Thu, 8 Nov 2012 02:52 GMT Source: Reuters * Report urges China be brought into arms-limitation talks * Submarine-launched nuclear warheads seen within 2 years * China is accused of being “most threatening” power in cyberspace By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON,… Read More ›
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55 days until fiscal cliff in US: “There is every chance for Moscow to become a new international financial centre”
Pavel Orlov Nov 7, 2012 15:40 Moscow Time Photo: EPA There are 55 days left until a fiscal cliff in the US. In January, all tax remissions for business will be abolished, which means that the White House will have… Read More ›
Japan, China engage in war of words at ASEM summit
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 Kyodo VIENTIANE — Japan and China engaged in a war of words over the Senkaku Islands dispute Tuesday at the summit of Asian and European leaders, government sources said. During a session of the Asia-Europe Meeting… Read More ›
Briton murdered in China fed tips to British intelligence
By Mark Hosenball | Reuters – 7 hrs ago British businessman Neil Heywood … WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A British businessman murdered in China in a high-profile case of political intrigue was an informal source of information for Britain’s foreign intelligence… Read More ›
China’s economic destiny in doubt after leadership shock: “the greatest turn-over of top cadres since Mao’s revolution”
The forces of reaction and economic folly threaten to prevail in China. The long political arm of Jiang Zemin has reached out from the shadows to thwart reform, with huge implications for Asia and the world. . ‘ If reports… Read More ›
China wants to buy its way onto your TV screen. Will it work?
Coming to America BY ALEX PASTERNACK |NOVEMBER 1, 2012 Last November, Michelle Makori, a business reporter formerly of Bloomberg News, joined a small group of seasoned Western television journalists for a whirlwind tour of China. The trip, arranged by China… Read More ›
Chinese man sues wife for being ugly, wins $120,000
Posted on: 8:23 am, October 26, 2012, by Will C. Holden Both of these photos show Jian Feng’s Chinese wife. The shot on the left shows her before she underwent $100,000 of plastic surgery, and the shot on… Read More ›
Who ordered the sweet and sour pussies? Moment truck crammed with FIVE HUNDRED cats was stopped en route to restaurants in China
By David Baker PUBLISHED:16:55 EST, 1 November 2012| UPDATED:17:16 EST, 1 November 2012 These pictures show the disturbing moment a truck crammed with 500 cats was stopped during a routine check – as it made its way to restaurants… Read More ›
Second Chinese stealth fighter makes test flight
J-31 aircraft photographed near Shenyang appears to be a smaller version of the J-20 prototype tested last year Associated Press in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 November 2012 08.34 EDT A Chinese J-20 stealth jet. The J-31 spotted this week is… Read More ›
Pigeons set China Congress security plans aflutter, as authorities in China ban the words “death”, “die” or “down” from songs on television.
Pigeons set China Congress security plans aflutter By Sui-Lee Wee and Michael Martina BEIJING |Thu Nov 1, 2012 11:27pm EDT (Reuters) – Potentially sinister threats to China’s ruling Communist Party sit unnoticed in cages perched on a rooftop above a… Read More ›
The Chinese premier’s defense of his family’s ‘hidden riches’ may have unexpected effect.
How Wen Jiabao undermined the Party’s legitimacy Benjamin Carlson November 1, 2012 05:37 HONG KONG — If Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was hoping to make the story about his family’s $2.7 billion fortune go away, his response is only making… Read More ›
China’s Twitter-like Weibo poses danger, opportunity for new leaders
5:22pm EDT By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As China prepares for a generational power shift in the next two weeks, a similar shift is happening online that is testing the limits and displaying the evolution of China’s legions of… Read More ›
Beijing brands Tokyo’s “persistent defiance” in territorial dispute as “self-deception”: urged Tokyo to abandon its illusion of occupying the islands.
