Kyodo The Defense Ministry is thinking of stationing F-15 fighter jets at a remote airport halfway from Naha to Taiwan to speed up its response to airspace incursions by China near the disputed Senkaku Islands, government sources said Monday. The… Read More ›
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China to survey islands disputed with Japan
Jan 15, 2013 11:17 Moscow Time Photo: EPA China is to carry out a geographical survey of islands in the East China Sea at the centre of a bitter dispute with Japan. The survey of the Diaoyu islands was… Read More ›
People told to stay indoors as air pollution in Beijing reaches hazardous levels – off-the-chart air-quality reading of 728
Associated Press Saturday, 12 January 2013 Air pollution levels in China’s notoriously dirty capital were at dangerous levels today, with cloudy skies blocking out visibility and warnings issued for people to remain indoors. … Read More ›
Third testing of China’s anti-satellite weapons?
Jan 10, 2013 18:23 Moscow Time Photo: EPA A number of US experts in the area of strategic arms based on the information received from the US intelligence community have announced that China is getting ready for the third testing… Read More ›
“Regarding Senkaku, there is no change to my position to resolutely protect this water and territory. There is no room for negotiation on this,”
Japan PM criticises targeting of firms in China row AFP Friday, Jan 11, 2013 TOKYO – China was “wrong” to deliberately target Japanese business interests as part of a state campaign in a row over disputed territory, Japan’s hawkish new… Read More ›
China and Japan step up drone race as tension builds over disputed islands
Both countries claim drones will be used for surveillance, but experts warn of future skirmishes in region’s airspace Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing and Justin McCurry in Tokyo guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 8 January 2013 11.50 EST The row between China and… Read More ›
Japan summons China’s envoy in latest escalation of tension over disputed islands
News On Japan via New York Times — Jan 09 The Japanese Foreign Ministry summoned China’s ambassador on Tuesday after Chinese ships entered Japanese-controlled waters for 13 hours, a prolonged incursion that seemed to escalate a standoff over a… Read More ›
Poison the well: Chinese city fails to report huge toxic leak, cuts off water to 1 million ” Residents were not notified of the spill for days “
Published: 6 January, 2013, 18:31 Edited: 6 January, 2013, 18:31 Authorities have cut off the water supply of over 1 million people in a northern Chinese city due to an industrial leak. Residents were not notified of the spill for… Read More ›
Poll: Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese goods over Senkakus dispute
Kyodo Two-thirds of Chinese boycotted Japanese products and almost all Chinese feel anti-Japan sentiment has intensified in the world’s second-largest economy since the government purchased three the Senkaku islets in September, a Kyodo News online survey revealed Saturday. The findings… Read More ›
Why 2013 eerily looks like the world of 1913, on the cusp of the Great War.
Eve of Disaster Foreign Policy BY CHARLES EMMERSON | JANUARY 4, 2013 The leading power of the age is in relative decline, beset by political crisis at home and by steadily eroding economic prowess. Rising powers are jostling for… Read More ›
Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes : Medications being intentionally added
Contact: Angela Collom acollom@acponline.org 215-351-2653 American College of Physicians Observation Article: Foodborne Illness Could Have Sinister Causes Doctors should consider the intentional addition of medicine to food as a potential cause of foodborne disease outbreaks. The World Health Organization… Read More ›
China doc recognized islands as Japan’s
News On Japan via presstv.com — Dec 30 A Chinese official document drafted in 1950 recognizes Japan as the owner of a group of islands in the East China Sea, which Beijing also lays claim to. The 20-page… Read More ›
Satellite Wars: China unveils ‘cheaper’ answer to GPS
Published: 27 December, 2012, 22:33 Edited: 27 December, 2012, 22:33 China’s rapidly-expanding rival to GPS, called BeiDou, has become available to customers across Asia-Pacific for the first time. It aims to claim a fifth of the satellite services market… Read More ›
China ‘highly vigilant’ over Japanese fighters flying over disputed islands
AFP Thursday, Dec 27, 2012 BEIJING – China is “highly vigilant” about Japanese jet fighter flights over islands claimed by both countries and Japan must bear responsibility for any consequences, Chinese military and maritime officials said on Thursday. The officials,… Read More ›
Pigs in southern China infected with avian flu: Recent Infections of H1N1 & H3N2
Contact: Jim Sliwa jsliwa@asmusa.org 202-942-9297 American Society for Microbiology Researchers report for the first time the seroprevalence of three strains of avian influenza viruses in pigs in southern China, but not the H5N1 avian influenza virus. Their research, published online… Read More ›
Eli Lilly Coughs Up $29 Million for Bribes: ” As is customary with the SEC, Lilly did not have to admit that it did anything wrong “
WASHINGTON (CN) – Eli Lilly & Co. will pay $29 million to settle charges of bribing foreign officials for contracts in four countries, the SEC said Thursday. Lilly subsidiaries paid off government officials in Russia, Brazil, China and Poland to… Read More ›
China detains 93 for doomsday rumors
Chinese authorities have detained 93 people accused of spreading doomsday rumors and arrested a man who slashed 23 children at a school after he was “psychologically affected” by such predictions, the Xinhua state news agency reported on Monday. The 93… Read More ›
