“By this time, I am very tired, very tired. If this situation lasts for a few more months, I don’t know if I can stand it.” That is the situation of Mr. Le Duong Minh (SN 1980, owner of Huy Hoang cruise ship, Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province) when sharing with PV VTC News about the miserable and exhausted situation of businesses and ship owners. Ha Long tourism after many outbreaks of COVID-19 disease, causing the tourism industry here to be temporarily “closed”. Looking at the man with a wrinkled shirt, a hard face, messy hair, deep eyes, no one would have thought that this was once a famous ship owner in Ha Long just nearly 2 years ago. Lazily, Anh Minh said, this whole year, his mind is always heavy, burdened with worries and doesn’t know how to remove it. In one day, he had to sink into thought for a few hours, almost shocked and really pressured by having to take care of the expenses but the revenue was not available, the epidemic kept coming from time to time. “I’m very exhausted and almost exhausted right now,” Minh said choked. 3 cruise ships of Mr. Le Duong Minh’s family are now moored, lying dormant at the international passenger port of Ha Long without knowing when they will return to operation. Sell ​​clean to pay bank interest Mr. Le Duong Minh said, more than 20 years ago, he moved from his hometown in An Lao district (Hai Phong) to Quang Ninh to find a job, started washing dishes, carrying calves, and then fell in love with a career as a tourist service for tourists. Cruise ship owner in Ha Long. More than 10 years ago, he and his relatives contributed capital to buy cruise ships to run their own business. From the time of contributing half of the ship to a ship, so far, Minh’s family has had 3 cruise ships, including 1 wooden ship and 2 newly built steel hull ships. How much profit has accumulated so far, Minh’s family uses to reinvest in new steel hull ships. According to Mr. Minh, each new steel hull ship is about 7 billion VND, he has to borrow up to 5 billion VND. In early 2020, his family built 2 new ships, so he had to borrow 10 billion from the bank. Since then, every month Mr. Minh has to pay 100 million VND. However, before carrying any passengers, the COVID-19 epidemic suddenly appeared and continued to break out from time to time. Until now, we have been traveling, we never thought that the epidemic would last forever and be so terrible. Mr. Le Duong Minh – Ha Long cruise ship owner “Since the day of the epidemic, I have to borrow money to fight. I expect that if there is no epidemic, 3 normal ships will also earn about 150 million per month, enough to pay bank interest and also have a savings. If you don’t work now, you won’t get anything to make up for that profit. Until now, we have been traveling, we never thought that the epidemic would last forever and be so terrible. In the past, there was a SARS epidemic, it only lasted 3-4 months, and businesses stopped operating for a short time, then revived and developed steadily. But this epidemic lasted from the beginning of 2020 until now, we are out of breath.” Minh said sadly. From the beginning of 2022 until now, Minh’s monthly revenue is just zero. Meanwhile, bank interest is still payable, principal is not yet payable. In addition, they still have to pay money to hire workers to look after, maintain, operate the machine, electricity, water … “Now that I have no income, I have to borrow money. I borrowed from relatives, brothers, even sold something to get money to pay bank interest and expenses. If the epidemic is under control in 1-2 months, I will still have the opportunity to run a full-time train to earn a living and pay salaries to employees, raise my wife and children, otherwise I don’t know how.” Minh said. Running out of resources to borrow, ship owners exhausted, employees losing their jobs Sad when it comes to financial resources, Mr. Minh said that because he had no income, he had long been in a new situation of taking out a new loan to pay the old interest, leading to debt stacking, interest on top of interest, even having to borrow high interest rates. to pay low interest. “A lot of expenses, bro! Every month, you also have to borrow up to 60 million to pay interest, but from February 2020 until now, you know how much it is. In addition, each month has to maintain 1 employee for each ship, to pay salaries and meals for them has already lost 8 million, plus maintenance, operation and maintenance costs … Every 5-6 months, the ships have to be put on board for maintenance, scrubbing, repainting the hull… twice a year, costing 100 million. So, my family has 3 ships and it takes another 300 million. Due to having to borrow money from a shipbuilding bank, ship owners have to buy insurance for the loan, and each year they have to spend about 25 million money to buy insurance. If the epidemic continues from this year to next year without stopping, I really don’t have the strength to reinvest anymore.” Minh is sad. Next to Tuan Chau international passenger ship port, hundreds of cruise ships are lying motionless. Also since the COVID-19 epidemic raged, most of the employees who used to work for the ship had to find jobs by themselves to maintain their lives. Some people go to help build, others go to the market to trade errands to get through the day. “The big owner ‘died’ big, the small owner ‘died’ small. Just like myself, 3 supporting ships from last year to now, the damage is also about 2 billion. Sometimes the wife and children do not dare to eat, do not dare to wear, just worry about money for the staff to eat, look after and maintain the ships waiting for them to return to operation.” Minh said. The ships that sleep at night with tens of billions are also lying in the lock on the side of Ha Long Bay. According to Mr. Minh, if the situation of the COVID-19 epidemic continues like this, his family will only last 3-4 months. If the bank pressed too hard at that time, his family would borrow money from one place to another. “Unfortunately, I have already borrowed a lot, so there may not be another place to borrow. Maybe you have to accept the risk, borrow more high interest outside to support. Because no one buys ships now, people buy them to carry tourists, not buy them to park. Cruise ships are now almost frozen and no longer trading.” Minh commented. Now, no one buys ships even if they sell them, people buy them to carry tourists, not buy them to park. Mr. Le Duong Minh – Ha Long cruise ship owner Minh said that he, like most other ship owners, wants the bank to accompany businesses and cruise ship business households to have a debt freeze and debt extension policy, so that ship owners and businesses can strength to endure and when tourism is restored, they will repay the bank. Up to this point, according to Mr. Minh, many ship owners not only pledge assets such as houses and cars, but also have to sell them to have money to continue. “Nearly 100% of ship owners have bank loans, if this time “collapses” is to collapse, there will be a series of ship owners facing bad debts, debt squeeze… policy support from the bank and the State” , Minh predicted.

