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Topic Started: Fri Jun 6, 2014 8:43 pm (433 Views)
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G7 Issues Anti-China Statement at Brussels Conference

Jun 05, 2014 02:02 AM EDT |Arthur Dominic Villasanta


Leaders of the Group of 7 or G7 nations meeting in Belgium look with disfavor on China's relentless moves to lay claim to the entire South China Sea.

"We are deeply concerned by tensions in the East and South China Sea. We oppose any unilateral attempt by any party to assert its territorial or maritime claims through the use of intimidation, coercion or force," the G7 leaders said in a communique issued in Brussels.

"We call on all parties to clarify and pursue their territorial and maritime claims in accordance with international law."

China claims practically all of the South China Sea, and dismisses competing claims from Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia Taiwan and Brunei. Japan also has a territorial dispute with China over the Senkaku (Diaoyu) in the East China Sea.

Tensions escalated after China positioned an oil rig in waters claimed by Vietnam. The Philippines has said China is building an airstrip on a disputed island it claims.

The G7 communique did not specify any country but its statement clearly pointed to China and the movements of its ships in the East China Sea and South China Sea that seek to assert its claims to both these areas.

China has been sending its ships to Japanese territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea that China claims. In the South China Sea, Chinese ships are facing-off against Vietnamese boats near the Paracel Islands claimed by both Hanoi and Beijing.

"I explained the rise in tension in the East China Sea and South China Sea," said Japanese Prime Minister Abe.

Abe told the G7 leaders that Japan believes any country should pursue its territorial claims in accordance with international law and any coercion or threat would be unacceptable.

"The G-7 strongly supported the position," Abe said.

http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/2894/20140605/g7-issues-anti-china-statement-brussels-conference.htm#.U5E2l3y5aMU.facebook

G7 should prepare an economic and diplomatic sanctions to punish china if the chinese govt will not back off.

Part of it is the withdrawal of their investments from china and the import ban on chinese products.
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Australia, US move for better protection of Asia-Pacific

by Samuel Biag 15/06/2014 | 1:20

In Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visit to Whitehouse, the US and Australia have come to a military cooperation agreement that will enable the US to send more troops to its military base in Australia.

“We have arrived at additional agreements around force postures that will enhance the bilateral co-operation agreement between our militaries and gives us additional reach throughout this very important part of the world,” US President Barrack Obama said during the visit of Aussie PM.

“I want to assure the President [of US] that Australia will be an utterly dependable ally of the United States,” AU Prime Minister said. “The US has to share many burdens. The US has paid a very high price to secure peace and prosperity for many countries not just itself and the US should not have to do all that work on its own”

US and Australia will also work to expand ballistic-missile defense in the Asia-Pacific region. The US have also expressed its intentions to position more warships and aircraft in Australia.

These military co-operation and commitments between US and Australia is in the wake of South and East China Sea disputes, and Korean peninsula tension.

China quickly commented on the said US-AU agreement, “We hope that cooperation between relevant countries will play a positive and constructive role in upholding peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific.”

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The US-Australia Military Alliance against China

Australian Government Intensifies Commitment to US War Preparations

By Mike Head
Global Research, June 15, 2014
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US President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott have announced a series of agreements that will open up more Australian bases for American forces and further integrate its military into the US preparations for war against China.

No details were provided after a brief meeting at the White House on Thursday, but there is no doubt that the agreements mark another escalation of the Australian government’s involvement in Washington’s military and strategic “pivot” to Asia to confront China.

Abbott underscored the total commitment of his government to US war plans. “I want to assure the president that Australia will be an utterly dependable ally of the United States,” he declared.

Within hours, Abbott offered to provide whatever the US needed for military intervention in Iraq to try to shore up the Baghdad regime after its defeats at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists. Abbott, who was a member of the Howard government that joined the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, made clear his government’s readiness to again assist Washington’s criminal operations.

Briefed by “defence sources,” the Australian Financial Review reported today: “Australia could send jet fighters, warships and transport aircraft to support US air and drone strikes.”

Obama said that alongside the expanding rotational deployments of US Marines to Darwin, in northern Australia—due to reach 2,500 by 2017—“we actually have arrived at additional agreements around force postures that will enhance the bilateral cooperation between our militaries and give us additional reach throughout this very important part of the world.”

