[Al Jazeera] China's foreign ministry has said that military threats could not resolve continuing tensions on the Korean peninsula.
The statement by Jiang Yu, the foreign ministry spokeswoman, comes after Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticised China on Thursday for enabling its ally North Korea's "reckless behaviour".
Jiang Yu told news conference that she questioned what Mullen had done for "peace and stability in the region," calling his remarks on China's support for North Korea an "accusation".
| Essentially telling Bambi to put up or shut up, and we know what the response will be ... | 'Enormous influence'
On Wednesday, the top US military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, accused China of ducking its responsibility to keep Pyongyang in line, as he announced more joint military exercises with South Korea.
"The Chinese have enormous influence over the North, influence that no other nation on earth enjoys. And yet, despite a shared interest in reducing tensions, they appear unwilling to use it," Mullen said.
"Even tacit approval of Pyongyang's brazenness leaves all their neighbours asking what will be next," he added before heading for Japan for talks on defence cooperation.
James Steinberg, the US deputy secretary of state will lead a high-level delegation to Beijing next week to consult on developments on the Korean peninsula. Steinberg this week attempted to downplay differences with China, speaking of the "critical role" Beijing can play in the situation and saying it was in the interests of both the US and China to work together.
| So that they'll keep buying our bonds ... |
The day before, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill...
and her counterparts from South Korea and Japan had held talks in Washington which ended with a call for China to do more.
The US is expected to "speak to China to tell North Korea in more clear language not to make provocations", Kim Sung-Hwan, the South Korean foreign minister told news hounds, upon his return from the United States.
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#4 ADM. MULLEN = has repor also stated that the US WILL GET OR STAND IN THE WAY OF ANY ROK MIL RESPONSE = COUNTER-ATTACK TO ANY NEW DPRK INCIDENTS.
* OTOH, compare Chin wid RUSSIA, PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > RUSSIA SAYS US AIR FORCE UNIT IN POLAND HARMS OTHER'S [Regional] SECURITY. Russian response in light of Wiki revelations as per covert NATO Plan to mil defend the Baltic States + Poland from post-Soviet/Cold War Russia.
** SAME SOUTH KOREANS GUESS AT THE NORTH'S NEXT TARGET, i.e. will the DPRK next attack the ROK in the
* YELLOW SEA
* INTER-KOREAN DMZ
* TERRSTRIKE, espec vee DPRK SPECOP COMMANDOS.
* NEW DPRK NUCBOMB, MISSLE TEST(S).
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ALso from PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > JAPAN'S NEW GUIDELINES CALL FOR STRONGER ISLAND DEFENSE.
SW JAPAN + OKINAWA PERFECTURE includ Senkakus + Nanshas. Budget Cuts in JGSDF Tanks to be counterbalanced in Tokyo by increases in SDF NAVAL, AIR POWER ASSETS + LR SECURITY MISSIONS OER KEY ISLANDS.
IOW, be it CHIN'S SCO-CSTO STRATEGIC PARTNER + BFF RUSSIA OR US-N-REGIONAL-ALIIES, CHINA'S BARRIERS IN THE "FIRST ISLAND CHAIN" KEEP GETTING BIGGER + DEEPER, ETC. AGZ CHINA.
versies
* MARIANAS VARIETY/TOPIX > OKINAWA DELEGATION WANTS ALL 12K MARINES OUT, from Futenma MCAS + Okinawa proper starting in 2012.
Okis don't care iff all 12,000 go to Guam; or else 8000-plus from same go to Guam + 4000 go to Tinian - the Oki Delegation repor will urge TOKYYU/TOKIO TO PAY THE FULL COSTS OF SAME IFF THE US GOVT. CAN AGREE???
The USDOD can certainly put a lot of things on Tinian, the CNMI Govt will have a new source of revenue + jobs + LT "justification" to build a connecting bridge between Saipan + Tinian, which in turn SSSSSSSHHHHHHHH......CCCCCCCCCCC has other LT implications for 1990's PROPOSED GUAM-ROTA MONORAIL.
Shall I bring up [again] IWO JIMA = BONIN/VOLCANO ISLANDS + JAPAN-OKINAWA-IWO-MARIANAS MONORAIL + "CHUNNEL" PROJECTS, ETC.
But I digress ...
* WAFF > WIKILEAKS: NEXT CHINA LEADERS WILL BE FOR PEACE. Next CPC Plenum = Year 2012. |
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Posted by: JosephMendiola
2010-12-10 23:09
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| #3 Well China, you should not have written the policy memo 4 years ago. You bought that cake so get crackin. |
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Posted by: newc
2010-12-10 20:31
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| #2 Take care of your spoiled child! |
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Posted by: Uleger Barnsmell4617
2010-12-10 13:38
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| #1 Time for another kowtow? |
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Posted by: Procopius2k
2010-12-10 07:41
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