Major General Luo Yuan, deputy secretary general with the PLA Academy of Military Sciences, explained the reasons why China is opposed to the U.S.-South Korean military exercises in the Yellow Sea in a recent online discussion with netizens on People's Daily Online.
Luo pointed out five reasons behind China's opposition to the joint military exercise
Go read them. He makes some good points. Then let's go ahead with the exercises anyway.
Meanwhile, the AFP discusses Secretary Gates' show of support for South Korea.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in South Korea late Monday in a show of support for Washington's close ally, following high tensions with North Korea over the sinking of a warship.
Gates, who will be joined Wednesday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was expected to announce dates for joint naval exercises designed to send a strong message of deterrence to the communist state.
South Korea and the United States, citing the findings of a multinational investigation, accuse the North of torpedoing a South Korean warship, the Cheonan, near the tense Yellow Sea border in March.
The North denies involvement in the sinking, which claimed 46 lives, and says any retaliation could spark war.
It says it was vindicated by a United Nations Security Council statement on July 9 which condemned the attack without specifying the culprit.
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Well, what can we say?. It's all an old game of political power and nationalism
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