The US president provided an ominous indication of the militarist agenda involved. “Aussies know how to fight and I like having them in a foxhole if we’re in trouble,” he told the media after the meeting with Abbott.

Arrangements under discussion behind closed doors since Obama formally declared the “pivot” on the floor of the Australian parliament in 2011, under the previous Gillard Labor government, have been finalised.

The US-Australia Force Posture Agreement reportedly provides an open-ended mechanism for wider US military operations in Australia. According to the Australian: “The legally-binding agreement, approved in principle but yet to be concluded by officials, sets out the responsibilities of each jurisdiction for the US personnel based on Australian soil.”

As indicated by recent Pentagon-funded reports, which identified Australia as a crucial platform for operations against China, these agreements are certain to include base upgrades to facilitate US air force operations from northern Australia, use by US fleets of the Stirling naval base near Perth in Western Australia, and the deployment of surveillance aircraft and drones on the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

One such report, by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said the Stirling base was critical for US nuclear submarine operations and nominated Australia as the US military’s “Gateway to the Indo-Pacific”—a launching pad for US naval and air strikes. (See: “US think tank report: Australia central to American war plans against China”).

The Australian today indicated that one option now being considered was to base more US Navy destroyers and other vessels at the Western Australian base, “giving the US the capacity to project force further into the region.”

No coverage in the Australian media mentioned another far-reaching commitment. A White House Fact Sheet on the Obama-Abbott meeting, spoke of “working together to identify potential Australian contributions to ballistic missile defense in the Asia-Pacific region.” The Pentagon’s ballistic missile shield program is designed to neutralise China’s capacity to respond to a US nuclear attack.

This collaboration was referred to in the Labor government’s 2013 Defence White Paper and last November’s AUSMIN communiqué issued in Washington. According to the Lowy Institute, a pro-US Australian think tank, this will accelerate under the Liberal-National government, involving the Australian Defence Force “mounting advanced missiles on its Aegis-equipped air warfare destroyers.”

The Wall Street Journal highlighted the significance of this initiative, under the headline “U.S. and Australia to Cooperate on Asian Missile-Defense Plans” and noted that it was directed against China. “Australia is building a new fleet of warships that could be equipped to shoot down hostile missiles, as part of an ambitious military buildup that includes investments in new stealth-fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, amphibious carriers and submarines. The revamp will cost close to $A90 billion ($US85 billion) over a decade,” it stated.

Obama specifically thanked Abbott for ramping up Australian military spending. The Lowy Institute said this indicated that Canberra had agreed to foot the bill for the new military facilities across northern Australia, an issue that had been outstanding since 2011.

Acutely conscious of public opposition to plans for war, the Abbott government has so far kept secret this issue, along with proposals for the hosting of US warships and amphibious groups in Perth, which have been discussed in detail during recent US congressional hearings. The Lowy Institute urged the government to find ways “to bring the public along with what officials have been privately discussing for years.”

Abbott and Obama avoided any explicit reference to China, but the White House Fact Sheet denounced “the use of intimidation, coercion, or force to advance maritime claims in the East and South China Seas.” Washington is actively instigating territorial conflicts with China by its regional allies, notably Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam, as a pretext for confronting China. While Abbott was in the US, his government also boosted its military ties with Japan.

Before meeting Obama, Abbott told the Sydney Daily Telegraph he would call on the president to deepen intelligence cooperation within the “five eyes” network—involving the US, Australia, the UK, Canada and New Zealand—in the wake of Edward Snowden’s damaging disclosures of the mass surveillance being conducted by the US and its partners. No reports of this discussion have appeared, however.

In Washington, Abbott extended the term of Australia’s ambassador, former defence minister and Labor leader Kim Beazley, a long-time defender of the US alliance. This highlights the bipartisan support in Canberra for US militarism.

During his trip, Abbott also sought to enhance already close economic ties with the US by including large corporate delegations in his travels, from companies such as BHP Billiton, Lend Lease and Macquarie Group. He rang the bell on the Wall Street stock exchange, told corporate audiences that Australia is “open for business” and stressed the half trillion dollar or so investment stakes that each country had in the other.

