Yellow Sea

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(1) Helene Cooper, The Trouble With Asking China to Act Like the US. How do you persuade a rising power to scrap its own agenda in currency, Korea and Iran? You probably don't. New York Times, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/weekinreview/28cooper.html?scp=1&sq=cooper%20korea&st=cse

Only the first two paragraphs in web page 2 are noteworthy, particularly the second paragraph.

(2) 美韩联合海军演习在黄海拉开帷幕. BBC Chinese, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2010/11/101128_koreas_exercise.shtml
("BBC记者贺志杰在首尔报道，当地军方消息来源说，虽然演习的计划是在延坪岛炮击事件前就已经做好，但演习的实弹和轰炸演练部分现在将比原本规划的更为激烈。")

My comment: there is no need to read the rest.

(3) John Pomfret, U.S. aircraft carrier's arrival off Korean peninsula also sends a message to China. Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/24/AR2010112407028.html

Quote:

"Pointedly, the Obama administration is sending the George Washington, four companion ships and at least one high-tech attack submarine into the Yellow Sea, off China's coast - the same sea where the administration decided not to hold exercises in July because of boisterous Chinese protests. 'Call it a message,' said a senior U.S. military officer, 'but we believe in the freedom of navigation.'

"In sending in the Navy, Obama is taking a page from the playbook of his predecessor, George W. Bush * * * Only when Bush threatened military action against North Korea in a conversation with then-Chinese President Jiang Zemin in February 2003 did China begin to work with the United States to pressure the North Koreans, Bush wrote in his newly released memoir, 'Decision Points.'

China "also ran interference for North Korea at the United Nations, where for six months China delayed the release of a report that alleged that North Korea may have transferred ballistic missile and nuclear technology to Syria, Iran and Burma

My comment:
(a) Probably due to Thanksgiving long weekend, US Department of Defense has not held a regular press breifing since Nov. 24 (inclusive)--Nov. 25 being the holiday. So quotation 1 is all we can reply on, about the strength of US navy sent into Yellow Sea.
(b) A related report:

Keith B Richburg, In Chinese border town, trade with North Korea can be lucrative but problematic. Washington Post, Nov. 26, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/26/AR2010112602307.html

the Chinese People's Volunteer Battle Song
中国人民志愿军战歌（also known as 打败美帝野心狼; by 周巍峙 and 麻扶摇; Nov. 25, 1950）

(4) Keith B Richburg, U.S., South Korea begin military exercises, as China calls for emergency talks on North Korea. Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/27/AR2010112703600.html

Quote:

"Yonhap quoted South Korean military sources saying North Korea had deployed Soviet-made SA-2 surface-to-air missiles to its West Coast near the Yellow Sea, and placed longer-range surface missiles on launch pads on the Northwest Coast near the front line. Yonhap said the North had also deployed anti-ship Silkworm and Samlet missiles.

"'The intensity for the Yellow Sea drills will be higher than planned,' a South Korean military official told local media.

My comment: One of the Yonhap news cited by Mr. Richburg is as follows. I can not find the others, which may not be written in English.

N. Korea deploys SA-2 surface-to-air missiles near Yellow Sea border. Yonhap, Nov. 28, 2010.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/11/28/91/0301000000AEN20101128000700315F.HTML

(5)
(a) 北京表示反对美韩黄海联合军演. VOA Chinese, Nov. 27, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101127-beijing-on-korea-110902924.html

My comment: Pay attention to the debates* about EEZ, where US and S Koreas warships will be.

* In three sections with headins:
专家：专属经济区不同于领海
大国崛起心态  宣称势利范围
宋晓军：无害通行有别于军事演习

In my view, the problem with China's argument is that S Korea has its EEZ in Yellow Sea, too.

(b) 北京在朝鲜半岛果真不偏不倚？ VOA Chinese, Nov. 26, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101126-China-Korean-Peninsula-110805639.html

My comment: There is no need to read this report.



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