Aircraft in the zone are expected to provide their flight plan, clearly mark their nationality, and maintain radio communication with Chinese authorities PUBLISHED : Saturday, 23 November, 2013, 1:27pm A view from a Chinese surveillance aircraft shows the disputed Diaoyu… Read More ›
Beijing
Stealth drone completes successful maiden flight
EEV: Since most clips of the story are being taken from 5 month old reports. We took the liberty of posting a better video of the drone. Unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, which may help monitor disputed territory, latest example of… Read More ›
Central government cyberspies step up surveillance of ethnic groups with new language-tracking technology
Sophisticated new system allows tracking of messages in language of all mainland’s ethnic groups Mainland authorities have boosted their cyberspying capability by developing technology that can track communications in the languages of ethnic groups. The sophisticated new system will allow… Read More ›
China offers $100,000 aid to typhoon-ravaged Philippines
Tuesday, 12 November, 2013, 4:34am News›Asia DISASTER Staff reporters and agencies US and Japan send rescue teams China, the world’s second largest economy, has offered US$100,000 in aid to the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haiyan. It is the… Read More ›
Big Brother blinded: Security fears in China as smog disrupts surveillance cameras
Teams of scientists assigned to find a solution as heavy pollution makes national surveillance network useless, raising fear of terror attack PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 05 November, 2013, 2:36am UPDATED : Tuesday, 05 November, 2013, 10:47am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com As… Read More ›
Chinese architect defends ‘phallic’ £154m skyscraper
Critics say the new People’s Daily headquarters in Beijing resembles a super-sized phallus but its designer argues that “unexpected interpretations” are part of architecture’s beauty The new office building of People’s Daily newspaper Photo: REX FEATURES By Tom Phillips,… Read More ›
Japan’s PM warns China on use of force as jets scrambled
By AFP | AFP – 8 hours ago AFP/AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) delivers a speech next to Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) during military review at the Ground Self-Defence Force’s Asaka training ground, on October 27, …more 2013 less … Read More ›
Chinese journalists obliged to take refresher course in Marxist reporting techniques
Kuchikomi Oct. 25, 2013 – 07:00AM JST ( 15 ) TOKYO — Journalists and reporters employed by the media in the People’s Republic of China are said to number about 250,000. The Chinese government recently announced that in order to… Read More ›
Japan readies huge island war games amid YouTube PR push – Senkaku islands / Diaoyus ( Major Escalation )
By Shigemi Sato National Oct. 24, 2013 – 05:20PM JST TOKYO — Destroyers, fighter jets and 34,000 troops will take part in a huge exercise aimed at bolstering Japan’s ability to protect its remote islands, the government said Thursday, amid… Read More ›
China’s influence over the media growing globally, says US think tank
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013, 9:00pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 22 October, 2013, 9:36pm Patrick Boehler patrick.boehler@scmp.com Africa Live presenter Beatrice Marshall says that through her news show Africans “are telling the story from our perspective”. Photo: AFP China’s government… Read More ›
How China Fights: Lessons From the 1962 Sino-Indian War ( Oct 20th, 1962 Anniversary )
EEV: Historical Re-Post Oct 29, 2012 1:00 AM EDT China gave India a “lesson” in 1962. Study it now. The rest of the world may have forgotten the anniversary, but a neglected border war that took place 50 years ago… Read More ›
London to become next offshore yuan trading centre after Hong Kong
Tuesday, 15 October, 2013 [Updated: 5:32PM] Reuters in Beijing Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (left) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier Ma Kai after a signing ceremony in Beijing on Tuesday. Photo: EPA China will give London-based… Read More ›
‘The Chinese model is living on borrowed time’
Watch what China does with US debt, not what it says By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: October 15th, 2013 So much for the hot rhetoric from Beijing questioning the creditworthiness of US debt and consigning the US dollar… Read More ›
London’s ‘beautiful communist bicycles’ attract Chinese students, says Boris Johnson
Mayor Boris Johnson touts London’s 42 universities and says that Chinese students come to the UK to ‘meet the world’ Monday, 14 October, 2013, 6:02pm Jeremy Blum jeremy.blum@scmp.com Mayor of London Boris Johnson delivers a speech during a visit… Read More ›
Chinese ‘tough guy’ saws off his own leg to avoid hospital fees
Tom Mendelsohn Friday, 11 October 2013 A Chinese man has amputated his own leg using nothing more than a saw and a fruit knife, after doctors told him an infection had left him just one month to live. Zheng… Read More ›
Taiwan military says China able to invade by 2020
Tuesday, 08 October, 2013, 3:44pm Agence France-Presse in Taipei The Taiwanese military has said that China will be able to take Taiwan by force before the end of 2020. Photo: Reuters China’s arms buildup over the last two decades… Read More ›
China pays 2 million people to monitor Internet