On his way back to Australia over the weekend, Abbott will stop off in Hawaii to visit the US Pacific Command, where senior Australian officers have been inserted, further underlining Canberra’s integration into the US war machine.

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NATO urges China to be 'responsible power' in sea row

By Camille Diola (philstar.com)
Updated June 19, 2014 - 9:19am

Albeit hesitant to get entangled in the South China Sea issue, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) urged China to project itself as a "responsible major power" in the region.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said China has a "particular responsibility" as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to uphold international law, rules and norms despite differences with its smaller neighbors including the Philippines.

"I urge China to live up to those commitments also in dealing with China's neighbours when it comes to certain border disputes," Rusmussen said in a monthly press conference in Brussels late May.

He said that the 28-nation NATO is not involved in Asia, but its member states are concerned about the escalating tension in East Asia.

The United States and Germany, both NATO members, had expressed concern over the assertiveness of China in its extensive claims of the South and East China seas. The two countries have also backed the Philippines' move to international arbitration pursuant to the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea, seeking resolution to the dispute.

The Philippines recently raised alarm over China's reclamation activities in Philippine-claimed waters and on disputed maritime features. The US called the act as disruptive of the status quo and an explicit violation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement among ASEAN members and China.

Rasmussen, a former prime minister of Denmark, said that all rival parties over the important waterway should all have recourse to "peaceful solutions" and "live up to their international commitments."

In January, Rasmussen said NATO had a "structured dialogue" with China on common interests such as counter-piracy efforts and in keeping sea lanes free and open.

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US, India, Japan to Hold Trilateral Naval Exercise

The navies of India, Japan and the United States will conduct a trilateral naval exercise in the Northern Pacific.

By Ankit Panda
June 19, 2014

India, the United States, and Japan are gearing up for the next iteration of the Malabar series of naval exercises. The exercise this year will take place in the northern Pacific and will involve naval assets from all three countries. The exercise is seen as a symbol of growing trilateral security cooperation between these three democracies. The Malabar exercise will precede India’s “Yudh Abhyas” counter-terror exercise in Uttarakhand, which is scheduled to take place in September with U.S. forces, according to a Times of India report. Both Malabar and Yudh Abhyas represent the two most significant military exercises that the Indian armed forces have been involved in since Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) electoral victory.

According to the Times of India, the Indian navy will be sending four to five ships, including a Rajput-class destroyer and a Shivalik-class stealth frigate. The Diplomat was not able to verify which U.S. or Japanese ships will participate in the exercise. ”The warships will first head for the ‘Indra’ exercise with Russia off Vladivostok and then reach the North Pacific towards end-July for the Malabar exercises, which apart from India and U.S. will include Japan,” notes one anonymous Indian official.

The exercise has been regarded by China as an attempt at containment by India, Japan and the United States. Despite China’s participation in the United States’ RIMPAC exercise this year, Malabar continues to be reminder of the burgeoning cooperation between Asia’s largest democracy and its richest one. For China, which lacks immediate access to the Indian Ocean and does not enjoy the immediate access to Pacific sea lines that Japan does, Malabar is a source of concern. India and Japan also conducted their first bilateral naval exercise in 2012 and prime ministers Modi and Abe look keen to continue this trend.

The first time India and Japan jointly held a naval exercise — along with three other nations — China issued a formal demarche. That was for Malabar 2007, which was held in the Bay of Bengal, significantly away from Chinese shores. That this year’s exercise will take place in the northern Pacific is likely to raise Beijing’s ire as tensions remain high with Tokyo over disputed islets in the East China Sea.

China is attempting to reset relations with India following Modi’s election and will be watching India’s continued strategic convergence with Japan closely. Prime Minister Modi is set to visit Abe in Tokyo in early July to expand the strategic partnership between the two countries.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/06/us-india-japan-to-hold-trilateral-naval-exercise/


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PH gets Singapore backing in sea dispute

By Tarra QuismundoPhilippine Daily Inquirer5:48 pm | Wednesday, June 25th, 2014

MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines welcomed on Wednesday Singapore’s statement emphasizing the rule of law towards resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea, reflecting the neighboring city-state’s support for the country’s call to peacefully settle the issue amid escalating tensions with China.

