http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma The Rising Eastern Yellow-Dragon Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:25:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en China has more than 6,900 islands and more than 10,000 small isles, according to the Chinese governmental media On 26 December 2009, China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC) standing committee, passed a law protecting the islets. According to the Xinhua News, China will strengthen the protection of its ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/10/the-promotion-of-the-development-and-protection-of-nation%e2%80%99s-sea-islets/ Interestingly, Time (November 23, 2009) magazine published Bill Powell’s article, titled “5 Things the U.S. Can Learn from China” before Obama landed in the Middle Kingdom. The five things are: be ambitious, education matters, look after the elderly, save more, and look over the horizon. All five items are fundamental ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/09/americans-back-to-asia-ii/ In 2001, Gordon G. Chang predicts  the collapse of China (The Coming Collapse of China by Random House). Nearly ten years has past, where is the collapse of China? Recently, most economists, governments, and experts expect the Chinese economy to continue to grow in 2010. But, James S. Chanos, a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/08/to-bust-%e2%80%9cthe-china-inc%e2%80%9d/ For years, the LDP repeatedly denied the existence of the Secret Pact between the U.S. and Japan. On 1 December 2009, a former senior diplomat, Yoshino Bunroku, admitted for the first time in court that Tokyo and Washington had a secret accord on the cost burden relating to the 1972 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/07/secret-pactthird-class-politicians-only-provide-the-third-rate-policy-ix/ If an alumni makes a donation to a university in the West, it would rarely make the international news unless it was an exceptionally large donation. When Zhang Lei, the founder and managing partner of Hillhouse Capital Management in Beijing gave $8,888,888 to the management school of Yale University (where ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/06/the-chinese-donation-to-yale-university/ On 30 November 2009, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) opened its 14th conference in the Hague of Holland (till December 4th). The head of the Chinese delegation, Zhang Jun, insisted that “I hope that Japan will remove its chemical weapons in China, abandoned by the Japanese ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/05/japanese-chemical-weapons-in-china/ On 7 January 2010, the Chinese government denounced the U.S. decision to clear the sale of Patriot missiles by Lockheed Martine to Taiwan, the deal entered into by George W. Bush. Three days later, the Chinese Foreign Ministry again denounced U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, a $1.1 billion order received ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/04/arms-sales-to-taiwan-in-2010/ Beijing Capital Airport reached 60 million flights on 30 November 2009 when a Air China (flight CA 912) from Stockholm to Beijing took a number of passengers to China. All passengers received a USB memory drive with the design “60 million” on it. This is a milestone for the Beijing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/03/which-country-will-be-the-first-v/ On 14 February 2010, it is the Chinese (lunar) New Year. Many countries in the Asian region including South Korea celebrated the lunar new year. In Nanjing, according to the Japanese media, Jiangsu Province, a 70-year-old grand-mom walked into the store to purchase one kilo-gram of the pure gold (24K) ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/02/the-rich-grand-mom-in-china/ On 1 December 2009, the Japanese government decided to develop Okinotori Island, which is located in 1,740 km south of Tokyo, building a port and other facilities and finishing within 5 years. However, the Chinese Foreign Ministry reiterated its opposition to the Japanese government’s decision. In September, the Chinese government ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/03/01/okinotori-islandthe-chinese-way-of-hegemony-vii/ China is considering becoming co-chair of a group with European Union to fight Somalia pirates. Recently, some Chinese vessels have kidnapped by Somalia pirates. However, so far the Chinese navy has operated independently in the Gulf of Aden. If the Chinese navy jointly operates with naval forces of EU, this ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/27/the-chinese-military-cooperation-with-eu/ Hatoyama Yukio repeatedly tied to balance his campaign financial books. It has been revealed that more than 100 million Japanese yen was falsely declared out of revenues from selling tickets for fundraising parties between 2004 and 2008. At least 300 million yen was falsely declared in Hatoyama’s financial statements. Finally, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/25/laodicean-politics-in-japan-vii/ When Vice President Xi Jinping visited Japan, the head of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), an opposition in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, was in Tokyo on 15 December 2009. Regarding the unification, she stated that the whole Taiwanese people (23 million people) must decide their future of the unification. At the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/24/the-third-united-front-ccp-kmt-x-2/ On 27 November 2009, the Chinese Defense Liang Guanglie and the Japanese Defense Minister Kitazawa