Protesters splattered the Japanese Embassy in Beijing with eggs and paint over the weekend.Credit...Alexander F. Yuan/Associated Press BEIJING — Anti-Japanese demonstrators took to the streets again on Sunday in cities across China, with the government offering mixed signals on whether it would continue to tolerate the sometimes violent outbursts. The protests were orderly in Beijing, with several

The agreement in Hanoi was described as "a political and strategic decision" Vietnam has agreed to help supply Japan with rare earths, as Tokyo tries to reduce its dependence on China. The two countries have also agreed on greater nuclear cooperation, with Hanoi virtually awarding Japan contracts to build two reactors in Vietnam. China currently dominates the market in rare earth minerals, which a

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まあ簡単に。 極東ブログでも多少解説があったが、少し動きがあったので補足など。一応、本来日本が目指すべき解決方法は、現代型アジア版ウィーン体制らしきもの（長い）を構築することです。リーダーシップがないとかいろいろ言われるけれど、利害はよそ様と一致していることもあり、まずは今後10年ぐらいの安寧を図っていこうとするならば、この方法ぐらいしかないでしょう。 で、この方策、言い方を間違えると麻生元首相が在任中に提唱していた「自由と繁栄の弧」に酷似しています。知らない奴はぐぐれ。普遍的価値を軸とした緩やかな協調関係を作るドクトリンなのであるが、いまの日本政府にそんなリーダーシップは取れるの？　と言われる向きもあるものの、実際には中国政府との腹芸がある程度できれば、紛争の槍玉に挙がるのはまず日本、という図式を作ることで結構なもんは回避できたりするんですよね。 この辺のブレーンは谷内正太郎さんですが、

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China produces an estimated 97% of rare earths consumed world-wide and the secretive Baiyun Obo mine in Inner Mongolia accounts for over three quarters of this Credit: Photo: REX FEATURES The New York Times, citing industry sources, said that China had placed an "administrative halt" on the export of the metals, just as the two countries are locked in a dispute over the detention of a Chinese traw

A recent visitor to a museum in Shenyang, China, dedicated to the outbreak of war between Japan and China in 1931, carried a sign that referred to Japan’s wartime occupation of much of China and called on Tokyo to release a detained Chinese fisherman.Credit...Mark/European Pressphoto Agency BEIJING � For the last several years, one big theme has dominated talk of the future of Asia: As China rises

A HERD of feral goats on a tiny unpopulated island in the East China Sea live in blissful unawareness of a diplomatic storm brewing around their remote habitat. Since September 7th, when the Japanese authorities arrested the crew of a Chinese fishing boat near the islet, one of the biggest rows in years has erupted between the two countries. Though resentful of the Japanese, China also worries abo

Nationalist protest in China Doth we protest too much? CHINA'S official news agency, Xinhua, usually prefers to play down the extent of any public protest. But its reporting on recent anti-Japanese unrest has erred on the other side. On September 18th, some Chinese and foreign observers had predicted that Chinese might take to the streets in large numbers to protest against Japan's continuing dete

The row began more than a week ago, when a trawler collided with two Japanese coastguard ships near uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both countries. The two countries have a long history of tensions over territory, resources and other issues. But after several years of improving relations and increasing trade, they have more to lose if ties are damaged, meaning they wi

たぶん、例によって「小沢さんの悪い癖」であって、壊し屋の異名を取った彼の本質の部分かなと。で、首相が何故か小沢さんを制止する側ではなく、促進する側に回っていることも興味深く拝見。 首相、特例会見波紋に不快感　「国民挙げてお迎えすべき」 http://www.47news.jp/CN/200912/CN2009121501000167.html もう民主党は駄目だろう、とネットにいる人は思うかもしれないが、実際に本当に崩壊過程に入るのはしばらく先のことになるだろうし、まだ挽回（何を持って挽回というのかは知らんが）の余地は残されているとは思う。政権というエンジンに、支持率という石炭がくべられ続ければ、とりあえずレールの上を走ることはできる。そのレールの先が正しいと思うかどうかはその人次第と、そういうことで。 官邸サイド気味の話になるのだろうが、小沢さんは、結局その師匠であった故・田中角栄さんの

2024年4月運行開始　観光列車「あいづSATONO」ディーゼルハイブリット車両が会津路を走る【福島発】 東北地方の豊かな自然をイメージした緑と青の鮮やかな車体…南東北の観光の足として2024年4月から運行が始まる「あいづSATONO」は、電車ではないディーゼルハイブリット車両。乗るだけで福島の魅力を体感して味わ…