Assistant Secretary Charles Jose, the Department of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, said on Wednesday that Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s comments at a forum in Washington D.C. Tuesday echoed the Philippines’ “battle cry” in pursuing a resolution to the worsening dispute.

“We welcome statements in support of the peaceful settlement of disputes and the primacy of the rule of law, which is essential for peace, security and stability,” Jose told the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Wednesday.

“The call to respect the rule of law has been the battlecry of the Philippines from the beginning,” he said in a statement sent via text message.

Lee earlier said Tuesday that international law must be the basis of resolving territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a six-way contest involving China, Taiwan and Singapore’s fellow members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.

Speaking before the Council on Foreign Relations, an American foreign policy think-tank based in the US capital, Lee said that claimant nations must choose the peaceful path instead of the “might is right” approach.

“I think international law must have a big weight in how disputes are resolved,” Lee said in response to a question about the dispute, as quoted in a report by the Associated Press.

Lee made such comments amid increasing tensions in the South China Sea, with reclamation work by China in territories within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and the biggest claimant nation’s recent brushes with Vietnam in the Paracels.

Such incursions continue while the Philippines pursues an arbitration bid before the United Nations to halt Chinese activity within its EEZ, clarify maritime entitlements in the waters and nullify China’s sweeping nine-dash-line claim covering nearly all of South China Sea.

Earlier this month, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario called for a freeze on provocative activities in the disputed waters, a proposal he hopes to formally make in an upcoming Asean meeting.

Singapore has been supportive of Asean’s efforts to engage China in finalizing a legally binding Code of Conduct (COC) to instill discipline and prevent conflict among claimants pending resolution of the dispute.

The regional bloc has also been calling for strict compliance with the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties, a 2002 non-aggression pact that the Asean is hoping to strengthen through a binding code.


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US exec tells Beijing: Neighbors sense irony in your word

By Camille Diola (philstar.com) | Updated July 1, 2014 - 11:30am

MANILA, Philippines — Filipinos, Vietnamese and other neighbors of China as well as Americans perceive an inconsistency between the regional power's statements and its actions in the disputed waters, a former ranking US security official said.

Stephen Hadley, who served as National Security Adviser under the Bush and Obama administrations, said in Beijing that while China's leadership declares equal security for all and peace in the South China and East China Seas, nearby states hear the words as doublespeak.

"Rather than acting on the basis of a 21st century 'new model' of relations and 'win-win' outcomes, your neigbors tend to see these actions as based more on the 19th century notions of stronger states enhancing their security at the expense of their neighbors, and seeking zero-sum' outcomes favoring the stronger state," Hadley said in a speech at the World Peace Forum last week.

Hadley was referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping's "new model" in foreign policy that preaches common security for both major countries and smaller ones.

"But particularly in the last six months, from an American perspective, China has taken actions that seem inconsistent with this approach," he said.

"Rather than 'common security, equality security and respecting the security of each and every country,' China has taken actions that its neighbors view as directly threatening their own security," Hadley added.

An example of the irony that Hadley cited was the recent incident involving Philippine vessels that were blocked by Chinese coast guard ships from resupplying to soldiers stationed in the disputed Second Thoma (Ayungin) Shoal for the first time in 15 years.

Hadley also said that the the international community frowned upon China's declaration of an Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea late last year "without any prior consultation, with only 30 minutes advance notice, and accompanied by threats" against those refusing to comply.

The unilateral deployment of deep-sea oil drilling rig into waters near the disputed Paracel Islands irked Vietnam, while the Philippines also opposed China's reclamation work in maritime zones it claims part of its territory, the official said.

"The problem is that taken altogether, these steps raise questions in the minds of Americans and your neighbors: Is China sincere about wanting to achieve a 'new model' of relations between states?" Hadley asked.

The former presidential adviser, however, did not step beyond diplomacy and said he understands that China has its own reasons for its actions.

He admitted that the United States is also perceived in China as hypocritical in its complaints over cyberspying and as emboldening its allies in the Pacific such as the Manila to confront Beijing.

"So where do we go from here?" Hadley asked.

He urged high-level talks, which he called "strategic conversations," between China and the US to establish a common understanding on how they both "see the world and their respective roles in it."