Toshimi held a joint press briefing in Tokyo to announce a joint naval drill agreement in next year after the Chinese delegation arrived Japan for visiting. This military exchange will be the first joint naval ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/23/sino-japanese-joint-navel-drill/ For years, the United States government asks its allies -- Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Canada, Australia, Denmark, and Norway – to support the development of new radar-evading F-35 fighter jet. By now, Japan has also expressed interest in buying the F-35 fighter jet. The single-engine F-35, also known as ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/21/next-generation-fighter-jet-2/ “Can the renminbi become a major international currency in as little as a decade? Only time will tell. But U.S. history suggests that this schedule, while ambitious, is not impossible,” wrote by Barry Eichengreen, a professor of economics and political science at the University of California, Berkeley, publishing an interesting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/17/internationalization-of-renminbi-vi/ When the Vice President of China, Xi Jinping, visited Japan on 14 December 2009, his visit created one of hottest debates in Japan. Since the Japanese emperor has prostate cancer in 1995, the Imperial Household Agency has asked any leaders from any countries must arrange the meeting with the emperor ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/16/the-breaking-japanese-imperial-protocol/ During the Korean War (1950-1953), Beijing and Pyongyang joined forces to fight against with the UN forces, led by the USA.  On 22 November 2009, the Chinese Defense Liang Guanglie arrived in North Korea. Both Korean and Chinese media pledged to strengthen their military alliance, “sealing it in blood.” Kim ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/15/chimerica-save-north-korea-iv/ The United States, European countries, and South Korea have already reached open skies agreements, promoting liberalization of their respective civil aviation markets for a while. In the middle of December, Japan finally agreed to liberalize air traffic with the US under open skies accord (Nippon News Network). Japan has one ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/14/open-sky-in-japan/ When President Obama’s Asian trip finished in the last country – South another Asian nation was nervous. That is no other – than India. When the 44th President visited both Japan and China, he did not mention the name of Indiain his speech at all. However, after Obama returned to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/13/american-indian-relationstest-obama-xv/ According to Xinhua News Agency two men: Hu Minghua and Su Binde, were executed in the morning of 26 November 2009. Based on the statement from the Supreme People’s Court, Hu Minghua had kidnapped and sold nine children from April 1999 to October 2005, while Su Binde was convicted of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/12/kidnapped-children-in-china-ii/ On 27 October 2009, former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, received the lifetime achievement award from the US-ASEAN Business Council in Washington D.C., the first award of its kind awarded to a former prime minister. Lee Kuan Yew made his speech at the 25th anniversary gala dinner in ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/11/lee-kuwan-yew%e2%80%99s-speech/ After the US lost the Vietnam War, Americans have been extremely careful in the acting in the Asian region. The 44th President of the United States broke this hesitance. During the Obama’s Asian trip in 2009, he made the first meeting with ASEAN + 1 since the Vietnam War by ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/02/10/back-to-asia-by-obama-i/ The Chinese government pledged that, according to CCTV, China would voluntarily cut carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40 percent to 45 percent by 2020, compared with levels in 2005. Before Copenhagen climate summit, President Obama committed to reduce 17 percent below 2005 level. Major Carbon Emitters’ Positions Country Reductions by ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/14/cop-15-copenhagenchinese-green-ii/ When the 44th president took air force one heading on his first trip to Asia on November 12, 2009, American journalists dropped a bombshell into the global news media. When Obama landed in Japan on the following day, the Washington Post (by R. Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick) published an article ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/12/chinese-proliferation-to-pakistantest-obama-xivg2-x/ It is unusual for the Prime Minister of Japan to leave a guest of state during their visit.  However, when the US President Barack Obama delayed his visit Japan for 24 hours due to domestic affairs, this is exactly what happened. The Japanese prime minister left for the APEC meeting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/10/the-end-of-alliancetest-obama-xiii-japan-passing-iv/ In 1959, the Dalai Lama escaped from Tibet, entering the Buddhist monastery town of Tawang located in India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. This region, which lays on the Indo-Tibetan border, has long been the issue of territorial disputes between India and China as the result of the border artificially ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/08/india-vs-chinathe-chinese-way-of-hegemony-vi/ The US. President, Barack Obama, made his first trip to Asia to attend the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit meeting in Singapore on 10 November 2009. The 44th president decided to make a 10-day visit to Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea. Interestingly, three days before Obama arrived in Singapore, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/06/test-obama-xii/ When the British colonized most world affairs during Pax Britanica, hundreds of thousands of disadvantage children were sent from around the world including from the U.K. to Australia. These abused orphans faced sexual abuse, violence, and forced labor over a period of decades.  