China: Regime says missiles have been on South China Sea island for years
"Chinese sea and air defenses on a disputed South China Sea island have been in place for years, Beijing says, but reports of their existence Wednesday alarmed the country's Asian neighbors. ......
View ArticleChina: Regime sends fighter jets to Woody Island
"In a move likely to further increase already volatile tensions in the region, China has deployed fighter jets to a contested island in the South China Sea, the same island where China deployed...
View ArticleChina: Four abducted Hong Kong booksellers appear on regime TV as political...
"Four of the five Hong Kong booksellers who went missing in October have appeared on Chinese television, saying they were detained for 'illegal book trading' in mainland China. The five booksellers --...
View ArticleGuilty plea in Boeing hacking case with claimed Chinese regime involvement
"A Chinese businessman pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Los Angeles to helping two Chinese military hackers carry out a damaging series of thefts of sensitive military secrets from U.S....
View ArticleOverseas Chinese activists say families are being targeted over letter to Xi...
"The publication of an incendiary open letter calling for the resignation of President Xi Jinping has triggered widening reprisals from China's security apparatus in an apparent attempt to find those...
View ArticleJapan: Intelligence gathering post activated in South China Sea
"In a move set to anger China, Japan has activated a radar station in the East China Sea, close to a group of islands disputed by Beijing that will act like a permanent intelligence-gathering post. The...
View ArticleWhy do the candidates want war with China?
"Who is the peacemaking candidate this year? It is neither outsider. Sanders and Trump are both economic illiterates whose policies, if implemented, will result in a trade war with China. And, as we...
View ArticleUS, Australian and Philippine forces begin annual show of force in South...
"Thousands of U.S. and Philippine troops, along with Australian defense forces, began annual drills Monday to prepare to quickly respond to a range of potential crises, including in the disputed South...
View ArticleChina: Judge rules in favor of marriage apartheid
"A judge in central China ruled against a gay couple in China's first-ever same-sex marriage case Wednesday, effectively hobbling a case that has electrified the country’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and...
View ArticleTime magazine’s oblivious critique of China’s rulers
"I took notice of a recent story (gated) critical of the leader Time calls 'the most powerful ruler on the planet.' You can be sure his initials are not B.O. Rather, the story examines a supposed...
View ArticleUS ramps up military presence in Philippines, starts joint patrols in South...
"The United States announced Thursday it has started joint patrols with the Philippines in the disputed waters of the South China Sea and is ramping up its military presence in the area, a move that...
View ArticleChina: Regime rejects US query on military flight to disputed island
"China's Defence Ministry on Tuesday rejected queries by the U.S. military as to why China had used a military aircraft to evacuate sick workers from a new airport on an island China has built in the...
View ArticleChina: Regime cracks down on foreign NGOs
"A Chinese government offensive against civil society that campaigners describe as the worst in nearly three decades has intensified with Beijing's approval on Thursday of a controversial new law that...
View ArticleMonopoly and empire: Ancient China’s Debate on Salt and Iron
"Responding to popular calls for lower taxes, Han rulers gradually lowered duties and in their place erected a series of state commodities monopolies. The architects of the new monopoly system erected...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Chinese jets intercept US spy plane
"Two Chinese military aircraft intercepted a U.S. military reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea Tuesday. Defense Department spokeswoman Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza said that the U.S. maritime...
View ArticleChina’s other Cultural Revolution
"Set amid dusty sandstone-colored hills in northern Shaanxi, Yan'an is a hallowed place. Taken over by Communists at the end of the Long March in 1936, it served as the temporary Red Capital during the...
View ArticleChina: Four injured at Shanghai airport after man throws explosives
"Four passengers were injured at the Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, one of China's busiest, after a man threw homemade explosives, the city's government said. The man threw homemade...
View ArticleObama meets with Dalai Lama; Chinese regime accuses US regime of meddling
"Amid recently heightened tensions with Beijing, President Barack Obama met Wednesday with the Dalai Lama and urged the exiled spiritual leader to undertake 'meaningful and direct dialogue' with China,...
View ArticleNSG: Great Wall of China holds on despite Modi pressure
"India's calibrated diplomatic manoeuvre to generate consensus in Seoul via Tashkent for entry into the elite club of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Thursday was thwarted by a group of countries led...
View ArticleChina: Regime orders Apple to monitor app store users and track their identities
"China has long been known for its strict censorship which makes it difficult for foreign technology companies to do business in the world’s most populous country of over 1.35 billion people. Now, the...
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