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Shortly after concluding its naval war games with South Korea in the waters off the west coast of the Korean Peninsula this week, the US sent the carrier USGeorge Washington to Japan to participate in another joint military exercise. Analysts say this move can serve only to worsen the tense situation on the divided peninsula and threaten regional stability.

US Major William Vause, chief of operational plans, training and exercises, said in a statement that the drills, codenamed “Keen Sword,” will last from today to December 10 in Japanese waters off its southern islands, close to the southern coast of South Korea.

The drills involve around 34,000 Japanese defense personnel with 40 warships and 250 aircraft, as well as more than 10,000 of their US counterparts with 20 warships and 150 aircraft, forming the biggest-ever war games between the two countries, according to Vause.

Integrated air and missile defense, base security, close air support, live-fire training, maritime defense, and search and rescue will be covered in the drills, AFP reported.

The joint maneuvers between Washington and Tokyo followed those between Washington and Seoul that concluded Wednesday amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

The two Koreas exchanged fire last week in waters off the peninsula’s west coast, resulting in at least four deaths.

A Beijing-based military strategist who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Global Times Thursdaythat “North Korea’s hard-line moves are attempts to pressure the US into holding bilateral talks. Pyongyang is confident that it can keep the situation from evolving into war. China’s influence is limited in the face of such an independent North Korea.”

Responding to the US-Japan joint exercise, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Thursdaythat “the US-Japan alliance should not damage the interests of third parties, including China, and the international community does not support actions that escalate tensions.”

She reiterated Beijing’s belief that dialogue and negotiations are the only solutions for the Korean Peninsula issue.

The joint maneuver between the US and South Korea mobilized a combined 7,300 troops, the 97,000-ton aircraft carrier George Washington and about 10 navy ships.

In an interview with the Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television, Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the military drills with South Korea had been planned a month ahead of time, and the US had informed China of their objective and how long the drills would last.

China had expressed objections to the drills, saying it was opposed to such military activity in its exclusive economic zone.

But Mullen reiterated the US’ stance that the drills were held in international waters, and the US will continue to hold drills there in the future.

In another development, South Korea moved more troops and guns onto its islands that border the North this week, AFP reported Thursday.

“The danger of further attacks from North Korea is high,” South Korean National Intelligence Service Director Won Sei-Hoon said during a closed session of Parliament’s intelligence committee, reports said.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet with the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan in Washington on Monday for crisis talks, Reuters reported Wednesday.

South Korea, Japan and the US are reportedly reluctant to accept proposals, made by China on Sunday, to hold emergency consultations in Beijing early this month to ease tensions.

China followed up that proposal by calling on Wednesday for calm and restraint, advising parties involved to avoid escalating the problem by doing anything that would “inflame the situation.”

Fang Xiuyu, an analyst of Korean issues at Fudan University in Shanghai, told the Global Times that protecting South Korea and Japan are just excuses made by the US to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region.

Geng Xin, deputy director of the Tokyo-based Japan-China Communication Institute, told the Global Times that “frequent military drills involving the US are dangerous – inflaming the situation and threatening regional security.”

He urged the US to act responsibly by accepting China’s call for international talks.

Geng also noted that “economic relations among China, Japan and South Korea are unlikely to be affected, despite the war games, since the framework for economic cooperation runs deep in the region.”   zhemodou deexienge ljoie

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In 2005, the Ministry of Transport unveiled an expressway plan to link Beijing with Taipei before 2030.

But the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council claimed in 2007 that at least 30 years would be needed for the Beijing-Taipei expressway project and there has not been any timetable set for launching the program.

“Thirty years ago, nobody could have imagined building a bridge across the Straits,” said Tsai Chung-chih, a Taiwan engineering expert.

Engineers from both sides of the Straits have provided three plans for building a cross-Straits bridge: a northern route connecting Pingtan to Hsinchu, a middle route connecting Putian to Taichung and a southern route connecting Xiamen to Kaohsiung.
But Lin said the north route is preferred as the water is less than 80 meters deep and the geological structure is quite steady with less risk of earthquake.

There may be more than one way to skin a cat, and for engineers in Fujian province there is more than one way to build a bridge across the Taiwan Straits.

