April 17, 2009

U.S. official: China thwarting U.S. strategy by limiting access to western Pacific

The U.S. strategy toward China during the past 10 years has been a combined engage-hedge policy designed to both work with and deter Beijing from threatening U.S. interests and allies. A National Defense University China specialist last week told a conference at the Pentagon that managing strategic competition with China is “a critical challenge for U.S. policy.”   (FULL STORY)
China's type-022 Houbei-class fast attack craft.

Pushing the envelope, again: Kim move shocks Beijing's foreign policy elites

The worst victim of Pyongyang’s brinksmanship could be the creditability of China’s foreign policy. Immediately after the Kim Jong-Il regime launched a long-range rocket, the leadership under President Hu Jintao called for “caution and restraint” by all parties [but] . . . a number of senior academics have aired misgivings regarding its “lips-and-teeth” ally.  (FULL STORY)
Cars carrying International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors head to a Pyongyang airport on April 16, after North Korea expelled them.    Reuters/Kyodo
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