By Nicholas Kristof September 20, 2010 2:05 pm September 20, 2010 2:05 pm I blogged recently about the dust-up in Asia between China and Japan over the uninhabited islands known as the Senkakus in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China. Both claim them, as does Taiwan for good measure. I argued that China appeared to have a slightly better claim to them, although they might also plausibly be terra
China and Japan have wisely stepped back from a confrontation in the East China Sea. The incident showed the alarming potential for territorial disputes to quickly escalate and why the players need to work a lot harder to resolve competing claims. We don’t know who was at fault when a Chinese fishing trawler collided two weeks ago with two Japanese patrol boats in waters near islands that are clai
UNITED NATIONS � After months of leaving Sudan policy on a back burner, President Obama put the weight of his administration and his own personal esteem in Africa on the line Friday, demanding that north and south Sudan ensure that their likely split into two nations early next year proceed peacefully. At a high-level Sudan meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Obama
KABUL, Afghanistan � Evidence is mounting that fraud in last weekend’s parliamentary election was so widespread that it could affect the results in a third of provinces, calling into question the credibility of a vote that was an important test of the American and Afghan effort to build a stable and legitimate government. The complaints to provincial election commissions have so far included video
スウェーデン総選挙についての日本の報道を見ていて、ピントがずれているということはないのだが、同国が「社会民主主義のメッカ(Mecca of social democracy)」(参照)とも呼ばれる点も考慮し、少し補足したほうがいいかなという感じがするので簡単にふれておこう。 どういう選挙であったかという説明もかねて、20日付け朝日新聞「スウェーデン総選挙、中道右派政権続投 右翼政党も議席」(参照)から見ていこう。 【ストックホルム=橋本聡】スウェーデン総選挙(比例代表制、定数349)は19日投開票され、フレドリック・ラインフェルト首相(45)の中道右派4党連合が計172議席を占めて勝利した。一方、「反移民」を唱える右翼政党が初めて国政に進出し、20議席を得た。イスラムへの「不寛容」の波が北欧にも及んでいることが浮き彫りになった。 ラインフェルト首相は20日、2006年に発足した中道右派政権
日本領海内である尖閣諸島周辺で7日海上保安庁・巡視船に中国漁船が衝突し、公務執行妨害の疑いで逮捕・送検・拘留されていた詹其雄(41)船長について、那覇地検は今日、処分保留の釈放を決定した。理由は、「船長がとった行動に計画性は認められず、我が国の国民への影響や今後の日中関係を考慮した」(参照)とのことで地検が外交関係に配慮したことを明確に示した。釈放時期は未定だが早急に実施されることだろう。 司法が外交に言及するなど、通常なら余計なことを口にして愚かなことだと見られがちだが、今回の地検対応はそれなりの意味がある。 日本人の大方の印象は理不尽な中国の圧力に屈した菅政権の弱腰外交の影響を見ることだろう。この数日、中国側は詹船長釈放に向けてかなりの圧力をかけていたことがどうしても背景に見られてしまう。 国連総会出席で訪米した温首相はニューヨークの在米華人会合で「必要な対抗措置をとらざるをえない」(
The housing project currently under construction in Almon offers enticingly priced, spacious family homes with a garden and a view. The surrounding neighbourhood, also known as Anatot, sits on a ridge overlooking the Judean hills, near Jerusalem, a blaze of cultivated greenery in the parched landscape. Residents have a relaxed air, and newcomers who have recently relocated from Jerusalem wish they
The Labour Party is about find out who their new leader is, after a four month contest. The winner is being announced at a conference in Manchester. David and Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and Diane Abbott are in the running to replace Gordon Brown, who quit after Labour lost the election. Most observers believe it is too close to call between the Miliband brothers, with second and third pre
Japan said it released Zhan Qixiong to promote 'mutually beneficial' ties with China Japan has turned down China's demand for a formal apology after releasing a Chinese fishing boat captain who was detained for two weeks in Okinawa. Zhan Qixiong was arrested earlier this month after his trawler collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands in the East China Sea. Despite his relea
Thank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in Is Gideon Levy the most hated man in Israel or just the most heroic?For three decades, the writer and journalist Gideon Levy has been a lone voice, telling his readers the truth about what goes on in the Occupied Territories.
