At the end of one of the country's longest and closest elections in half a century, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared victory on Sunday. His stay in power could be a good omen for China-Australia ties, which gathered robust momentum after their historic free trade deal came into effect at the end of last year.
The basic logic of interaction between a rising power and an incumbent power is worth examining. Throughout history, rising powers have tended to benefit from limited prods and have therefore shown no willingness to reduce the momentum toward an ultimate conflict. And incumbent powers, with their strength in decline, have tended to act withdrawn or make limited concessions but, in many cases, they have eventually fought back.
At the South China Sea conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington on Tuesday, one panel talked about military modernization and capacity building. The talk centered on China's military modernization and how that power might be projected in the South China Sea and how countries in the region should beef up their militaries to counter a possible China threat.
The arbitral tribunal's award on Tuesday, which tries to deny China's historic claims in the South China Sea and wipe out its rights to resources there, marked an end to the farce disguised as law.
China successfully carried out test flights of civilian aircraft to two new airfields on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday.
The Philippines' arbitration case in the South China Sea dispute is a political farce enshrouded in a legal cloak. Its true purpose is to deny China's sovereignty and maritime interests.
The South China Sea arbitral tribunal in The Hague has made its award in the Philippines' case. As pointed out by many, the tribunal was willed to extend ill-founded jurisdiction over this case.
Just as anticipated, the South China Sea arbitral tribunal in The Hague delivered an outrageously one-sided ruling in the case initiated by the Philippines.
In a move to gear up for a long-term standoff with Russia, NATO recently held its largest-ever summit in Warsaw, Poland, with nearly 2,000 participants from its 28 members and also more than 30 other countries and international organizations.
CHINESE RETAIL GIANT SUNING COMMERCE GROUP acquired a 70 percent stake in the Italian soccer club Inter Milan for 270 million ($299 million) in June. However, such investments are business deals and they will do little to help improve Chinese soccer, said Guangzhou Daily on Tuesday:
CHINA BECAME THE 165TH MEMBER of the International Organization for Migration, after its application to join the organization was approved on June 30. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:
UNAUTHORIZED video clips of 5,793 newly born babies in Hefei, East China's Anhui province, appeared in an online forum recently. The videos also contained personal information of the parents. China urgently needs a law to protect people's privacy, said Beijing News on Tuesday. Excerpts:
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