While experts from both sides have provided three viable ways to create a land link between the island and the mainland, engineer Lin Yuanpei with the Chinese Academy of Engineering on Tuesday revealed an updated design for a northern route.

The bridge would stretch about 100 km, connecting Pingtan Island in Fujian and Hsinchu in northwestern Taiwan.

The new design features an enclosed bridge deck to allow the bridge to remain open in all weather conditions, including the heavy fog and strong gales that are common in the Straits.

“It’s like a tunnel hanging in the air,” said Lin, who also designed the 32.5-km Donghai Bridge in Shanghai, which was the longest cross-sea bridge in the world until the 36-km Hangzhou Bay Bridge opened in 2008.

“The cost will increase for adding the walls and roofs, but the traffic capacity will skyrocket,” said Lin, who did not provide any specifics about the cost.

He suggested a suspension bridge style be adopted where the water is deeper than 40 meters but the suspension sections would not be longer than 3.5 km.

Li Dejin, director of the Fujian Provincial Department of Transport, said engineering experts have been discussing the bridge project for 14 years.

“I hope all the scientists and industry associations can work together and promote the implementation of the project,” Li said at the 12th annual meeting of the China Association for Science and Technology held in Fuzhou.

Engineers on the mainland are expected to complete a plan for building a bridge across the Straits in the coming five years, Li said on Tuesday.

There has been no response yet from Beijing on the latest proposal and the bridge project has not received official approval.
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There are an estimated 4 million migrant workers in Beijing. Although the wages seem paltry compared with those of urbanite Beijingers, they are a boon to migrants. Many migrant workers save almost all of it to send back home. A rural Chinese family with at least one member working in the capital or another big city is almost certainly bumped up above the poverty line.

The migrants’ dream, of not only surviving but of somehow carving out a better life, of maybe saving enough to get a daughter or son to and through college, has been the primary fuel of China’s booming growth for the past decade.

It is no coincidence that one of the biggest ever surges in economic growth is occurring at the same time as the largest ever human migration (the estimated 150 million migrant workers who have left China’s rural areas for its big eastern cities) and this is part of the reason. Time magazine listed the “Chinese worker” as a runner up for person of the year in 2009.

But, despite migrant workers’ heroic and hard work, many affluent Beijing residents treat them with thinly veiled disdain. On the subway, some paler-skinned chicly dressed young Beijingers will slide down the bench or stand up rather than sitting next to tanned migrants in torn, stained cloths. In the banks, some upper and middle-class Beijingers shuffle away, giving migrant workers a wide berth and muttering about trying to keep their clothes clean.

Such attitudes are reprehensible. Beijing’s success, the array of opportunities now afforded its residents and much of its sparkling new infrastructure owe a debt to the city’s migrant workers. It’s time all Beijingers gave them the respect they deserve.

You can see groups of migrant workers on the subway, clutching hard-hats and bundles of their possessions. Their faces are tanned and worn, deep wrinkles lining their foreheads, thick calluses on their hands. You also see them in the bank every so often, standing together in faded, scuffed clothes, laughing and joking with one another, probably happy to be sending money to their families back in their home villages.

And, of course, you see them every day on construction sites around the city, clambering up scaffolding with determination and dexterity, fitting, fixing, welding, hammering, breaking and building the city up. On rare occasions, you catch a glimpse of a group of them off-shift, resting in makeshift tents or shoddy dormitories, often nearby or right in the construction site on which they work, crammed tightly into cots or hard bunks.

Many work 12 hours a day, six days a week. Others work longer hours, seven days a week until the project that employs them is done. Pay is low. A skilled welder can make almost 2,000 yuan a month, but most migrant workers make around 1,000 yuan or so.

Migrant workers are unable to obtain Beijing hukou (permanent residence cards), which cuts them off from public healthcare, affordable housing and other social benefits, and keeps their children out of public schools in the capital. Though many cities, Beijing included, have worked out policies to ensure equal education chances for migrant workers, some still have to send their children to privately-run alternatives, which is often of lower quality.