22日の訪米を控えた菅首相は、周囲にいらだちをぶつけた。沖縄・尖閣諸島沖での中国漁船衝突事件で、中国の対抗措置の報告が次々に上がってきていた。 首相は「民主党には(中国で副首相級の)戴秉国(たいへいこく)(国務委員)と話せるやつもいない。だからこういうことになるんだ」とこぼした、と関係者は語る。 首相とその周辺が中国人船長の扱いをめぐる「落としどころ」を本気で探り始めたのは、船長の拘置期限が延長された19日以降のことだ。この日を境に中国政府は、日本人4人を拘束し、レアアース(希土類)の対日輸出禁止の動きに出るなど、本格的な「報復カード」を相次いで切った。 実際に「船長釈放」に動いたのは、仙谷官房長官と前原外相だったとされる。 23日朝、ニューヨーク。日中関係の行方を懸念するクリントン米国務長官と向かい合った前原外相は、こう自信ありげに伝えた。 「まもなく解決しますから」 那覇地検が船長を釈
Stephen Colbert's appearance before Congress in Washington DC today produced the spectacle of a satirical character testifying on a serious subject – an uneasy alliance even in Washington DC, where fact and fiction are co-habiting bedfellows. Colbert was testifying to the House of Representatives subcommittee on immigration, at the invitation of committee chair Zoe Lofgrun, as part of the "Take Ou
MI5 today announced there was a "strong possibility" of an attack on the British mainland by dissident Irish republican terrorists, in addition to the continuing risk of al-Qaida-inspired terrorism. The Guardian has learned of three reasons that have led the domestic intelligence agency to raise the threat level from moderate to substantial. There is growing concern over the sophistication of atta
The Republican party has launched a mid-term election manifesto designed to play on voter anger at big government and what is seen by many as a Congress corrupted by corporate money and vested interests. With the Republicans poised to take control of the House of Representatives and to cut the size of the Democrats' majority in the Senate in November, A Pledge To America makes dozens of commitment
TOKYO — A diplomatic showdown between Japan and China that began two weeks ago with the arrest of the captain of a Chinese trawler near disputed islands ended Friday when Tokyo accepted Beijing’s demands for his immediate release, a concession that appeared to mark a humiliating retreat in a Pacific test of wills. Japan freed the captain, Zhan Qixiong, 41, who left Saturday on a chartered flight s
US President Barack Obama has described as "hateful" and "offensive" the claim by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that most people believe the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks. Mr Obama was speaking exclusively to BBC Persian television, which broadcasts to Iran and Afghanistan. Mr Ahmadinejad's speech at the UN General Assembly on Thursday triggered a walkout. He later defended his
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China's state security officers are investigating four Japanese citizens for illegally video-taping military targets, the official news agency Xinhua said tonight, amid growing friction between the two powers. The countries are locked in an increasingly tense row over Japan's detention of a Chinese captain after his trawler collided with a coastguard vessel near disputed islands. China's premier W
The threat level to Britain from Irish-related terrorism has been raised from moderate to substantial. Home Secretary Theresa May said it meant an attack was a "strong possibility". It was the first time this threat level had been published, the Home Office confirmed. The head of security service MI5 warned last week that dissident republicans opposed to British rule in Northern Ireland could stri
Japan has released a Chinese fishing boat captain whose arrest two weeks ago led to a major row with Beijing. Japan had accused Zhan Qixiong of deliberately ramming two patrol vessels near disputed islands in the East China Sea. China said his detention was "illegal and invalid", and cut off ministerial-level contacts with Japan. The release came after four Japanese were detained in China on suspi
US and EU delegates walk out during President Ahmadinejad's UN address The US and other Western delegations walked out in protest during a speech by Iran's president at the UN, in which he said most people believed the US government was behind the 9/11 attacks. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York. The US was joined in its walk-out by representatives from all the
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