China bins Japan’s claim of easing tension Zhang Yunbi and Zhao Shengnan China Daily Publication Date : 31-10-2012 Beijing yesterday hit back at claims by Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba that Tokyo was trying to calm tensions with… Read More ›
U.S., Japan to hold joint military drill amid island row with China
NATIONAL OCT. 31, 2012 – 06:30AM JST ( 26 ) TOKYO — Japan and the United States will hold a biennial joint military exercise in Japan in November in a move likely to further anger China amid heightened tensions between the two Asian giants… Read More ›
Chinese intruders tell coast guard to get out “leave” the area as it is “in China’s jurisdictional waters” and that the Japanese vessel was “violating the law,”
Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Four Chinese surveillance ships entered Japan’s territorial waters Tuesday near the Senkaku Islands and then left the area around 1:10 p.m., the Japan Coast Guard said. This is the eighth time… Read More ›
New evidence that green tea may help improve bone health
20009 study posted for filing Contact: Michael Woods m_woods@acs.org 202-872-6293 American Chemical Society Researchers in Hong Kong are reporting new evidence that green tea — one of the most popular beverages consumed worldwide and now available as a dietary supplement… Read More ›
Noda says Japan will boost coast security
NationalOct. 30, 2012 – 10:45AM JST( 27 ) TOKYO — Japan will “strengthen security” around its coasts, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Monday, as Chinese ships again plied waters near disputed islands. “While observing the pacifism that is a… Read More ›
Japan says four Chinese ships in disputed waters
NationalOct. 28, 2012 – 03:00PM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Four Chinese maritime surveillance ships were spotted in territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands on Sunday, Japan’s coast guard said. The ships were earlier sailing in the contiguous zone near… Read More ›
New York Times blocked by China after report on wealth of Wen Jiabao’s family
Authorities censor publication after revelations that the premier’s relatives have accumulated billions during his leadership Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Friday 26 October 2012 05.43 EDT Reports are highly embarassing for China’s premier Wen Jiabao, who has urged officials not to… Read More ›
China warns of strong measures in Japan island spat
Politics Oct. 27, 2012 – 06:20AM JST( 9 ) BEIJING — China reserves the right to take strong countermeasures if Japan “creates incidents” in the waters around a group of disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, a Chinese vice… Read More ›
Chinese patrol vessels test ‘authority’ near Senkakus: “replied via radio that the area “is China’s,” “
Friday, Oct. 26, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Chinese surveillance vessels on Thursday entered Japan’s territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands for the first time in three weeks, the Japan Coast Guard said. The government lodged a “strong protest”… Read More ›
Chinese leader Wen Jiabao’s family accumulate billions during his time in office
The family of Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, has controlled assets worth at least $2.7 billion (£1.67 billion), according to a detailed review of company and regulatory filings. Family of Wen Jiabao control assets worth at least £1.67 bn according… Read More ›
Report tries to minimize tuition increase that’s more than triple the rate of inflation
By Kay Steiger Thursday, October 25, 2012 16:15 EDT Topics: rate of inflation ♦ the College Board ♦ tuition increase A new report released Wednesday by the College Board finds that four-year college degrees have increased by an average 4.8… Read More ›
Ishihara: Unrepentant Japanese nationalist
Politics Oct. 26, 2012 – 06:51AM JST( 2 ) TOKYO — Shintaro Ishihara, who resigned as Tokyo governor on Thursday to return to national politics, is an unrepentant nationalist who relishes the chance to provoke the politically correct. The 80-year-old is… Read More ›
Tibetan self-immolations: China authorities offer rewards to stop protests
Authorities in China are offering financial rewards in the hope of preventing further self-immolations in Tibetan-inhabited areas of the country. Allison Jackson October 24, 2012 16:55 A woman attends an Amnesty International exhibition in Taipei on June 29, 2012 showing portraits… Read More ›
Amid foreign donations scandal, Chinese government blocks access to obama.com
Posted By Matthew Boyle On 12:59 PM 10/25/2012 @ 12:59 PM In DC Exclusives,DC Exclusives – Blurb,Politics,World | The Chinese government has blocked access to the obama.com Web domain in the wake of an investigation by the conservative Government Accountability… Read More ›
Chinese ships enter waters around disputed islands
News On Japan via Japan Today — Oct 25 Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japan Coast Guard said. Three maritime surveillance vessels entered the 12-nautical-mile zone around one of the islands… Read More ›
This might be China’s third J-20 stealth fighter
Posted By John Reed Tuesday, October 23, 2012 – 11:49 AM A quick update on China’s stealth fighter program: Photos newly published on a Chinese Web sites show what might be a third prototype J-20 stealth jet. China has two… Read More ›
Analysts: China Adapting New Fighter for Carrier Operations
Oct. 22, 2012 – 12:15PM | By WENDELL MINNICK | TAIPEI — Just one month after China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was commissioned, photographs are appearing on the Internet of the Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark fighter jet operating… Read More ›
U.S. team to help defuse isle dispute
Kyodo WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will send a group of former national security officials to Japan and China next week to encourage Tokyo and Beijing to mend diplomatic ties frayed by a territorial dispute, sources said. The U.S. team,… Read More ›
Chinese ships spotted off disputed islands: prodding Japanese patrol boats to chase them
NationalOct. 21, 2012 – 06:00AM JST( 0 ) TOKYO — Five Chinese government ships were seen sailing close to Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea Saturday, prodding Japanese patrol boats to chase them away from the disputed chain. It… Read More ›
