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发帖数: 7918 | 1 寶寶被十幾國領袖群起而攻之。中國為啥連個拿得出手的朋友都沒有呢？連新加坡都反
對中國對南海領土主權的要求？
November 19, 2011
Obama and Asian Leaders Confront China’s Premier
By JACKIE CALMES
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Obama and nearly all the leaders at an
Asian summit directly confronted China on Saturday for its expansive claims
to the resource-rich South China Sea, putting the Chinese premier on the
defensive in the long-festering dispute, according to Obama administration
officials.
Premier Wen Jiabao was by turns “grouchy” and constructive as he responded
to the concerns aired by all but two of the leaders attending the East Asia
Summit, said one of the administration officials, who spoke to reporters
aboard Air Force One as Mr. Obama returned from an eight-day diplomatic
swing around the Pacific Rim.
The meeting, at the end of the summit, capped a week during which Mr. Obama
moved quickly, and on several fronts, to restore the influence of the United
States in the Asia-Pacific region after a decade of preoccupation in the
Middle East. He announced that 2,500 Marines would be stationed in Australia
; opened the door to restored ties with Myanmar, a Chinese ally; and gained
support for a regional free-trade bloc that so far omits Beijing.
The announcements appeared to startle Chinese leaders, who issued a series
of warnings that claimed the United States was seeking to destabilize the
region.
Despite the rapid-fire diplomatic challenges, Mr. Obama did make time to
speak with Mr. Wen on Saturday morning after the Chinese leader asked if
they could meet. And Thomas E. Donilon, the national security adviser,
described the meeting as “a good engagement.” A report in Xinhua, the
official Chinese government news service, backed up the administration’s
suggestion that Mr. Wen had been put in an uncomfortable position by the
focus on the South China Sea, especially because the country has long
insisted that the issue should not be discussed in multinational forums.
At an Asian regional meeting last year in Hanoi, at which Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly warned China to curb its aggressiveness in
its territorial claims, the Chinese foreign minister walked out enraged,
according to officials who were there.
In this case, Mr. Wen acknowledged that he did not want to discuss the issue
at the summit, but added that it would be “impolite” not to answer the
concerns of his country’s neighbors, according to Xinhua. He then defended
China’s stance on the sea, according to the news service and an Obama
administration official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity.
The fact that Mr. Wen spoke at all, however, represented a tactical defeat
in a struggle that has become a focal point in the larger tug-of-war with
the United States over influence in the region.
The United States, with an eye toward strengthening ties with China’s
smaller neighbors, has backed their preference for multinational talks,
rather than one-on-one negotiations in which China would have the advantage.
The administration official’s account of the nearly two-hour session
suggested a more dramatic exchange than is typical of such gatherings. Of
the 18 nations represented at the East Asia Summit, only the leaders of
Cambodia and Myanmar did not raise the issue of maritime security as the
presidents and prime ministers took turns speaking, the administration
official said.
Unlike an initial session of the summit, where the leaders met in a large
ballroom with retinues of aides on issues of trade, education and
multilateral responses to natural disasters, the session Saturday included
only the 18 leaders and one adviser each in a smaller room — suggesting a
relative intimacy that likely facilitated more candor.
The official said that Mr. Obama, who was the first American president to
attend the East Asia Summit, “did not lobby” the other leaders to speak up.
The first to speak up, the administration official said, were the leaders of
Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam — among whom tensions with China
run highest — followed by representatives of Malaysia, Thailand, Australia,
India, Russia and Indonesia, the summit host.
The leaders reiterated their insistence on a “multilateral resolution of
the conflicting territorial claims,” the official said.
Only after other leaders had spoken did Mr. Obama express his agreement with
them, the official said.
Mr. Obama argued that, “while we are not a claimant in the South China Sea
dispute, and while we do not take sides, we have a powerful stake in
maritime security in general, and in the resolution of the South China Sea
issue specifically — as a resident Pacific power, as a maritime nation, as
a trading nation and as a guarantor of security in the Asia Pacific region.”