“Some young people today have a high IQ but their EQ is low, their intelligence is immature and they are very susceptible to diseases,” said Mr. Nham Chinh Phi. Mr. Nham’s statement is only a part of the information that Reuters just posted, excerpted from an internal Huawei note. The document also shows that Huawei will focus on software instead of hardware as before. Nham Chinh Phi believes that today’s young people are emotionally weak and psychologically immature. Photo: Reuters. Specifically, Huawei will announce the new Harmony operating system for smartphones on June 2. This is considered an important step for Huawei to reduce damage to its smartphone industry. Huawei’s switch to Harmony operating system means that it will no longer depend on Android and the Google Mobile Services service pack. Since 2019, Google has stopped cooperating with the Chinese phone company, making Huawei from the position of the world’s second largest smartphone company, in the latest quarter, it only reached 4% of the market share, ranked 6th in the ranking of smartphone manufacturers. biggest. Internal documents also show that Nham Chinh Phi has called on employees to focus on developing the software segment, with the orientation that the company will be more autonomous and independent in the future to fight US sanctions. Sanctions by the US government have forced companies like Huawei to change their business strategies. Nham Chinh Phi’s statement is the clearest evidence that Huawei has been shifting its focus away from the mobile segment, which was once its mainstay. Huawei will focus on software because this area is outside the US domination. Not only software, Huawei will focus more on the smart car segment, which is being led by US brands like Tesla. Photo: China Daily. “Once we dominate Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa, if America’s standards don’t match ours and we can’t enter the US, the US can’t enter the territory either. ours,” Nham said. According to Mr. Nham, the software department needs to find a suitable business direction to be able to compete in the market. He advises employees to get “nutrients” from open technology communities and apply it right to the company’s conditions. In addition to software, Huawei’s rotating CEO, Eric Xu, also announced in April that the company will invest more than 1 billion USD in the smart car segment, and is expanding cooperation with Changan, a car manufacturer belonging to Huawei. state-owned, to develop automated semiconductors and designs.