US risks drawing Beijing’s ire with military cruise in disputed waters
USS George Washington enters South China Sea as display of naval strength and support of smaller Asian nations claims Associated Press on board the USS George Washington guardian.co.uk, Saturday 20 October 2012 10.10 EDT The nuclear-powered USS George… Read More ›
China flexes muscles with drills in East China Sea
NationalOct. 19, 2012 – 05:00PM JST( 57 ) BEIJING — China dispatched naval vessels, aircraft and helicopters to the East China Sea on Friday, flexing its muscles in exercises likely to further stoke a bristling territorial dispute with Japan. A… Read More ›
China to conduct naval exercises in East China Sea
National Oct. 19, 2012 – 07:00AM JST( 10 ) BEIJING — China will conduct naval exercises on Friday to practise defending territorial sovereignty in the East China Sea, state media said, amid strained ties between Tokyo and Beijing over a disputed… Read More ›
Cream with green tea extract hinders HIV transmission: study
2009 study posted for filing (AFP)–May 19, 2009 WASHINGTON (AFP) – A chemical found in green tea helps inhibit sexual transmission of the virus which causes AIDS, said a study Tuesday that recommends using the compound in vaginal creams to… Read More ›
Chinese workers urged to puff up economy by smoking
2009 article posted for filing CLIFFORD COONAN in Beijing CHINESE STATE employees are being asked to do their patriotic duty to support the local economy – by lighting up a cigarette. And no butts. In Gongan county in Hubei province,… Read More ›
56th Health Research Report 12 MAY 2009 – Reconstruction
Editors Top Five: 1. Hopkins Children’s study: Folic acid may help treat allergies, asthma 2. Research finds Kava safe and effective 3. Stronger backbone: DHEA hormone replacement increases bone density in older women 4. Why… Read More ›
Japan to overtake China as top US lender: Report
China held about $1.154 trillion of US debt as of August 2012, while Japan held about $1.122 trillion. Lizzy TomeiOctober 16, 2012 19:03 Japan is set to overtake China as the United States’ top creditor, Bloomberg News reported. “China… Read More ›
Children’s pirate Halloween costumes from China seized for having lead levels ELEVEN times the legal limit
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED:16:56 EST, 16 October 2012| UPDATED:17:10 EST, 16 October 2012 Tainted threads: Two shipments of girls’ pirate costumes worth $10,000 were seized for having lead levels 11 times the legal limit Federal agents seized nearly 1,400 Chinese-made… Read More ›
If FP ( foreign-policy ) nerds were ‘the public’: 15 questions for a more interesting debate
Posted By Joshua Keating Tuesday, October 16, 2012 – 11:37 AM Tonight’s presidential debate will be conducted in Town Hall format. Every election, we’re promised that this will make the event more “unpredictable,” but in reality, it means we’re likely to… Read More ›
China scrambles to censor novelist Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize
A leaked directive from the Chinese government shows censorship tactics towards dissidents. Benjamin CarlsonOctober 16, 2012 09:08 Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize win draws attention to the Chinese government’s censorship tactics. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) What do you think? HONG KONG —… Read More ›
7 Chinese Navy warships pass waters near Okinawa island
News On Japan via Mainichi — Oct 16 Seven Chinese Navy warships on Tuesday passed the contiguous zone, a band of water just outside Japan’s territorial waters, around an Okinawa island amid a dispute over the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands… Read More ›
Japan, U.S. troops consider drill to retake island
National Oct. 15, 2012 – 07:10AM JST TOKYO — Japan and the United States are mulling a joint military drill to simulate retaking a remote island from foreign forces, reports said Sunday, amid a festering row between Tokyo and Beijing over… Read More ›
China denies visa to 3 Japanese in Taiwan orchestra
NationalOct. 13, 2012 – 06:20AM JST TAIPEI — China has denied visas to three Japanese members of a Taiwanese symphony orchestra ahead of a planned mainland tour, an official said Friday, linking the move to a simmering territorial row. The… Read More ›
Japan sees U.S. as deterrent to China in islands dispute
Politics Oct. 12, 2012 – 04:10PM JST Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s ambassador to WashingtonAFP WASHINGTON — Japan said Thursday that its alliance with the United States has served as a deterrent in a territorial dispute between Tokyo and a rising China as… Read More ›
The Big Bang Theory of Education
Authoritarian countries don’t seem to be doing well at the knowledge business. That’s probably no accident. BY CHRISTIAN CARYL |OCTOBER 11, 2012 China just doesn’t manufacture more stuff than the rest of us — it’s also about to dominate the… Read More ›
U.S. Government warns ‘tens of thousands of car owners’ could be affected by counterfeit airbags from China that either fail to deploy, or explode with metal shrapnel
Feds downplay number of vehicles affected, while reports says number is much higher Dozens of vehicle makes and models on list of cars with counterfeit air bags By John Clarke PUBLISHED:15:48 EST, 10 October 2012| UPDATED:17:37 EST, 10 October 2012… Read More ›
Official chided for Senkaku remarks
Enginnering Evil: This Rebukes the prior statement on the compromise with China… https://engineeringevil.com/2012/10/09/japan-may-acknowledge-chinas-claim-to-islets-to-calm-tension/ Kyodo The government has taken a lawmaker in the Cabinet to task for making controversial remarks on the Senkaku Islands, Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Wednesday…. Read More ›
Chinese nationalists covet Okinawa
By Kelly Olsen National Oct. 10, 2012 – 04:15PM JST BEIJING — In a glass case at Beijing’s Imperial College, an 18th century book with a yellowed title page in bold, black characters is evidence—some Chinese say—that a swathe of modern-day… Read More ›
Top China delegate pulls out of IMF meet amid islands row
By Lesley WroughtonPosted 2012/10/09 at 11:13 pm EDT TOKYO, Oct. 9, 2012 (Reuters) — The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that China’s central bank governor will not lead the Chinese delegation at the IMF’s semi-annual meeting this week, in… Read More ›
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