Japan scrambles fighter jets after Chinese plane seen near disputed islands
News On Japan via CNN — Dec 14 Japan scrambled fighter jets after a Chinese plane was seen Thursday near small islands in the East China Sea that are claimed by both countries. This is the first time the dispute… Read More ›
Japan scrambles fighters after Chinese plane enters disputed airspace
Dec 13, 2012 10:21 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Japan scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after at least one Chinese state-owned aeroplane entered airspace over the islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. F-15 jets were mobilized… Read More ›
China: 700 mountains to be levelled to make way for new town
Saturday, 08 December 2012 Chinese developers are planning to flatten 700 mountains to make way for a new town in the north-west of the country. The nation’s most ambitious “mountain moving” project is slated for a patch of desert the… Read More ›
Hackers Hit Former U.S. Military Chief
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/07/2012 06:28:00 AM According to reports, the hackers targeted personal computers retired Admiral Mike Mullen, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The FBI is hunting for foreign hackers. Mullen is currently teaching WWS 318:… Read More ›
Indian navy prepared to deploy to South China Sea to protect oil interests: Asian giants could be on a collision course
India has sparred diplomatically with China in the past over its gas and oil exploration. -AFP Mon, Dec 03, 2012 AFP NEW DELHI – The Indian navy is prepared to deploy vessels to the South China Sea to protect India’s oil… Read More ›
Are U.S. Defense Experts Getting China Wrong? Yes on Everything
Dec. 1, 2012 – 12:56PM | By WENDELL MINNICK | TAIPEI — Are Western experts on China’s military modernization efforts misreading and downplaying the level of ambition, sophistication and just plain guts the Chinese are showing in the country’s quest… Read More ›
China plan to board ships sets off alarm : ” potential military flash point, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes “
News Desk Philippine Daily Inquirer Publication Date : 01-12-2012 Southeast Asia’s top diplomat warned yesterday of great anxiety over China’s plan to board and search ships that illegally enter what it considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea… Read More ›
Germany displaces China as US Treasury’s currency villain
The US Treasury has issued a damning criticism of Germany’s chronic trade surplus in its annual report on worldwide exchange rate abuse, although it stopped short of labelling the country a currency manipulator. The report said Germany’s current account surplus… Read More ›
Chinese police plan to board vessels in disputed seas
From Jan 1, Hainan police will seize control of foreign ships which “illegally enter” Chinese waters. -Reuters Thu, Nov 29, 2012 Reuters CHINA – Police in the southern Chinese island province of Hainan will board and search ships which enter into what… Read More ›
US software firm hacked for years after suing China
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/29/solid_oak_china_hacked_three_years/ Solid Oak nearly went under after three years of persistent attack By Phil Muncaster Posted in Security, 29th November 2012 04:05 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques A Californian software company which sued… Read More ›
Record 81% of Japanese feel no friendship toward China, government survey shows
Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 Jiji More than 80 percent of Japanese harbor no sense of friendship toward China, an annual survey by the Cabinet Office revealed Saturday. Some 80.6 percent of respondents said they have no friendly feelings toward the… Read More ›
US intensifies military encirclement of China
Rick Rozoff Nov 24, 2012 11:48 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/Telstar Logistics/cc-by-nc-sa “With the emergence of China as the world’s second-largest economy and its concomitant renewal of (comparatively minor) territorial claims in the East China Sea and South China Sea, the… Read More ›
India and China row over new map in passport – Claims part of India plus disputed areas of the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan
A fresh row has broken out between India and China over territorial claims in the north-eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin area in eastern Kashmir. In new passports, China’s maps show the two areas as Chinese… Read More ›
China angers neighbors with sea claims on new passports
By Manuel MogatoPosted 2012/11/22 at 4:58 am EST MANILA, Nov. 22, 2012 (Reuters) — The Philippines and Vietnam condemned Chinese passports containing a map of China’s disputed maritime claims on Thursday, branding the new design a violation of their… Read More ›
Temperature rising in the South China Sea / Territorial showdown overshadows Obama’s trip to Southeast Asia
. Patrick WinnNovember 21, 2012 06:00 BANGKOK, Thailand — China’s largest claimed island in the disputed South China Sea, Yongxing, is just over half the size of New York’s Central Park. Its next-largest claim in the sea, Taiping Island,… Read More ›
Japan warns that South China Sea row could damage regional stability: China stalled on a plan to ease tensions
. Reuters Monday, Nov 19, 2012 PHNOM PENH – Japan warned on Monday that a row over the South China Sea could damage “peace and stability”in Asia as China stalled on a plan to ease tensions and disagreements flared between… Read More ›
China weighs into Europe’s austerity battle: depth of public anger in the eurozone could lead to a ‘complete discarding’ of austerity programmes