In 1951, the CIA’s Office of Scientific Information initiated a mind control project called “Artichoke”. This project was overseen by a representative from CIA research staff, former Army general, Paul F. Gaynor, and gathered information from intelligence units of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Army and FBI. The project was also posed to answer the question, “Can we control an individual to the point of fully complying with the given orders, even if the individual disagrees with the order and even obeys the order? obey orders that are contrary to the basic laws of nature, such as the law of survival?” The project also conducts experiments at home and abroad, using LSD stimulants, hypnosis and using complete isolation to develop techniques for interrogating human subjects. Similarly, experiments on forcing morphine addiction, drug addiction, and using chemicals that affect memory were also carried out. CIA selects disadvantaged people in society as the target of the project. These include homosexuals, ethnic minorities and prisoners of war. Experimental sites are isolated places in Japan, Europe, Asia and the Philippines. As a result of this inhuman experiment, the participants suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, amnesia and more. Dengue virus was also used in the experiments. Operation Midnight Climax – As part of a CIA-funded mind control project, this project lures subjects to safe spots and secretly gives them LSD or other addictive substances. As a result, the participants “went crazy” in public many times. Frank Olson and Allen Dulles During the 1950s, the CIA selected safe houses in San Francisco, Marin, and New York City as brothels. These safe houses acted as brothels to obtain a selection of men who would be too embarrassed to talk about the events. The CIA hires prostitutes to lure customers into the brothel, then they are secretly given drugs and monitored by the CIA through a one-way mirror. These lured visitors are also subject to extensive research into the effects of sexual blackmail, surveillance technology, and sloppiness on field operations. Not only were they forced to be reluctant guinea pigs, these subjects were also threatened and forced to keep the experiment a secret, otherwise they would continue to be reluctant guinea pigs. The strategy soon expanded and CIA agents began drugging civilians at restaurants, bars, and beaches. Not only civilians, but CIA agents, US military personnel and suspected Soviet spies were drugged and became reluctant research subjects. As a result, there are many cases where the subject is depressed for a long time. There are also reports of several deaths as a result of this project. Other side effects include a case where an employee was drugged in his morning cup of coffee and went insane, running across Washington, screaming that there were monsters in every car that passed him. In another case, a doctor who had never used drugs was drugged, and fell into severe depression. He jumped from the 13th floor. Stanford Prison Trial – the Stanford prison experiment funded by the US Navy to investigate the psychological effects of power, focusing on the power struggle between prisoners and dementors. The experiment came to an abrupt end after six days when some of the participants were drawn into the role of warden, used coercive measures, and even psychologically tortured the prisoners. On August 14, 1971, Professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo of Sandford University began an experiment to test the hypothesis that inmates’ inherent personality traits and prison price were the main cause of these inmates. violent behavior in prison. He recruited 24 of the most mentally healthy and stable male students. He announced they would be participating in a two-week prison simulation. The U.S. Office of Naval Research funded this study to investigate the causes of difficulties among guards and prisoners in the military. Dr. Zimbardo provided the participants with wooden batons and asked them not to harm the prisoners or starve them. However, he asked the guards to apply psychological pressure by “giving inmates a certain sense of boredom, fear, creating a concept that their lives are completely occupied. controlled by us, by this system, by you, and me, and they won’t have their privacy… We’re going to take away their freedom in different ways. I.e., in this case, we will have all the power and they will have nothing.” The members who play the role of prisoners are “locked up” at home and “condemned” “Armed robbery. The local police assisted Zimbardo in conducting the full arrest and detaining procedures, including fingerprinting and inmate photography. The police also transport prisoners from the police station to a mock prison, where stripped prisoners are searched and given their new identities. The terrible results started from the second day on. Some inmates began to resist the guard’s instructions, and one guard used a fire extinguisher to attack the prisoners. Within 36 hours, one inmate started going insane and screaming, cursing, and becoming very agitated. It took a while for the team overseeing the experiment to realize that the prisoner was actually suffering from psychological pain. Later, the guards began to harass the prisoners mentally and physically. The experiment was forced to stop after just six days, as many of the guards became increasingly ruthless, and about a third of the guards displayed genuine sadistic tendencies. Most of the prison guards were disappointed when the experiment stopped after only six days Milgram experiment nghiệm This Yale University psychology experiment measures a subject’s willingness to obey an authority figure. In the experiment, they separated two participants into two rooms, they could hear but couldn’t see each other. They then asked the tester to ask the other question a question, and if the answer was wrong, they were electrocuted. Contrary to the expectations of the researchers, the trial showed that a very large proportion of people were willing to comply, even though unwillingly, even at the risk of serious injury and suffering. Milgram test Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University in 1961, began a series of psychosocial experiments to gauge the willingness of study participants, men from a variety of professions. each other with different educational backgrounds, obeying an authority figure to engage in behavior that conflicts with their personal conscience. The trial began three months after the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem opened. Milgram developed this study to answer the hot question of the times: “Did Eichmann and his millions of accomplices in the Holocaust just follow orders? Can we consider them all accomplices? This test has been repeated many times over the years with consistent results globally. In it, they assigned the roles of teacher and learner to two participants. They chose an actor for the role of the learner and a test subject for the role of the teacher. However, they do not let the subject know that the actor is also a teacher. Instead, they just chatted. Milgram then placed the two in an adjoining room and strapped the actor to an electric chair. He also told the subject that the learner (actor) had a heart condition. They also gave the subject a sample electric shock to experience the pain the learner would experience. They give the teacher a list of word pairs to teach the learners. The teacher then reads the first word of each pair and gives the learners four options to choose the correct answer. For each wrong answer, the teacher must shock the learner. The voltage level will increase by 15 volts for each wrong answer. Some subjects stopped electrocuting learners at 135 volts, however, the majority continued as they were assured they would not be held liable. Others, upon hearing their learners’ screams, begin to show signs of extreme stress such as nervous laughter. In the first experiment, 65% of the participants delivered an electric shock to 450 volts, the highest voltage level of the test. In addition to the electric shock, the participants also suffered mental stress. Monster Research – University of Iowa trial involving orphans as subjects from Davenport, Iowa. The supervisor divides these children into two groups and administers individual skills therapy to each group. One group was instructed with positive words and the other group had to listen to negative instructions. As a result, there are children with lasting psychological effects. In 1939, Wendell Johnson, a professor at the University of Iowa with the help of his student, Mary Tudor, conducted an experiment with 22 orphans from Davenport, Iowa. They selected 22 subjects from an orphanage for wounded soldiers and martyrs in Iowa. They hid the children the purpose of the study and said they would receive speech therapy. Out of 22 students, 10 stuttered, and the purpose of these experiments was to try to make healthy children stutter; and see if it’s helpful to encourage stuttering children that their speech doesn’t matter. This experiment produced negative psychological effects on the orphans of the second group. Some of them have stuttered for life. The experiment became known as the “Monster Test” because some of Johnson’s colleagues were horrified to learn that he was testing on orphans to confirm a hypothesis. Johnson never published the results of the experiments in any peer-reviewed journal, and Tudor’s thesis was the only official record of the details of the experiment. The experiment was kept secret because he was afraid of damaging his reputation, during a period of human experimentation conducted by Nazi Germany during World War II.

