Michele Flournoy, the under secretary of defense for policy, said all sides should "try to be careful to avoid incidents that could inadvertently escalate."
"We seek to resolve these disputes through direct talks between the countries involved and in a peaceful manner," Flournoy said at a seminar of the National Bureau for Asian Research.
The United States wants to "make sure that as we have forces that are operating in the vicinity of one another, we all respect the rules of the road that are out there."
☆Obama to meet Chinese, Japanese leaders at UN （１７日のAFP通信）
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama will meet next week with Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao amid tensions over a worsening territorial dispute, a US official said Friday.
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Earlier, a top US defense department official voiced hope that China and Japan peacefully resolve their dispute and urged all nations to respect international rules.
Saturday's protest coincided with the anniversary of the 1931 "Mukden Incident" that led to the Japanese occupation of China's northeast and eventually the brutal invasion and conquest of much of the country.
The date has in the past been marked by official commemorations and scattered anti-Japanese protests.
China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that protesters had also gathered to demand the boat captain's return in the northeastern city of Shenyang, previously known as Mukden, where the 1931 attack occurred.
その次はアフリカ。モーリタニア共和国とマリ共和国の国境付近で不穏な動きが。 「Mauritanian troops clash with suspected al Qaeda militants」 Clashes between Mauritanian troops and suspected al Qaeda militants on the Mauritania-Mali border on Saturday killed at least 12 militants and two soldiers, according to the Mauritanian military.
その次はローマ教皇のイギリス訪問。 「Sex abuse brings 'shame' to Catholic Church, pope says」 In some of his clearest remarks yet on a spate of charges that children have been sexually abused by members of the clergy, the pope said Saturday on a state visit to Britain that such cases brought "shame and humiliation" on the Catholic Church.
Demonstrators in Beijing shouted, “down with little Japan”, “free our captain” and “remember 18 September”, in reference to the anniversary of the Manchurian incident in 1931.
Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial row over a group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China. The BBC looks at the background to the row.
So which country has a better claim to the islands? My feeling is that it’s China, although the answer isn’t clearcut. Chinese navigational records show the islands as Chinese for many centuries, and a 1783 Japanese map shows them as Chinese as well. Japan purported to “discover” the islands only in 1884 and annexed them only in 1895 when it also grabbed Taiwan. (You can also make a case that they are terra nullis, belonging to no nation.)
まあ結局ツイッターはケータイ用のツールなんですよね。ただ、政治家の率直な意見が読めたり、大手メディアが逆立ちしても伝えない「事実」に易々と触れられたり、非常に面白くエキサイティングな部分があることも確かだと思います。ただ私には向いていないなあと感じました。 Posted by やきとり at 2010年09月17日 12:15
Afghan voters face a difficult task on Saturday with almost 2,500 candidates to choose from in parliamentary elections. The long list includes 406 women. Radio Netherlands Worldwide spoke with Shinkai Karokhel who is fighting for victory on 18 September, and with Zarghuna Kakar, for whom politics was just too much.
待てば海路の日和あり
花を摘みとることはできても、春の訪れを止めることはできない