Top official at China’s £300bn sovereign wealth fund said that the depth of public anger in the eurozone could lead to a ‘complete discarding’ of austerity programmes Tania Branigan in Beijing and Graeme Wearden guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 November 2012… Read More ›
The US mounting its military presence in China’s “soft belly”
Boris Volkhonsky Nov 16, 2012 16:31 Moscow Time Photo: EPA This weekend and the beginning of the next week will witness an unprecedented rise in US diplomatic activity in the region which until lately was a “black spot” in Washington’s… Read More ›
China unveils attack helicopter at airshow: report by Staff Writers Shanghai (AFP) Nov 14, 2012
China has unveiled a new attack helicopter as it seeks to rival similar aircraft made by the United States and Russia, state media said Wednesday. A unit of China Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) showed off the WZ-10, or “Thunder Fire”,… Read More ›
China proposes a united anti-Japanese front
Irina Ivanova Nov 15, 2012 20:40 Moscow Time © Collage “The Voice of Russia” A prominent Chinese expert has called upon Moscow and Seoul, which like China have territorial disputes with Tokyo, to form a united anti-Japanese front. This front… Read More ›
Bitter melon extract attacks breast cancer cells
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Nancy Solomon solomonn@slu.edu 314-977-8017 Saint Louis University Early Saint Louis University research points to promising area of research IMAGE:Ratna Ray, Ph.D., professor of pathology at Saint Louis University, found bitter melon extract inhibited the… Read More ›
China slams Dalai Lama for allying with Japanese right-wingers
PoliticsNov. 13, 2012 – 07:10AM JST( 14 ) BEIJING — China accused the Dalai Lama on Monday of allying with Japanese right-wingers in an island dispute as a way of attacking China and blamed him for glorifying a wave of… Read More ›
Chinese official says ‘no time limit’ on ships sailing near Senkakus ” “important” for China to “safeguard” China’s claim to the islands”
Monday, Nov. 12, 2012 Kyodo HONG KONG — The head of China’s Oceanic Administration has said there is “no time limit” on Chinese patrol vessels sailing near the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, a Hong Kong newspaper reported Sunday. The Ming… Read More ›
Why China seems to be fanning the flames of its row with Japan in the East China Sea
Blunt words and keen swords Nov 10th 2012 | from the print edition DESPITE a third round of talks this week, China and Japan seem no closer to ending their stand-off over the tiny, uninhabited islands known to China as… Read More ›
China accepts Japanese runners for Beijing Marathon in about-face
[PR]がんで保険をあきらめている方へ／アメリカンホームのがん保険 BEIJING (Kyodo) — The organizer of the Nov. 25 Beijing Marathon has started accepting applications from Japanese runners, reversing its initial stance of refusing them, Kyodo News learned Sunday. The organizer had earlier removed “Japan” from the nationalities on… Read More ›
China’s 2nd Stealth Fighter Aircraft Takes to the Skies
Nov. 9, 2012 – 11:36AM By Wendell Minnick China’s second stealth fighter jet, the J-31 Falcon Eagle, looks remarkably like earlier models of a twin-engine variant of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Last week’s maiden flight of the JSF’s… Read More ›
Beijing marathon bars Japanese runners due to safety concerns
Sports Nov. 11, 2012 – 06:24AM JST( 20 ) TOKYO — Organizers of the Beijing marathon have barred Japanese runners from taking part due to safety concerns after a fresh flare-up in a territorial dispute between Japan and China, a report… Read More ›
74th Health Research Report 19 JAN 2010 – Reconstruction
In this Issue: 1. AP IMPACT: Toxic metal in kids’ jewelry from China 2. Incidence of type 1 diabetes doubles in 20 years, continues rising at 3 percent per year — but why? 3. STUDY REVEALS HOW ONE FORM… Read More ›
Japanese athletes won’t perform in China: Chinese authorities refused to register them
Nov 10, 2012 20:18 Moscow Time © Flickr.com/xioubin low/cc-by-sa 3.0 China has announced that Japanese runners will not take part in the traditional annual marathon in Beijing this year. About 30,000 Japanese runners have already asked via the Web for… Read More ›
China cancels out on tourism talks
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 Kyodo An annual ministerial meeting on tourism between Japan, China and South Korea scheduled for late November has been postponed indefinitely amid the Senkaku territorial dispute, officials said. Japan was to host this year’s version… Read More ›
Google’s China service disrupted without explanation
By Agence France-Presse Friday, November 9, 2012 16:14 EST Google on Friday reported unexplained disruptions to its service in China. “We’ve checked and there is nothing wrong on our end,” a Google spokeswoman told AFP. An online tool that tracks… Read More ›
Japan urges China to use sea power peacefully: ” Tokyo’s own formidable armed forces are not to be underestimated “
NationalNov. 09, 2012 – 06:50AM JST( 30 ) TOKYO — Japan called on China Thursday to use its sea power peacefully, after President Hu Jintao staked a claim in Beijing for his country to become a maritime force. Tokyo said… Read More ›
Taiwan, HK reminded to stick to One-China principle: Would be recovered by force if necessary – not to contemplate independence
Taiwan, HK reminded to stick to One-China principle Kor Kian Beng The Straits Times Publication Date : 09-11-2012 In his last major speech as Communist Party chief, Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday issued reminders – some say warnings – to… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 