“At first I felt my eyes were small, not deep and bright enough, then I wanted my nose to be taller, the nose to shrink, I wanted my lips to be a little thinner, and felt uncomfortable with my chin not pointed enough. I feel my skin is loose and I want to improve it with laser treatment. I can’t stop thinking I’m ugly, “Miao said. The Red News . Just entering university, her work is heavy, but every day Miao looks in the mirror, takes selfies and takes videos to see her face for hours. She even skipped class at times just to look in the mirror. Not only that, she constantly searches for images and information about “defects” and “perfect beauty” of the human body, listing unsatisfactory details on her body such as eyes, nose, chin. , the distance between the chin and the neck. Although she has no physical defects, Miao cannot help but obsess that she is not beautiful enough. Miao used a ruler to measure the facial contours of her face and found a solution to edit it online. She consulted with several famous cosmetic hospitals in China, talking to a group of strangers about plastic surgery. She found all the ways to perform surgery, but she was worried because she was still a student, unable to afford hospital fees. Finally she asked her parents for money. Initially, Miao repeatedly asked for eyelid surgery. Because it was a quick surgery, it did not take time and had little impact on school, so her parents agreed. But after having double eyelids, she still feels unwell because the ratio between her eyes and nose is not right. Miao continued to ask for money for eye and nose surgery. In response to requests for continuous surgery from her daughter, Miao’s parents told her to postpone and think carefully after the exam, but she insisted on going and did not care about school. Her parents gradually realized the instability as her daughter fell into a love of cutlery. Can’t stop thinking I’m unstable Yan Guojian, a psychotherapist at the No. 4 People’s Hospital in Chengdu, said that Miao was addicted to plastic surgery not because of her ugly appearance, but she had a mental illness called “appearance guilt. “also known as” impaired body disorder “(BDD). At present, the cause and physiological mechanism of the disease are not fully understood. Many psychologists believe that it can be caused by many factors, such as being ridiculed or overused in childhood. Yan Guojian believes that Miao suffers from a very typical form barrier. According to Yan, “physical inferiority complex” (BDD) is a form of obsessive compulsion, implying a flawless appearance or only minor defects, but patients always exaggerate those points and feel that they are someone who is extremely ugly or disgusting that attracts the attention of others. People with “defective body disorder” tend to be addicted to plastic surgery. In Miao’s case, her looks are flawless, but she always thinks she’s not pretty enough and mentally depressed. When sharing with her parents or friends, they did not understand her psychological problem, so they only commented objectively that she looked good. When she points out a point of dissatisfaction on her body and asks if they feel it, if the other party says “yes”, Miao will suffer, but if they say “no”, she thinks they are lying. She was trapped in feelings of pessimism, pain, and even suicidal thoughts. Yan Guojian said that according to available foreign epidemiological data, the incidence of BDD (Body dysmorphic disorder) in the general population is 0.7% to 2.4%. In special population groups, such as dermatology and cosmetic surgery patients, the incidence of BDD is higher, reaching from 3.2% to 53.6%. In cases of mild defect, surgery has improved them, but the healing effect is generally not good. Many patients remain dissatisfied after surgery, or undergoing symptoms of substitution, altering their focus on the body, leading to the emergence of new defects and continued modification. As a result, the patient is increasingly disgusted with his appearance. Most illnesses begin in the teenage years and persist, often becoming chronic with improper treatment. BDD is often accompanied by disorders of depression and anxiety. “It is important to note that such patients have a high risk of suicide, especially when accompanied by depressive symptoms. Patients have difficulty controlling themselves and have to look into mirrors, over-modulate, ask others many times, and ask friends or family members to evaluate their appearance to get the assurance that the points on their body are ‘normal'”.