On 16 November 2009, Prime Minister Kevin ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/04/%e2%80%9cforgotten-australians%e2%80%9dlearning-history-v/ Recently, Beijing University held a Japanese Studies Contest hosted by the center of Japanese studies. This contest is the only one in China offered at the master degree level.  Currently, about 70 universities offer Japanese Studies at the graduate level (including Japanese language and Japanese literature), and students continue to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2010/01/02/japanese-studies-in-the-chinese-universities/ Before the 60th anniversary of the PRC military parade on 1 October 2009, General Liang Guanglie, Chinese Defense Minister, was interviewed by the Chinese media regarding the Chinese military might. “Today, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has almost all types of weaponry in the arsenal of Western countries (China Daily).” ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/31/test-obama-xi/ In 1886, when the Meiji government took back the power from Tokugawa Shogun, the Japanese bureaucrats began to control Japanese politics. On 14 September 2009, the administrative vice minister regular conference hold the last meeting. This symbolized to end the 123-year-old practice by the Japanese bureaucrats. This regular meeting by ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/29/laodicean-politics-in-japan-v/ In 1942, the decision by the Tojo Hideki Administration forced about 40,000 Chinese brought to Japan into slavery, working in 135 factories (Asahi Shimbun). For the past 64 years, LDP refused to acknowledge the Japanese government’s mistakes by ignoring the slavery issue. On 23 October 2009, Nishimatsu Construction Corporation agreed ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/27/learning-history-vii/ Recently, the Japanese media begin to use the word, VISTA, which is taking capital letters from five nations: Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa, Turkey, and Argentina, to describe the economic growth expansion in 2010 as the Japanese corporations are ready to extend their muscles. BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) has ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/25/bric-v-vs-vista/ Paul Krugman, the Laurent of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics, published his article in the New York Times, titled “The Chinese Disconnect.” Basically, Krugman claims that China’s bad currency policy is threatening the growth of the rest of world economy. It is understandable that Krugman wants the Chinese government ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/23/comments-from-paul-krugmaninternationalization-of-renminbi-vi/ In the third quarter, the Chinese economy (GDP) expanded 8.9 percent while the economic growth in the U.K. shrunk to -0.4 percent, the longest recession since the government took economy statistics in 1955. Thanks to Cash and Kruncker, the American economy (GDP) in the third quarter managed to rise about ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/21/which-country-will-be-the-first-iv/ In 1990, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mahamad, proposed an East Asian Economic Caucus, but the idea was dismissed by the United States. In 1997 when the Asian financial crisis hit, Japanese Finance Minister, Miyazawa Kiichi, pushed to create an Asian Monetary Fund, which was quashed by the United ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/19/east-asian-community-ii/ Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited China during October 12-14, 2009. Both China and Russia singed 12 agreements.  According to the Chinese media, one of these agreements was that two countries would notify the other of ballistic missiles and the launch of carrier rockets. Usually, no country wants to sign a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/17/test-obama-x/ “Those earnings are not the achievement of risk takers,” said George Soros. “These are gifts, hidden gifts, from the government, so I don’t think that those monies should be used to pay bonuses (Financial Time 24 October 2009).” He is right. The “fat cats” on the Wall Street basically took ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/15/gifs-from-the-taxpayers/ Jack Gallagher wrote an article in the Japan Times(Ishihara’s Bid for Legacy Was Olympian Waste of Taxpayer Money) on 11 October 2009. His analysis explored how the naïve Japanese politicians like the Governor of Tokyo, who has wasted more than 15 billion (Japanese yen) tax payer’s money, has tried to ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/13/third-class-politicians-only-provide-the-third-rate-policy-x/ When politics shifted the balance of power in Japan, some new information which had been hidden for more than 50 years, came out. On 11 September 2009 before Hatoyama took the office, Japanese bureaucrats disclosed that they sent a congratulatory telegram to elected LDP politicians after each national election. Of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/11/laodicean-politics-in-japan-iii/ In Rizhao, Shandong Province, there are 2.8 million residents and about 99 percent of the households are using solar water heaters, according to the Japanese media. China began to import the Japanese green technology to prevent pollution which has accumulated for the last three decades. Time on 2 November 2009 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/09/chinese-green-i/ In October, finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) nations held a meeting emphasizing the strong dollar. In the meeting, a G4 (Japan, China, EU, and the US) meeting was proposed by the US, according to the Japanese media. Last year, the White House began to propose the idea ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/07/g2-vii/ On 10 October 2009, Turkey and Armenia normalized relations and sought reconciliation after nearly a century of bitterness over their bloody history. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton worked so hard behind the scene for this day.  Both Turkey and Armenia have been in dispute since the World War ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/05/learning-history-vi/ Starting several years ago, Iran began to settle most of its crude oil exports in non-dollar currencies.  In October, the Arab states in the Persian Gulf: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Qatar, were in secret talks with Russia, China, Japan, and France to replace the U.S. dollar ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/03/secret-meetingtest-obama-xiii/ In the G20 (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, UK, and USA) Summit at Pittsburgh (24-25 September 2009), the 20 largest economies’ leaders finally made one crucial decision – replacing G7, the anachronistic system. More ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/12/01/g20-replaces-g7/ Hu Jintao finally began to control the Chinese military. On 20 July, Hu Jintao promoted three “princelings” including the son of Liu Shaoqi, Liu Yuan, to general rank, the highest military rank in PLA.  By now, 17 out of 27 military generals were promoted by Hu Jintao, controlling the PLA. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/30/hu-jintao%e2%80%99s-military-control/ When the International Olympic Committee decided to hold the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the early October, it symbolized that BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) will be major power in the future. China held the 2008 Summer Olympic, Russia will host the 2014 Winter Games, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/29/bric-iv/ Former diplomat M. K. Bhadrakumar published an article in the Asia Times online (1 August 2009) titled “China dips its toe in the Black Sea.” Beijing and Moldova signed an agreement to loan $1 billion (with 3% interest rate over 15 years and a five-year period on interest payments). Moldova ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/28/the-chinese-way-of-hegemony-v/ As New York Times (24 September 2009) describes the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York, both China and the United States produce 40 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. In the climate summit, the world needs the leadership from China and the US. Hu Jintao, China’s President, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/27/test-obama-viii/ Brad Glosserman, executive director of the Pacific Forum CSIS, wrote an article in the Japan Times regarding Japan politics after the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won the parliamentary election. “The real obstacles to improved Japan-China relations defy any change in government and many require changes not in Tokyo, but ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/26/misrepresentation-of-sino-japanese-relations-i/ Today, only two aerospace companies: Boeing and Airbus, dominate the aerospace industry world-wide. . Now, the Chinese are trying to get into this monopoly industry. In 2008, the 90-seat passenger plane, ARJ21, made its successful flight. The ARJ21 might be suitable for regional and Chinese domestic flights. Another Chinese airplane ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/25/chinese-aerospace-industry/ Hugh Cortazzi, a former ambassador to Japan (1980-1984), published his article (“Shifting Balances of Power”) in the Japan Times (11 September 2009).  “The new Japanese government will be able to enhance Japan’s world interests only by ensuring that Japan is represented effectively abroad. This requires the appointment of ambassadors willing ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/24/laodicean-politics-in-japan-ii/ In August, the Australian government issued a visa for Uighur activist Rebiya Kadeer, but the Chinese government protested strongly. Kadeer visited in August to participate in the Melbournefile festival for the screening of a documentary (“Ten Conditions of Love”) about the exiled Uighur leader. A Chinese diplomat made a phone ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/23/australia-vs-china-iii/  In the middle of August, Senator Jim Webb visited Burmameeting senior general Than Shwe and Nobel Peace Price Laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi. After Webb left the country, the Burmese government began to crackdown on the powerful ethnic militias that challenged the regime for  more than a half century. As ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/22/containing-chinacold-war-mentality-i/ One month after Xinjiang unrest on July 5, the Chinese government decided to provide millions in yuan (one yuan = $6.8) renminbi to victims whose stores were ruined. Unfortunately, some local government officials began to pocket some money intended for victims. In some cases, the victim should have received 3,000 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/21/taking-advantage-of-victims-v/ Before he took the office, Japanese Prime Minister, Hatoyama Yukio, made a proposal to Asian countries- to form an “East Asian Community.” This was not a new idea.  