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	<title>Daniel Michaeli: Asia Ruminations &#187; China</title>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Negotiate an Investment Treaty with China</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2011/04/09/lets-negotiate-an-investment-treaty-with-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2011 14:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 8 April 2011.
Publication: The Huffington Post.
Author: Daniel Michaeli.
In recent years, Beijing has asked repeatedly for a treaty that would give U.S. investors in China greater and more enforceable rights. It is high time for the Obama administration to respond seriously &#8212; by concluding its open-ended review of bilateral investment treaties and working one out with China. The U.S. and China should work aggressively over the next several weeks to prepare to announce a timeline for negotiations at the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington next month.
American firms have ...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Democracy in China&#8217;s Future?</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2011/03/01/is-democracy-in-chinas-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2011/03/01/is-democracy-in-chinas-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Communist Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Nationalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Rural-Urban Divide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land Disputes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muammar Qaddafi]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent weeks, many in the West, and even some in China, have speculated about the resilience of China&#8217;s authoritarianism. Could what happened in Egypt happen in China? (For some U.S. perspectives, see a Forbes.com article by Gordon Chang from January 30th and a Wall Street Journal article by Loretta Chao from a couple weeks ago.) China is clearly playing it safe as it reacts with force to even the smallest hints of protest this week.
The Tiananmen Square massacre remains the template for authoritarian responses to popular pro-democracy movements. &#8220;The unity ...]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Southeast Asia Peaceful</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/26/keeping-southeast-asia-peaceful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/26/keeping-southeast-asia-peaceful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[East Asia Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southeast Asians want the United States active and engaged in the region, and the U.S. is clearly trying to deliver. But Southeast Asian countries cannot hope to receive full U.S. support in the South China Sea until they resolve ongoing disputes among themselves.
This burst of U.S. activity in Southeast Asia is, in part, a response to China&#8217;s recent assertiveness, particularly in the maritime space (more on that here). Southeast Asians hope drawing the United States more deeply into the region can help balance China&#8217;s heft in multilateral organizations and deter China ...]]></description>
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		<title>U.S.-South Korea Ties Strengthen as China Shirks Responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/07/13/u-s-south-korea-ties-strengthen-as-china-shirks-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lee Myung-bak]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the UN Security Council came out with a weak statement that failed to assign blame for the attack and sinking of a South Korean naval ship in March. China and Russia declined to participate in an international inquiry, watered down the Security Council statement, and now willfully look the other way as North Korea continues denying its involvement. The Council&#8217;s statement mentioned the results of the internationally-backed inquiry that showed a North Korean torpedo was responsible, but that was all.
Frankly, Korean president Lee Mung-bak failed to take advantage ...]]></description>
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		<title>Progress in the Taiwan Strait</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/06/30/progress-in-the-taiwan-strait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/06/30/progress-in-the-taiwan-strait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cross-Strait Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ma Ying-jeou]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) between China and Taiwan was signed yesterday in Chongqing, promising a substantial boost to Taiwan&#8217;s export industry. (A Taiwan government-sponsored study claims the deal will create 260,000 jobs and add 1.7 percentage points to Taiwan&#8217;s GDP growth each year over the next seven years.) This agreement has been called a &#8220;game changer&#8221; by both proponents and opponents, though it still requires the approval of Taiwan&#8217;s legislature.
In 2003, China became Taiwan&#8217;s largest trading partner, replacing the United States. This is a good thing&#8211;it reflects the role ...]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Let Iran Hijack the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/24/dont-let-iran-hijack-the-u-s-china-strategic-and-economic-dialogue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 18:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Date: 24 May 2010.
Publication: The Huffington Post.
Authors: Daniel Michaeli and Joel Backaler.
Monday&#8217;s Strategic and Economic Dialogue between the United States and China provides the Obama administration with an opportunity to forge agreements in a number of areas of crucial significance for both U.S. economic competitiveness and strategic stability in Asia&#8211;but only if U.S. negotiators are willing to give non-headline topics the attention they deserve.
At this time of economic uncertainty, the future of the American economy is firmly linked to the ability of U.S. companies to compete for marketshare in China, the world&#8217;s ...]]></description>
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		<title>North Korea&#8217;s Chinese Buddies</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/05/03/north-koreas-chinese-buddies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 21:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With &#8220;a battalion of security guards and female dining companions&#8221; aboard his train, North Korea&#8217;s leader arrived in China today en-route to Beijing. Kim Jong-il finds himself increasingly under pressure for the sinking of South Korea&#8217;s Cheonan in March, isolated by international sanctions, and still reeling from having angered much of North Korea&#8217;s elite with last year&#8217;s currency fiasco.
So Kim would probably be grateful for just about anything Beijing will give him. And reports suggest China has lots of goodies to offer, in exchange for access to minerals and ports ...]]></description>
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		<title>Sinking of the Cheonan: Opportunity and Danger</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/23/sinking-of-the-cheonan-opportunity-and-danger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[North Korea has a history of aggressive behavior towards the South. So it would not be entirely out of character for it to have ordered an attack on a South Korean ship in retaliation for a naval skirmish last year, as some are alleging (including a North Korean defector).
If it becomes clear that North Korea&#8217;s top leaders ordered this attack, with a probable death toll of 46 sailors, the South Korean public will demand a forceful response from President Lee Myung-bak. Since the Cheonan was sunk nearly four weeks ago, ...]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Approach to Iran (Radio Interview)</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/16/chinas-approach-to-iran-radio-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/16/chinas-approach-to-iran-radio-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 22:09:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Israel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media: Voice of America.
Subjects: Chinese interests in the Middle East, the China-Iran economic relationship, Iran, Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, and differing Chinese and U.S. foreign policy priorities.
Length: 2:43.

This segment on China&#8217;s interests in Iran, including the energy trading relationship, includes interviews with Erica Downs of the Brookings Institution and myself.


Note: If you have trouble with the embedded MP3 file above, you can open or download the interview directly here. See the written report on Voice of America&#8217;s web site here.
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		<title>Toppled Government in Kyrgyzstan Raises Uncomfortable Memories for Beijing</title>
		<link>http://www.asiaruminations.com/2010/04/09/toppled-government-in-kyrgyzstan-raises-uncomfortable-memories-for-beijing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Michaeli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most commentary on the April 7th protests and apparent collapse of Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s government has focused on the Kyrgyz political situation, the failure of the 2005 Tulip Revolution, (former?) president Kurmanbek Bakiyev&#8217;s autocratic behavior, and the roles of the United States and Russia.
But I want to turn readers&#8217; attention to the relevance of this event for China. And there could even be serious implications for U.S. global economic and political priorities.
This week&#8217;s events in Kyrgyzstan parallel, in some ways, China&#8217;s own Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Those were also a fairly ...]]></description>
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