People wear masks to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic in Paris, France. Photo: THX / TTXVN

Experts note that the confusion about airborne viral transmission has led to this simple measure being overlooked.

In the BMJ medical paper bowl, the authors, including expert Julian Tang from the University of Leicester and expert Linxey Marr from the University of Virginia Technology, indicated the likelihood of the virus spreading through inhalation at close range This is higher than through exposure to or breathing at a long distance. But airborne transmission is “only mentioned through loudspeaker in a few translation control guidelines”.

Part of the problem, experts emphasize, is that the definition of “droplet” and “airborne” is not yet clear when describing how the virus is spread,

The BMJ article states that careful measures like wearing a mask, keeping distance and reducing crowds in enclosed spaces all help prevent the spread of the virus. But experts stressed the need to add ventilation equipment because small suspended particles can remain in the air for hours and this is an important pathway of disease transmission.

Last March, the World Health Organization (WHO) also released a guide to epidemic prevention, which recommends creating better ventilation in buildings.

• On the same day, French President Emmanuel Macron on April 14 announced that France would provide free psychotherapy for children and adolescents who have suffered psychological harm due to the effects of COVID-19 epidemic.

Speaking during a visit to a psychotherapy facility in the city of Reims, President Macron said France’s social security system would reimburse a total of 10 psychotherapy sessions with a specialist for children from 3 – 17 years old.

After meeting with patients and psychologists at the facility, Mr. Macron said that France is currently having a medical problem affecting children and adolescents in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases of anxiety and other psychological problems have increased among young people to the extent that they were not seen in the first blockade last year.

Currently, France is implementing a third national blockade to prevent COVID-19 epidemic, but the measures are not as strong as the previous two waves. Schools remain open for a longer period than their European neighbors, although France has now extended the Spring break to halt the epidemic.