The Japanese leaders had the same idea a long time ago, probably during the Meiji Restoration. During WWII, the Japanese imperial army ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/19/east-asian-community-ilaodicean-politics-in-japan-iii/ “Whatever the cause, though, Beijing’s only smart way forward is to state clearly that a contract is a contract and that Chinese companies must abide by theirs (The Wall Street Journal 9 September 2009).” The controversy between the Chinese companies and the banks of the Wall Street is when fuel ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/18/doing-businesses-in-the-chinese-way/ On 27 July 2009, President Obama welcomed the Chinese delegation during two-days of high-level talks between China and the U.S. The issues ranged from climate change to human rights.  Of course, media in both countries widely reported the meeting. However, another nation is watching the meeting carefully too. That is ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/17/strategic-economic-dialogueg2-viii/ Military parades symbolize national unity and national pride; it is just a show. Both France and India have their military parades annually, but the U.S. rarely holds such parades, instead  invading another country to demonstrate its military might. The October 1st Chinese military parade is the 15th military display since ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/16/the-60-years-old-prc/ In 1860, the Western powers, such the British and French, invaded Chinaand destroyed Yuanmingyuan, the Old Summer Palace. They were looting and smuggling the finest pieces of the Chinese collections out of China. Thanks to voices of the Chinese people in the internet, Beijingfinally decided to send a team of ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/15/yuanmingyuan-ii/ According to CCTV the Chinese government is going to sell Renminbi bonds denominated in Hong Kong on 8 September 2009.  This is the first time that Beijing will sell its bonds outside of mainland China. About 6 billion yuan ($876 million) in bonds will be sold on 28 September 2009. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/14/internationalization-of-renminbi-v/ After the US won its intellectual property case involving music against China in WTO, the American government has agonized whether to impose special 421 safeguards against Chinese tires.  In a politically sparked debate, Obama faced a dilemma based upon promises made to unions during his campaign for the presidency.   As ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/13/test-obama-vii/ According to the Global Times (3 August 2009), in July China once again rejected in Hong Kong the American proposal seeking cooperation to control North Korea if the emergent case (i.e., the collapse of the dictator regime) occurred in North Korea. This is the third time that China has rejected ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/12/chimerica-save-north-korea-iii/ The first execution of a Chinese citizen living in Japan occurred on 28 July 2009 since WWII.  In 1999, Chen Detong killed 3 people in Kawasaki, Japan. Chen was found guilty by the Tokyo Supreme Court in June 2006. Now, four more Chinese are waiting for the execution in Japan. http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/11/the-first-execution-of-the-chinese-citizen-in-japan/ On 16 July 2009, Bloomberg News reported that the Chinese stock market became the second place behind the Wall Street. The current market price of the Chinese stock market is worth about $3.210 trillion which overtook the Tokyo stock market ($3.200 trillion), but remains behind the U.S. stock market which ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/10/which-country-will-be-the-first-iii/ On 26 July 2009, Ma Ying-jeou ran uncontested in the election for Kuomingtang (KMT) party chief. The Chinese communist party chief, Hu Jintao, congratulated Ma Ying-jeou. “I hope that our two parties can continue to promote peaceful development of cross-strait relations, deepen mutual trust, boost the well-being of compatriots on ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/09/the-third-united-front-ccp-kmt-xi/ When former Koizumi Junichiro shouted during the 2005 lower house election, “I will destroy LDP if it does not change.” On 30 August 2009, the Japanese voters finally got rid of the lame-duck head of the LDP, Aso Taro, who has been viewed by many as the most arrogant, idiotic, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/06/laodicean-politics-in-japan-i/ During the U.S. occupation of WWII in Japan, the United States took large quantities of Japanese military government documents for the purpose of investigating Japan’s war crimes and gathering military intelligence. However, the US government copied about 3 percent of a total of 18 million pages of documents on microfilm ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/05/learning-history-v/ A year ago, Sichuan had the 8.0 magnitude earthquake, killing near 70,000 people and destroying a number of schools. People thought the Chinese would learn less from the “Tofu” construction of schools in Sichuan. On 27 June 2009, one year