Term: November 1-30, 2011

 

 

Main Issues

 

1. Asia Pacific Issues: The U.S. Asia Pacific Strategy, South China Sea Issue, U.S. and China at the APEC and EAS meetings

 

United States

November 4, State Department Daily Press Briefing, Remarks by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Burns at World Affairs Councils of America National Conference

November 9, Press Briefing Previewing the President’s Trip to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia

November 10, Remarks by Secretary Hilary Clinton on America’s Pacific Century, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC

November 12, Remarks by President Obama at APEC CEO Business Summit Q&A

November 13,Opening Remarks by President Obama at APEC Session One

November 14, Background Briefing with Senior Administration Officials about Secretary Clinton’s visits to the Philippines and Thailand

November 15, Remarks by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Pyatt of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs about U.S.-India Partnership

November 16, State Department Daily Press Briefing, Presentation by Secretary Clinton of the Order of Lakandula, Signing of the Partnership for Growth and Joint Press Availability with Philippines Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario, Interview of Under Secretary Hormats for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs about U.S. Multilateral Economic Engagement

November 17, Remarks by Assistant Secretary Blake of the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs at the University of Virginia

November 18, State Department Daily Press Briefing, Remarks by Secretary Clinton at ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Interview of Secretary Clinton with Norah O’Donnell of CBS News, Interview of Secretary Clinton with Jake Tapper of ABC News, Briefing on Burma by Senior Administration Officials

November 19, Background Briefing by a Senior Administration Official on the President’s Meetings at Asean and East Asia Summit

November 22, Readout of President Obama’s Recent Trip to Asia by Deputy National Security Advisor Rhodes for Strategic Communications, Interview of Director Sullivan of Policy Planning about U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia

November 29, State Department Daily Press Briefing

 

China  

November 2, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 17, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference, China’s Daily Editorial

November 18, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference, Global Times Editorial

November 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference, Global Times Editorial, China’s Daily Editorial

November 24, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 25, People’s Daily Online Editorial

November 29, Global Times Editorial

November 30, Global Times Editorial

 

2. Direction of U.S.-Chinese Cooperation: U.S. support for China’s peaceful rise, Chinese responsibility for its power, mutual respect of core interests

 

United States

November 3, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 4, Question Taken at the November 4, 2011 Daily Press Briefing on U.S. Assistance to China, Remarks by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Burns at World Affairs Councils of America National Conference

November 8, Special Briefing on the growing demand for U.S. Visas in China and Brazil

November 10, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC

November 12, Remarks by President Obama at APEC CEO Business Summit Q&A, Remarks by President Obama and President Hu of China at APEC CEO Business Summit

November 14, News Conference by President Obama at Hawaii

November 16, Social Media Townterview of Secretary Clinton, Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Gillard of Australia in Joint Press Conference

November 17, Remarks by President Obama to the Australian Parliament

November 18, Interview of Secretary Clinton with Jake Tapper of ABC News

November 22, Readout of President Obama’s Recent Trip to Asia by Deputy National Security Advisor Rhodes for Strategic Communications, Interview of Director Sullivan of Policy Planning about U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia

 

China  

November 14, China’s Daily Editorial

November 15, Global Times Editorial

November 16, Global Times Editorial

November 17, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 25, Global Times Editorial

 

3. Economic Cooperation: Global imbalances, currency issues, discrimination in China against foreign businesses, intellectual property rights, Trans-Pacific Partnership

 

United States 

November 3, Press Briefing by Jay Carney, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Lael Brainard, and Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rhodes

November 9, Press Briefing Previewing the President’s Trip to Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia

November 10, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC, Remarks by Secretary Hilary Clinton on America’s Pacific Century

November 12, Remarks by President Obama at APEC CEO Business Summit Q&A, Press Briefing by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest, Bill Weldon, CEO for Johnson & Johnson, Rich Lavin, Group President of Caterpillar and Eric Schmidt, CEO for Google

November 14, News Conference by President Obama at Hawaii

November 16, Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Gillard of Australia in Joint Press Conference

November 22, Readout of President Obama’s Recent Trip to Asia by Deputy National Security Advisor Rhodes for Strategic Communications, Interview of Director Sullivan of Policy Planning about U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia

 

China  

November 1, People’s Daily Online Editorial

November 4, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 9, China’s Daily Editorial

November 11, People’s Daily Online Editorial

November 12, Global Times Editorial

November 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 23, People’s Daily Online Editorial

November 24, People’s Daily Online Editorial

November 25, People’s Daily Online Editorial, China’s Daily Editorial

 

4. U.S.-China Military Cooperation: Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD), Chinese defensive capabilities

 

United States

November 10, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC, Remarks by Secretary Hilary Clinton on America’s Pacific Century

November 22, Readout of President Obama’s Recent Trip to Asia by Deputy National Security Advisor Rhodes for Strategic Communications

 

China  

November 5, Global Times Editorial

November 14, Global Times Editorial

November 17, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 29, Foreign Ministr Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

 

5. Human Rights: Tibetan protests, human rights and democracy in East Asia

 

United States

November 4, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 10, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC, Remarks by Secretary Hilary Clinton on America’s Pacific Century November 18, Secretary Clinton Interview with Ed Henry of Fox News

 

6. Middle East Issues: Sanctions on Syria, Iran’s nuclear program, NATO attacks on Pakistan

 

United States 

November 1, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 2, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 8, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 10, State Department Daily Press Briefing, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC

November 16, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 18, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 21, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 28, State Department Daily Press Briefing

November 30, State Department Daily Press Briefing

 

China  

November 1, China’s Daily Editorial

November 2, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 3, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 4, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference, China’s Daily Editorial

November 9, Global Times Editorial

November 10, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference, China’s Daily Editorial

November 14, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 16, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 23, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 24, China’s Daily Editorial

November 28, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 28, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 30, China’s Daily Editorial

 

7. North Korea: Resumption of the Six-Party Talks

 

United States 

November 10, Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton’s Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC

November 30, State Department Daily Press Briefing

 

China

November 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 23, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin's Regular Press Conference

November 30, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

 

8. Taiwan: U.S. reaffirming the one-China policy

 

United States 

November 10, Remarks by Secretary Hilary Clinton on America’s Pacific Century

November 22, Readout of President Obama’s Recent Trip to Asia by Deputy National Security Advisor Rhodes for Strategic Communications

 

9. Cybersecurity: U.S. criticism of hacking from China

 

United States 

November 3, Statement by Robert “Bear” Bryant, National Counteringelligence Executive, upon the release of “The Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Selection and Industrial Espionage

 

China  

November 4, Foreign Minister Spokesperson Hong Lei’s Regular Press Conference

November 22, China’s Daily Editorial

 

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