To be sure, the two leaders will also discuss how to deal with a rising China, North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Narrow a large cognitive gap

For now, the Biden administration will put an emphasis on promoting cooperation with allies, including Japan, and this is warmly welcomed by America’s allies. .

However, as China continues to rise and the US is urging its allies to assume greater responsibility in international affairs, there is a danger of a large gap between the US and Japan. awareness.

Although Japan is very concerned about China’s behavior, in recent years Tokyo has maintained a cooperative rather than an adversarial approach.

Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide (left) and US President Joe Biden (right) will discuss many ‘hot’ issues. (Source: AP)

In October 2018, former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo visited Beijing, and Japan signed memoranda of understanding with China on more than 50 joint projects related to infrastructure construction in third countries. .

Chinese President Xi Jinping was scheduled to make a state visit to Japan in April 2020, but the tour was subsequently postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Under Prime Minister Suga, figures of “doves” and “hawks” toward China in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) often fought for influence.

The hawks have sought ways to postpone Xi Jinping’s state visit when it comes to Xinjiang and Hong Kong issues. LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai, a supporter of Prime Minister Suga, opposed the delay, but the visit is not expected to take place in 2021.

Although Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi urged China to resolve the Xinjiang issue, Tokyo still shied away from imposing economic sanctions on its neighbor because of its lack of legal frameworks. like that.

Therefore, the US should prepare mentally that Japan will adopt a more moderate approach towards China. Japan will certainly continue to strengthen the role and mission of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) within the framework of the Peace Constitution and the US-Japan alliance.

At the same time, Japan will also seek a clear commitment from the United States to avert Chinese military provocations, especially around the Senkaku Islands (which China also claims and calls for). Diaoyu) after China passed a new Customs Law last month, granting China’s coast guard the right to use weapons.

Analysts say the US will certainly be disappointed if it wants Japan to take significantly more aggressive military action against China. Although Japan passed a security law in 2015 that allowed the SDF to engage in limited collective defense activities, constitutional restrictions essentially forbid Japan from using force for purposes of does not involve defense.

Furthermore, the Japanese public still supports Article 9 – the peace clause – in the Rape and has little desire for the SDF to engage in combat missions that pose a risk of casualties.

Get cooperation back on track

About North Korea, both leaders advocated adopting a tough approach. Unlike his predecessor, Donald Trump, Mr. Biden is not too close to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Mr. Suga will be anxious to express his tough stance towards North Korea in the face of domestic public opinion when asking for US assistance to repatriate Japanese citizens previously kidnapped by North Korea.

President Biden had to find a way to reassure the US-Japan-Korea trilateral partnership that Trump has ignored. The key bottleneck here, however, remains tensions between Japan and South Korea over forced labor – issues that have engulfed the enthusiasm of cooperation between the two countries even though they share a common desire to curb the chapter. North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

Addressing climate change and fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic will be a “fertile ground” for the US-Japan to promote cooperation.

Regarding climate change, President Biden quickly brought the US back to the Paris Agreement and is scheduled to hold a climate summit with 40 world leaders from April 22-23.

Prime Minister Suga pledged that Japan will reduce carbon emissions to zero by 2050.

Since the financial institutions of the US and Japan lead the world in supporting the use of coal, under the leadership of these two countries, it is likely that the world will be promoted to transform energy, without using fuel. fossils that turn to renewable energy could eventually forge clean energy partnerships.

With regard to Covid-19, Since Japan and the US have a long history of cooperation in international health, the lack of cooperation between the two countries in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is surprising. A lot of people fear that the Tokyo Olympics will turn into a super infectious event this pandemic.

More communication against Covid-19 did not yield much results. This includes Japan’s use of a supercomputer in an AI-based Covid-19 study, American doctors’ experience in treating Covid-19 patients, and the logistics of government vaccination. Mr. Biden.

Japan and the US could also support more multilateral efforts, such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the EU-operated Covid Tool Access Accelerator, to help stop the spread of spread globally and vaccinate people around the world before the emergence of resistant mutations.

The US-Japan summit provides an important opportunity to get bilateral cooperation back on track. However, to best strengthen cooperation and close the perception gap, these two allies should not shy away from discussions regarding thorny issues.

(according to EastAsia Forum)