05 Oct 2013 Beijing (AFP) China is employing two million people to keep tabs on people’s Internet use, according to state media, in a rare glimpse into the secret world of Beijing’s vast online surveillance operation. Many of the employees are… Read More ›
Chinese court tries man who planned Tiananmen protest
AFP Sunday, Sep 29, 2013 BEIJING – A man who planned a protest on the anniversary of China’s Tiananmen square crackdown went on trial Sunday for “inciting state subversion”, his lawyer said. Gu Yimin denied the charge at the hearing… Read More ›
China Pursues Systems To Keep US Forces at Bay
Sep. 17, 2013 – 10:23AM | By WENDELL MINNICK | Comments Going Ballistic: China’s long-range ballistic-missile program is a key component of its anti-access/area-denial strategy. (Agence France-Presse) TAIPEI — Though everything in China’s military is classified secret, including lunch menus… Read More ›
Supporters demand billionaire activist’s release following ‘black Friday’ of multiple arrests
Saturday, 14 September, 2013, 1:05pm Amy Li chunxiao.li@scmp.com Wang Gongquan was detained on Friday. Photo: screenshot via Weibo In a statement published on early Saturday morning, hundreds supporters of China’s New Citizen Movement called on the Chinese government to… Read More ›
China warns Japan against stationing workers on disputed isles ” would not tolerate provocation “
National Sep. 11, 2013 – 06:55AM JST ( 45 ) TOKYO/BEIJING — China on Tuesday said it would not tolerate provocation after Japan’s top government spokesman said the country might station government workers on disputed islands in the East China… Read More ›
Chinese chief engineer ‘tortured to death by six Communist Party investigators who dunked his head underwater trying to extract confession’
Yu Qiyi held in detention for 38 days on suspicion of corruption in a land deal Coroner said he had inhaled fluids that caused his lungs to malfunction ‘Shuanggui’ interrogations try to force officials to confess wrongdoings By Richard Shears… Read More ›
China orders all the nation’s journalists to take Marxism classes
Tuesday, 27 August, 2013, 6:05pm News›China Insider Class struggle Patrick Boehler patrick.boehler@scmp.com China has ordered its entire press corps back to school in an effort to shore up ideological unity. The nation’s 307,000 reporters, producers and editors will soon have… Read More ›
What’s China got against the US Constitution?
In prominent articles, China’s Communist mouthpiece assails American democracy. Tourists in Tiananmen square in Beijing, June 4, 2013. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) Advertisement HONG KONG — What’s China got against the US Constitution? This week, in three front-page commentaries published… Read More ›
Popular China bloggers should ‘promote virtues’
Published: 11 Aug 2013 at 12.49 Online news: Computer Chinese Internet celebrities have been told to “promote virtues” by a leading official, state media said Sunday, after a singer sparked a free speech debate by venting about bombing government offices…. Read More ›
GlaxoSmithKline finance head banned from leaving China
The BBC’s Martin Patience in Beijing: “Business leaders say foreign companies operating in China have never faced a tougher time” Related Stories China media: GSK case Chinese GSK executive ‘confesses’ Peston: GSK’s Chinese lesson Chinese authorities looking into alleged bribery… Read More ›
Glaxo used travel agencies for China bribes – police / Over $489 million
Source: Reuters – Mon, 15 Jul 2013 12:39 PM Author: Reuters A Chinese national flag is seen in front of a GlaxoSmithKline office building in Shanghai, July 12, 2013 REUTERS/Aly Song * GSK used travel agencies to funnel bribes… Read More ›
Chinese court executes man for fraud and illegal fundraising without telling family: media
AFP Sunday, Jul 14, 2013 BEIJING – A Chinese court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online, local media reported Sunday. Businessman Zeng Chengjie was executed on Friday after… Read More ›
Japan: Risk of Incident From ‘Coercive’ Acts By China / fighters were scrambled more than 300 times against Chinese planes flying near Japan’s airspace for the year to March
Jul. 9, 2013 – 08:48AM | By SHINGO ITO for AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | TOKYO — China’s “coercive” behavior in waters around islands at the center of a bitter dispute with Japan is dangerous and could trigger an incident, Tokyo said… Read More ›
China state media blames Syria rebels for Xinjiang violence
Source: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 09:30 AM Author: Reuters Armed paramilitary policemen run in formation during a gathering to mobilize security operations in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, June 29, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING, July 1 (Reuters) – Chinese state… Read More ›
Chinese businessman behind $40 bln Nicaragua canal denies special ties
Tue, Jun 25, 2013 Reuters BEIJING – The mysterious Chinese businessman behind a US$40 billion (S$50.8 billion) plan to build a canal through Nicaragua pledged transparency on Tuesday – but refused to reveal where he attended college. Wang Jing, 40,… Read More ›
‘I feel like a trapped animal’: U.S. executive is held HOSTAGE by staff at Beijing medical supply plant in dispute over pay
Chip Starnes, 42, said he was being kept captive by scores of workers He said they were demanding severance packages The workers were expecting wire transfers by Tuesday said Mr Starnes By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 07:20 EST, 24 June 2013… Read More ›
NYU accused of KICKING OUT blind Chinese dissident over lucrative building deal with Communist government
