Beijing tones down its rhetoric in aftermath of Obama’s Asia tour pronouncements

Beijing tones down its rhetoric in aftermath of Obama’s Asia tour pronouncements

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Chinese Communist Party leadership has toned down its aggressive rhetoric regarding the South China Sea in an apparent effort to blunt the growth of Washington’s “anti-China containment policy.” During his recent tour of Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia, President Barack Obama gave indirect support to the claims of […]

Beijing decides on two-pronged strategy to blunt Obama’s ‘anti-China containment policy’

Beijing decides on two-pronged strategy to blunt Obama’s ‘anti-China containment policy’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The Hu Jintao leadership is mapping out measures to blunt what Beijing perceives is an enhanced effort by Washington to counter China’s power projection in the Asia-Pacific Theatre. While visiting Australia on Nov. 16, President Barack Obama and host Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced that U.S. Marines would […]