later of tragedy from Sichuan, a building collapsed in Shanghai, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/04/learning-from-sichuan-earthquake/ On 4 July 2009, the Japanese government decided to send its Self-Defense force to the Yonakuni Island. This led to an alert by the Chinese media including both Taiwan and Hong Kong. The area of the Yonakuni Island is about 28 sq. km. with 1,700 citizen including two policemen, located ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/03/yonakuni-islanddiaoyu-viii/ On 15 July 2009, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, delivered an American foreign policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. About half-hour speech has been provided major foreign policy of Obama Administration. “America will always be a world leader as long as we remain true to our ideals and ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/02/the-%e2%80%9cmulti-partner-world%e2%80%9d-by-hillary-clinton/ When Hu Jintao, President of China, left Italy on July 7, in order to respond to civil unrest in Xingjiang, negotiators from G8/G7 (the United States, Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Russia, Canada, and Italy) realized that hopes had evaporated for any major diplomatic breakthroughs at the summit. In L’Aquila Summit, ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/11/01/end-of-g8g7/ Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S., offered a direct apology to a group of the Second World War veterans taken prisoner by Japanese imperial army in the Philippines. “We extend a heartfelt apology for our country having caused tremendous damage and suffering to many people (Japan Times).” A meeting ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/31/apology-from-japanlearning-history-iv/  In the beginning of August, former President Bill Clinton visited North Korea asking for the release of two American journalists: Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were sentenced 15 years in a labor camp. On 11 August 2009, the Chinese newspaper (Hong Kong Economic Journal) published a fantastic article (the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/30/north-korean-nuclear-war-against-chinachimerica-save-north-korea-ii/ The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) launched its largest-ever tactical military exercise which involves four military commands: Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan, and Guangzhou on 11 August 2009. Each military commands has provided one army division that accounted about 50,000 heavy armored troops over thousands of miles has been participated in a ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/29/pla-drills/ On 2 July 2009, China’s central Bank, Bank of China, issued detailed rules for cross-border trade settled in yuan, or Renminbi. The first transactions with Hong Kong and Macao starts in July using yuan. The central government also approved five cities: Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, and Gongguan to settle international ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/27/internationalization-of-renminbi-iv/ After the 44th President was sworn into the White House, some new facts regarding 9.11 were revealed globally. Recently, an extremely interesting academic article was published in journal – The Open Chemical Physics Journal (vol. 2, 2009, pp. 7-31) on the issue. The nine authors from European countries and the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/25/test-obama-vi/ On 18 June 2009, the United States Senate (111th Congress 1st Session) passed a resolution which formally made an apology to African-Americans for racial segregation. “Apology for the enslavement and segregation of African-Americans- The congress – acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow laws; ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/24/learning-history-iii/ On 29 June 2009, a train going from Changsha, Hunan Province (K9017) collided with the Shenzhen-bound train (K9063) at 2:34 in the predawn. The incident killed at least 3 people and injured an additional 60 passengers. The Japanese media (Kyodo News) reported that the train (K9017) had a special train ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/22/trains-collide-in-china/ It is well-know that the world’s number one supercomputer, “Roadrummer,” was built by IBM for the U.S. Department of Energy at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Probably, people are assumed that Japan will be the second nation to build the fastest supercomputer after the United States. But, this is not ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/20/japan-passing-iii/ On 8 July 2009, Hamada Yasukazu, former Defense Minister in Japan, indicated that the ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) troops will be deployed to Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost islet. Very few people have the geographical knowledge of Yonaguni Island, which is just 110 kilometers from Taiwan’s eastern coast, and roughly 150 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/19/diaoyu-vii/ On 23 May 2009, the United States was going to file a case to WTO against China. According to Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative, who made the announcement, China has continued to restrict exports of rare metals, including zinc, tin, tungsten, antimony, bauxite, coke, fluorspar, indium, magnesium carbonate, molybdenum, rare ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/17/sino-american-trade-warg2-vii/ According to the Chinese media, the Chinese President Hu Jintao inspected a new