Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at a military school in Paris on Friday. Yoan Valat/European Pressphoto AgencyClinton Warns China on Iran Sanctions -- Mark Landler, New York Times
PARIS — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned China on Friday that it would face economic insecurity and diplomatic isolation if it did not sign on to tough new sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program, seeking to raise the pressure on Beijing to fall in line with an American-led campaign.
Speaking to students at the École Militaire, the prestigious French war college, Mrs. Clinton said, “China will be under a lot of pressure to recognize the destabilizing effect that a nuclear-armed Iran would have” in the Persian Gulf, “from which they receive a significant percentage of their oil supplies.”
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COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS
The Realist Prism: Playing the Clock on Iran's Regime -- Nikolas Gvosdev, World Politics Review
Iranian hostage-takers attack: Self-immolation may be the death throes of the regime -- Nir Boms and Shayan Arya, Washington Times
The President's Nuclear Vision -- Vice President Joe Biden, Wall Street Journal
The games at Gwadar (Chinese Naval Bases) -- Arun Singh, Deccan Chronicle
I Spy? Not Anymore (On China) -- Michael Mazza, The American
Grim tales from North Korea's gulags -- Donald Kirk, Asia Times
Building Haiti’s Economy, One Mango at a Time -- New York Times
Google, China and the Facts of Life -- Japan Times editorial
The handling of the Christmas Day bombing suspect: the scandal grows -- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
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