NYU booting blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng amid Shanghai expansion: sources By JAMES COVERT Last Updated: 9:04 AM, June 13, 2013 Posted: 3:03 AM, June 13, 2013 EXCLUSIVE NYU isn’t letting a pesky thing like human rights stand in… Read More ›
Hollande tells Japanese business leaders eurozone crisis is over
By MALCOLM FOSTER Politics Jun. 09, 2013 – 06:34AM JST ( 7 ) French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech during his lecture in Tokyo, Saturday.AP Photo/Koji Sasahara TOKYO — French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday… Read More ›
Tiananmen Square online searches censored by Chinese authorities
Banned search terms include ‘today’, ‘tomorrow’ and date references in attempt to quell protest Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 June 2013 08.55 EDT Twitter image mocking Chinese censorship of Tiananmen Square, adapted from AP’s 1989 photograph (the search… Read More ›
China’s One-Child Policy Affects Personality
China’s one-child policy has affected the personalities of a generation of only children By Carrie Arnold | Monday, May 20, 2013 | In 1979 China instituted the one-child policy, which limited every family to just one offspring in a controversial… Read More ›
Disabled Chinese toddler ‘imprisoned for four years’
A four-year-old disabled Chinese boy was put in a prison for over three years because his parents were protesters, his foster father has claimed. Disabled Chinese boy Chen Ya, now eight, was imprisoned for over three years because his parents… Read More ›
China trying to strengthen its claim to Okinawa
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN National May. 20, 2013 – 06:49AM JST ( 25 ) BEIJING — China is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is… Read More ›
Chinese general says Ryukyu islands do not belong to Japan
Politics May. 17, 2013 – 06:45AM JST ( 72 ) BEIJING — A senior Chinese military officer has said the Ryukyu Islands—which include Okinawa and its U.S. military bases—“do not belong to Japan”, as a territorial row mounts between the… Read More ›
China-Japan Island Dispute Could Become Flashpoint
May. 4, 2013 – 11:15AM By WENDELL MINNICK TAIPEI — While North Korea has garnered attention as Asia’s top hotspot, experts worry that the real problem is between Beijing and Tokyo over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, which China calls… Read More ›
Honorary Professor Was an Organ Harvester, Say Critics
By Matthew Robertson, Epoch Times | April 30, 2013 Last Updated: May 1, 2013 6:16 am Chinese Vice Minister of Health Huang Jiefu after a conference in Taipei, Taiwan, in 2010. Huang has recently come under scrutiny for his involvement… Read More ›
China official clearly calls Senkaku core interest
Jiji Press — Apr 27 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying clarified at a regular press conference Friday that the Senkaku islands in the East China Sea are part of the country’s core interests concerning its territorial sovereignty. It is… Read More ›
Official Organ Trade Network in China Revealed
By Epoch Times News Analysis Less than two weeks after Lens magazine in mainland China blew the whistle on the torture taking place in China’s Masanjia Labor Camp, another magazine from the same company has revealed the existence of a… Read More ›
China calls Japan-U.S. island drill ‘provocative’
Reuters — Apr 25 China said on Wednesday that “provocative actions” would not sway it from defending its territory, after Japan confirmed it would conduct military drills with the United States amid tension between Beijing and Tokyo over disputed… Read More ›
China calls on Japan to stop scrambling its fighters
National Apr. 19, 2013 – 06:40AM JST ( 40 ) BEIJING — China called on Japan on Thursday to stop sending jets up against Chinese aircraft after Japan said it had scrambled its fighters twice as often in the past… Read More ›
Lockheed to build 10-megawatt thermal power plant off southern China
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:04 GMT Reuters (Corrects paragraphs 11, 12 to ammonia instead of ammonium) * One of largest facilities to use OTEC technology * Uses heat differences in tropical waters to drive turbines * Plant seen as step… Read More ›
China breaking UN sanctions to support North Korea
As John Kerry arrives in Beijing, China continues to flout United Nations sanctions in order to prop up Kim Jong-un’s regime, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, speaks with China’s Premier Li Keqiang during… Read More ›
China mobilizes military on N. Korea threats
Published time: April 02, 2013 04:16 Edited time: April 02, 2013 06:30 AFP Photo / China Photo China has started mobilizing military forces around the Korean peninsula in response to rising tensions that follow recent threats by North Korea to… Read More ›
Education Department website removes Chairman Mao quote
5:21 PM 03/22/2013 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller News Foundation In this Tuesday Sept. 18, 2012 photo, anti-Japan protesters hold portraits of the late Communist leader Mao Zedong and wave Communist party and national flags while marching on the… Read More ›
U.S., Japan review plans for retaking disputed islands
National Mar. 21, 2013 – 06:05PM JST ( 52 ) Disputed islands claimed by China and controlled by JapanAFP WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese officers are discussing worst-case contingency plans for retaking disputed islands in the East China Sea if… Read More ›