Then Mr. Wen replied.
The administration official described his response as “positive in the
sense that he was not on a tirade, and he did not use many of the more
assertive formulas that we frequently hear from the Chinese, particularly in
public.”
Instead, the official said, Mr. Wen simply countered that the East Asia
Summit was not the place to discuss the issue, and asserted “that China
goes to great pains to ensure that the shipping lanes are safe and free.”
“I would describe the overall discussion as constructive,” and not
acrimonious, the official added. “The leaders were not equivocating; they
were not speaking ambiguously.”
What was interesting, the official said, was not what Mr. Wen said, but what
he did not. For instance, he did not repeat the notion that the disputes
should be resolved bilaterally. But a report in Xinhua said the prime
minister “reaffirmed” China’s position, perhaps indicating that his
omission did not mean any real change in thinking.
Despite the prickly response by Chinese leaders throughout the week, the
backlash has been relatively muted, at least compared to the past when such
moves would have generated more critical statements and sometimes blistering
commentaries in the state-run media.
Bonnie Glaser, a senior fellow in China studies at the Washington-based
Center for Strategic and International Studies, attributed the Chinese
response to possible confusion over Mr. Obama’s intentions as he approaches
a difficult presidential election.
“They’re probably not too sure how much of it to attribute to the
political campaign, and how much to attribute to a shift in U.S. strategy,”
Ms. Glaser said.
Michael Wines contributed reporting from Beijing. | g****t
发帖数: 31659 | 2 对内残民以惩,对外贸易倾销.
(我不claim这个做法错误)
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【在 p**********d 的大作中提到】
: 寶寶被十幾國領袖群起而攻之。中國為啥連個拿得出手的朋友都沒有呢？連新加坡都反
: 對中國對南海領土主權的要求？
: November 19, 2011
: Obama and Asian Leaders Confront China’s Premier
: By JACKIE CALMES
: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Obama and nearly all the leaders at an
: Asian summit directly confronted China on Saturday for its expansive claims
: to the resource-rich South China Sea, putting the Chinese premier on the
: defensive in the long-festering dispute, according to Obama administration
: officials.
| t**x
发帖数: 20965 | 3 这个不是外交失败吧，，，， 哪有外交就能随便拿回来实际的东西呢？！
如果直接把越南全部占领，世界上根本就没有那么多不和谐的事情了，建议城管接管河
内，。。。 | p*********w
发帖数: 23432 | 4 影帝平时表演太多了，让别人以为他有点能力
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【在 p**********d 的大作中提到】
: 寶寶被十幾國領袖群起而攻之。中國為啥連個拿得出手的朋友都沒有呢？連新加坡都反
: 對中國對南海領土主權的要求？
: November 19, 2011
: Obama and Asian Leaders Confront China’s Premier
: By JACKIE CALMES
: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Obama and nearly all the leaders at an
: Asian summit directly confronted China on Saturday for its expansive claims
: to the resource-rich South China Sea, putting the Chinese premier on the
: defensive in the long-festering dispute, according to Obama administration
: officials.
| p**********d
发帖数: 7918 | 5 是奇怪被這些國家搞了一個措手不及。至少如果要發言反對，事前跟中國照會一下吧。
看來溫事先一點都不知道會有這種局面吧。中國領導人不是最怕丟面子的嗎？
【在 t**x 的大作中提到】
: 这个不是外交失败吧，，，， 哪有外交就能随便拿回来实际的东西呢？！
: 如果直接把越南全部占领，世界上根本就没有那么多不和谐的事情了，建议城管接管河
: 内，。。。
| g******i
发帖数: 581 | 6 如果共产党滚蛋了，中国民主化了，一定得让民选政府收复被占领土 | m********c
发帖数: 13337 | 7 共党下台，美国的巨额国债就一笔勾销了。
【在 g******i 的大作中提到】
: 如果共产党滚蛋了，中国民主化了，一定得让民选政府收复被占领土
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