"It should focus on how the two nations can best respond to those trends to enhance the prosperity and security of their respective peoples," Hadley said.

http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2014/07/01/1341210/us-exec-tells-beijing-neighbors-sense-irony-your-word
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What Japan’s ‘collective self-defense’ can mean to PH?

By Matikas Santos |INQUIRER.net
6:32 pm | Tuesday, July 1st, 2014

MANILA, Philippines—The Japanese military may soon be able to protect the Philippines in case of an attack after the ruling coalition gave approval Tuesday to reinterpret their constitution and allow “collective self-defense.”

“What we are trying to do now is to play a more proactive role in cooperating with regional countries in setting up a framework to protect the peace and stability of the region,” Takeshi Iwaya, a lawmaker who chairs a ruling party research commission on security, was quoted as saying in an article by the Associated Press.

President Benigno Aquino, in a previous meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, had backed the move saying Japan should be allowed to assist other nations in need, especially with rising tensions brought by China’s aggressive territorial claims.

“We believe that nations of goodwill can benefit only if the Japanese government is empowered to assist others and is allowed to come to the aid of those in need, especially in the area of collective self-defense,” Aquino said in a statement released June 24 after his talks with Abe.

“We therefore do not view with alarm any proposal to revisit the Japanese constitution if the Japanese people so desire, especially if this enhances Japan’s ability to address its international obligations and brings us closer to … our shared goals of peace, stability and mutual prosperity,” Aquino said.

The Japanese constitution, which was written under the direction of the United States (US) after Japan’s defeat at the end of World War II, “renounces war as a sovereign right of the nation.”

Japan has maintained a “Self-Defense Force” since 1954 which focuses on the country’s national security concerns.

US has expressed the move towards “collective self-defense” as it continues its rebalance to Asia policy.

China however, harshly criticized Japan accusing it of military expansionism. Both countries are locked in a bitter territorial dispute over the Senkaku islands, which China claims as the Diaoyu Islands.

Philippines is also in a maritime dispute with China over the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea and the Scarborough Shoal off the coast of Zambales province.

Japan and the US are the two allies of the Philippines and are also opposing China’s “ten-dash line” claim in the South China Sea.

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Australia joins Japan, Vietnam, Philippines in opposing China

POSTED BY CRAIG HILL ⋅ JULY 12, 2014

Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines have been forming an alliance against China, as China has been moving to annex other countries’ territories in the South and East China Seas.

Relations between Vietnam and China have become particularly hostile since China deployed an oil rig in Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). (See “China’s neighbours react to new South China Sea claims” from last week.)

Now Australia is signalling that it is also joining this alliance. The change in policy was indicated in a statement by Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, during a visit by Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe to Australia to meet Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott. Like many of China’s neighbours, Australia had had a policy of being careful not to anger China, for fear of retaliation.

But there was a major confrontation last November, after China announced an Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), demanding that any foreign aircraft flying into the East China Sea would have to inform China’s military beforehand. (“24-Nov-13 World View — In new escalation, China demands to control air space over Japan’s Senkaku islands”.)

Julie Bishop was visiting Beijing at that time and complained about the unilateral declaration of the ADIZ. According to reports, China’s foreign minister told her that the ADIZ was none of her business, and he “famously tore strips off her,” with cameras rolling. (“Tear strips off somebody” is apparently an Australian expression meaning to severely scold someone.)

So now, Bishop is explaining that she’s learned some lessons from that experience. In particular, Australia’s previous policies of reticence toward China have only caused confusion, and that it’s better to be frank than misunderstood:
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China doesn’t respect weakness.

The freedom of the skies and freedom of the seas in that part of the world is important to us because that’s where the majority of our trade is done.

So I believed that, at that time, we had to make it clear where we stood on unilateral action that could be seen as coercive and could be seen to – and which did – affect our national interests. …

So, when something affects our national interest then we should make it very clear about where we stand.

Bishop said she had no doubt that America would remain the pre-eminent force internationally:
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This is a debate that the US will have to have about its role in the world. It is currently the only super power with the military capability to act globally and the US must determine whether it’s going to continue in that role. I believe that it must, and it will.


Source: Breitbart – Australia Joins Japan, Vietnam, Philippines in Opposing China

http://chinadailymail.com/2014/07/12/australia-joins-japan-vietnam-philippines-in-opposing-china/
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