Chinese nuclear submarine in 1996. The news reflects the new type of submarine 094 or 095 has become part of the Chinese navy. However, during the 60 anniversary of the Chinese navy parade in Qingdao, China did ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/16/new-chinese-nuclear-submarine/ On 7 June 2009, Guo Shuqing, the chairman of China Construction Bank (CCB), made a new proposal regarding Chinese renminbi. “I think the U.S. government and the World Bank can consider the possibility of issuing renminbi bonds in the Hong Kong market and the Shanghai market (Japan Times 9 June ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/15/internationalization-of-renminbi-iii/ The World Bank announced the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 on 1 July 2009. Among the top ten, the United States ranks number one at about $14.2 trillion and Japan as number two with $4.9 trillion. However, BRIC have increased their GDP ranks from the previous year. The GDP ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/13/bric-iii/ “Chinese authorities have in fact obtained evidence which proves that (Rio employees) – for a foreign country—Chinese state secrets, which hurt China’s economic interests and economic security,” stated by Wing Gang, a spokesman for Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC). The Chinese government detained four Rio ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/12/rio-espionage-caseaustralia-vs-china-ii/ Finally, the Chinese government began to crackdown on child trafficking  early this year. The state-controlled CCTV broadcasted the top ten kidnapped criminals in China. Currently, a number of people have created an outcry over the internet reporting that children, in particular boys, ranging in age from 100 days to 8 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/08/kidnapped-children-in-china/ On 16 May 2009, Barack Obama nominated Jon Huntsman, Governor of Utah, as the next ambassador of China. Jon Huntsman is moderate Republican who speaks fluent Chinese. Obama’s move is extremely smart because he has eliminated a number of his enemies who might run in the presidential race in 2012. ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/04/american-ambassador-in-china/ On 25 May 2009, North Korea conducted its second nuclear test since October 2006. About one hour before North Korea regime tested the bomb, the government informed the White House, and so did China. However, North Korea has never cared about Japan at all. The government of Japan should consider ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/03/japan-passing-ii/ Since a seminal 2001, Jim O’Neill, chief economist of Goldman Sachs began to use the word, BRIC in the research report; today BRIC has turned into an interesting word in the current financial crisis. BRIC, meaning Brazil, Russia, India, and China, met in Yekaterinburg, Russia for a summit on 16 ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/02/bric-ii/ It was a sad day for the South Korean people when former President Roh Moo Hyun committed suicide on 23 May 2009. One of many reasons for Roh’s suicide was that he felt strong responsibility towards the Korean citizens as prosecutors began to make the bribery case. Well, it is ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/10/01/roh-moo-hyun-case/ Many people know Dr. Sun Yat-sen had three wives: Lu Muzhen, Soong Ching-ling, and Chen Cuifen. However, recently the Japanese media reported that the daughter of fourth wife of Sun is alive. In 1898, Sun met Ootsuki Kaoru in Yokohama, and Sun made his proposal to her in 1901 when ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/09/29/sun-yat-sen%e2%80%99s-japanese-wife/ On 20 May 2009, China and EU held the 11th China-EU Summit. At the meeting, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rejected the idea of G2. “Some say that world affairs will be managed solely by China and the US. I think that view is baseless and wrong…. Multi-polarization and multilateralism represent ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/09/24/no-thanksg2-vi/ On 26 May 2009, the Chairman of Kuomingtang (KMT) Wu Poh-hsiung met with General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Hu Jintao in Beijing. During the talks between leaders of the two parties, Hu Jintao made a stunning proposal suggesting that the “end hostility and [that two sides] reach [a] ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/09/22/the-third-united-front-ccp-kmt-x/ According to the Japanese media, the Chinese government sentenced Yu Jiafu, a former reporter of Xinhua News Agency, to 18 years in prison recently. The 62-years-old reporter has admitted that he gave the top-secret information regarding the Chinese foreign policy of North Korea to foreign diplomats including Miyamoto Yuji, the ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/09/21/the-chinese-spy-for-japan/ In 2009, a Chinese government study was released reporting the total length of the Great Wall according to the Chinese media.  A joint project between the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping utilized GPS devices to map parts of war built during Ming ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/09/17/great-wall-is-great/ In May, Tami Tiger rebels were crushed by the Sri Lanka government’s military, finishing more than a quarter of the century civil war. Since January 2009, the conflict between the government forces and rebel militants cost the lives of at least 7,000 civilians. The western media has denounced the Sri ... http://baoblogs.com/unryusuganuma/2009/09/15/end-of-tamil-tiger-war/