Many migrant workers come from far-off provinces such as Hunan, Henan, Sichuan and Jiangxi, and get to return to their families only once a year. Some even go two or three years between visits home. meeting vhiew meiose seowgbah
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China is dedicated to creating a “more open and optimized” investment environment for foreign businesses, and will strive to remain the world’s most attractive destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), Vice-President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday.

Xi made the remarks, which were welcomed by global trade officials, at the opening ceremony of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2010 World Investment Forum (WIF) in Xiamen, Fujian province.

The Chinese government’s efforts in both attracting foreign investment and encouraging outbound investment were highlighted by Xi.

His remarks were praised by high-level officials both from trade organizations and foreign countries, who agreed more vigorous investment policies by the Chinese government would greatly benefit the global economic recovery.

“While China is more open to the world, foreign companies operating in China will find more potential for growth and will enjoy better commercial benefits here,” said Xi.

And “China will go on committing itself to creating a more open, transparent and stable environment”, by improving regulatory laws, widening market access and better protecting intellectual property rights (IPRs), in the years ahead, he added.

China would remain a top international investment destination until 2012, UNCTAD said in an investment survey released late Monday.

The survey also revealed that international companies expressed more optimism about the business climate and planned to increase investment during that period.

During the first seven months of this year, China’s FDI witnessed impressive growth of 20.7 percent from a year earlier to $58.35 billion, the highest worldwide. This reversed an FDI decrease of 2.6 percent last year. China is now the second largest FDI destination after the US.

Shen Danyang, deputy director of the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce, said last Sunday that China’s FDI would keep surging and was expected to pass $100 billion this year.

Besides the FDI policies, Xi also emphasized China would “accelerate its overseas investment by all means, providing support to qualified companies to set up international marketing networks and enhance China’s infrastructure cooperation abroad”.

“The efforts on promoting outbound direct investment (ODI) helped speed up China’s industrial transformation, thus giving a stimulus to its exports,” said Xi.

China climbed to fifth largest outbound investor worldwide in 2009, up from 12th in 2008, the ministry said on Sunday. By the end of 2009, China’s 13,000 enterprises expanded business overseas with investments worth $245.7 billion.

Minister of Commerce Chen Deming predicted on Tuesday that China’s ODI would surge to $50-60 billion in 2010.

The US Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs, Robert Hormats, said that “China’s move to optimize the investment environment is very constructive”. But he added that China still needed to create a level playing field for domestic and foreign companies on IPR issues.

Mozambican Prime Minister Aires Ali said on Tuesday that new players were emerging in the rising wave of investment in Africa, led especially by China, India and Brazil, and their investment and infrastructure projects had “helped Africa walk out of the crisis”.

The recent report by UNCTAD showed foreign investment flows began to recover this year, after faltering in 2008, and will gain momentum over the next two years. “China will definitely lead the recovery,” said James Zhan, director of division on investment and enterprise under UNCTAD.

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Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing Tuesday that China will shoulder its responsibility and contribute more to the world.

Wen made the remarks when meeting with several former foreign leaders here to attend the two-day 21st Century Forum.

They are former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, former European Commission President Romano Prodi, former Australian Prime Minister John Howard, former Russian Prime Minister Evgeni Primakov, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.

In the meantime, Wen appealed for understanding, support and help from the international community, noting China still faced tremendously complicated issues and challenges after realizing great achievements.

He also said China will adhere to the policy of reform and opening up, cooperation of mutual benefit and peaceful development, which will not only be China’s strategic choice, but also its promise to the world.

He said mankind should be confident of their success in achieving balanced, harmonious and sustainable development.

Citing the profound impact caused by the global financial crisis, Wen said it was crucial at this moment for people to work together in a better way when dealing with global issues.

The former foreign leaders said the international community paid close attention to China’s development and its role in the world.

Solving global issues required more understanding and trust between countries, more efficient cooperation, and development of science and technology, they said.

The former officials also voiced the international community’s willingness to cement cooperation with China so as to achieve common development.

The forum, featuring the theme “New Era, New Challenge, New Vision — Building a Future For All,” is hosted by the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Later Tuesday, CPPCC National Committee Vice Chairman Wang Gang also met with some delegates here attending the forum, including Antonio Marzano,the president of the International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions.

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