have less time to intercept it before it reaches its target. Song Zhongping, a former member of the PLA's Second Artillery Corps, told the South China Morning Post (SCMP) that the HGV system can be used to carry various kinds of ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ones with a range of at least 5,500km. Thet HGV warheads could also be used with the DF-41, which has a range of at least 12,000km and can hit anywhere in the U.S. in under an hour, he added. Macau-based military expert, Antony Wong Dong, believes that HGVs could be used to successfully obliterate a U.S. anti-missile THAAD defense system."
  • The New York Times：Is Hong Kong Really Part of China?
    The New York Times comments: "One could say that long before 1997, the year that Britain handed Hong Kong back to China, the leaders of the city's major pro-democracy parties had come to a tacit understanding with the Chinese government. The pan-dems, as these politicians are known here, would support the absorption of Hong Kong into a greater, unified Chinese state on the understanding that in time Beijing would grant Hong Kong genuine electoral democracy. That, at least, seemed to be the intention driving Hong Kong's foundational legal text, the Basic Law. Twenty years later, the Chinese government, apparently bolstered by its newfound wealth and might, seems to have reneged on these terms. Yet some pan-dem leaders — mostly those associated with the Democratic Party — have clung to their old position. Whether out of genuine patriotism or fear of reprisals from Beijing, they continue to support the view that China is Hong Kong's rightful sovereign. But is it? Other pro-democracy advocates, both forward-looking young people and older members of the intelligentsia, don't think so — and are pointing to history as evidence. Last month, during a forum at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, several academics discussed their research on Hong Kong's relationship to the Chinese mainland. Comparing British colonial rule in Hong Kong... to China's proxy rule since 1997... these scholars lent credence to the unorthodox yet increasingly popular view that Hong Kong is faring no better politically — and in some ways may even be doing worse — than it was under the British. Conclusion: It would probably be better off on its own."
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