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The English language edition of the People’s Daily continues to “reprint” articles that protest the scale of US-ROK exercises designed to deter the DPRK from continuing acts of aggression. Will the record-setting size of the military drills and stronger alliances with the US provide Seoul with the security it is looking for? North Korea, already [...]
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Will the PRC Buy US Out?
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on August 28th, 2010
The People’s Daily English language edition has reprinted and translated an article from Xinhua that accuses the US of unfair practices because we are blocking several joint ventures on national security grounds. The United States has repeatedly blocked investment from Chinese companies on national security grounds, a protectionist move that will only harm its own [...]
Renminbi to Become a World Trade Currency
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on August 26th, 2010
The Financial Times is reporting that several major international banks are hosting “road shows” touting the Renminbi as the currency to use to settle trades with the People’s Republic of China. A number of the world’s biggest banks have launched international roadshows promoting the use of the renminbi to corporate customers instead of the dollar [...]
USS George Washington to Sail in the Yellow Sea
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on August 7th, 2010
Joongang Ilbo is reporting that the USS George Washington will indeed participate in naval exercises in the Yellow Sea. “The USS George Washington will exercise in the Yellow Sea, in the West Sea,” Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell told reporters in Washington Thursday, “but I don’t have for you yet dates when that exercise involving [...]
Abbas Asks Hu to Support Iran Sanctions
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on May 1st, 2010
Debka is reporting that Palestinian Authority President Abbas has asked PRC President Hu to support strong sanctions against Iran. Chinese president Hu Jintao was taken by surprise by the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas’s plea to support tough sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program when they met in Shanghai Saturday, May 1, debkafile’s Middle [...]
Cyber Threat Additional Commentary
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on January 31st, 2010
I just finished reading the article that Ryan referenced in his post. I have been doing “computer stuff” now for 27 years beginning in the Air Force and privately since my retirement. There is a serious problem with some people in our country. They have trouble believing that foreigners conduct their business operations other than [...]
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No Comments »Chinese Cyber Attacked At Least Three U.S. Oil Companies
Posted by Ryan Mauro on January 31st, 2010
The Chinese government is believed to be behind cyber attacks in 2008 on at least three American oil companies aimed at compromising their most important data about oil discoveries around the world. The report says a connection to the government cannot be proven, but: While China’s involvement in the attacks is far from certain, at least [...]
Sino-Indian Border Dispute Heats Up
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on January 26th, 2010
China and India fought a little-known border war in the 1960s– without solving the frontier dispute. Recently, the Red Chinese and democratic Indians have been arguing over the long mountainous boundary. The shift is significant. China has usually been quite consistent, and sometimes generous, in frontier deals and disputes with its neighbors. We have seen [...]
People’s Republic of China Blocks Additional UN Sanctions
Posted by Richard Radcliffe on January 5th, 2010
Reuters is reporting here that the People’s Republic of China will not agree to additional sanctions on Iran. “This is not the right time or right moment for sanctions because the diplomatic efforts are still going on,” Chinese envoy Zhang Yesui told reporters.”The efforts aimed at diplomatic negotiations on the Iranian nuclear issue still need [...]
Interview: Tetsuo Kotani
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on May 10th, 2009
This interview is with Mr. Tetsuo Kotani, a Ph.D. candidate at Doshisha University in Kyoto and research fellow at the Ocean Policy Research Foundation in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Kotani has recently written an article in the Japan Times. 1. China has recently been increasing its military budget. Do you feel that the increase in spending [...]
China Building Carrier Capability
Posted by Matthew Avitabile on May 9th, 2009
The People’s Republic of China has recently purchased three aircraft carriers. Although these are for research, there is a distinct possibility that China will build its own carrier. Word is that China has recently been in communication with Russia in order to buy some Su-33 aircraft to place on a prospective carrier. Still, it will [...]
Chinese Develop “Kill Weapon” To Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers
Posted by Ryan Mauro on April 3rd, 2009
America’s edge over China in naval power may be slipping away. They have supposedly developed a “kill weapon” that can disable a U.S. aircraft carrier.
Nancy Pelosi: Friend of Chinese Dissidents
Posted by Ryan Mauro on March 13th, 2009
The Chinese dissidents reportedly have an ally in Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. In describing her role in pressure the White House to drop Chas Freeman as head of the National Intelligence Council, a man who dissed the Chinese democratic activists at Tiananmen Square, Newsweek wrote: “But Pelosi in particular was upset about public [...]
Oppressed Chinese Try To Petition Against Abusive Officials
Posted by Ryan Mauro on March 12th, 2009
It seems that there’s more opposition to local government authority than appears on the surface. This report shows that “tens of thousands” of Chinese citizens have been trying to file complaints against local offices at “petition offices.” According to the state media, 10 million petitions have been filed in the last five years on complaints [...]
Chinese Government Could Soon Face Crisis
Posted by Ryan Mauro on February 11th, 2009
Sol Sanders is predicting that a “disaster on a Tiananmen scale looms for the CCP”: “Although all statistics about the Chinese economy are notional, the fact that Beijing has officially called the growth in the gross domestic product [GDP] for the last quarter of 2008 as only 4.6 percent is staggering. It would represent a reduction [...]
