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lefarkins.blogspot.com - 8/29/2008
Rules of the Game
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China isn't comfortable with the rules Russia wants to play with . A summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a seven- nation security alliance that includes China and four former Soviet republics, yesterday declined to back its recognition of two breakaway Georgian regions. China ...

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The Moderate Voice:  Russia Looks East for Support; Finds Little Encouragement

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Russia Looks East for Support; Finds Little Encouragement
The Moderate Voice — ... reaction to this dispute has been very muted because we’re also very aware of the secessionism in Xinjiang, Tibet, and the Central Asian countries also have the same worries,” said Zhu Feng, a security expert at Peking University’s School of International Studies. The Shanghai organization has condemned an attempt by Taiwan to seek greater international recognition and unrest in Tibet. (Bloomberg) At Lawyers, Guns, and Money, Robert Farley comments: [T]erritorial integrity is ...

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