April 2016

(In US-China Forum #135 there was a Chinese version of the following article. In this English translation a few details are corrected. However, the conclusions are the same.) The US Navy patrols the South China Sea with its many reefs and tiny islands. Each year dozens of naval exercises are held there. China objects. Why? Location The islands form roughly a lozenge pattern in the sea south of China....

Foreign leaders’ speech at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) are significant because CSIS is a platform for foreign leaders to declare and explain important policy statements to the American people. For example, in 2013, the Japanese Prime Minister gave his speech, which was nicknamed “Japan Is Back!”(CSIS, 2-22-2013), declared Japan’s intention to return...

Color revolution and independence movement involving protesting citizens are very different issues from territory disputes where there is no unrest of residents. For example, Okinawa islands in the East China Sea were arbitrarily given to Japan for administration by the U.S. post WW II in 1972. According to history, Okinawa was an independent sovereignty with diplomatic tie with and protection from...