January 25, 2012

Russian experts calls N. Korea 'historically doomed' and Kim Jong-Un a 'temporary figure'

A prominent analyst has predicted that North Korea will not survive the next 20 years as democratic and external market forces threaten Pyongyang's rigid, isolated system. Alexander Dynkin, director of Russia's Institute of World Economy and International Relations, also said the unfavorable conditions would force the North's new ruler Kim Jong-Un to feel a need for change, despite fear that doing so could spell the collapse his regime.
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Alexander Dynkin, World Economy and International Relations.   
Rioting in Tibet casts shadow on Hu's 'campaign to create a harmonious society'
Continuous unrest among Tibetan localities in Western China has demonstrated serious chinks in the armor of the Chinese Communist Party administration's formidable security apparatus. Tibetans have during the past week scuffled with police in several counties in southwestern Sichuan Province, adjacent to the Tibet Autonomous Region. Of the more than 6 million Tibetans in China, about 4 million live in the provinces of Sichuan, Qinghai, Gansu and Ningxia. (FULL STORY)
An undated handout photo shows police patrolling a Tibetan area in China's Sichuan province.  AFP
Chinese cyber virus cracks Pentagon's building and computer access cards
China sharply stepped up surveillance flights near Japan in 2011
   
China boasts its top-10 defense technology developments for 2011
Japan kept worst-case report on Fukushima reactor under wraps
Adm. Blair: China 'biggest beneficiary' in Hormuz dispute with Iran
China threat looms as U.S. Pacific Fleet changes command

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Kim Jong-Un era launched with new landmines on China border
and shoot-to-kill orders to stop defections
North Korea has planted land mines and installed wooden planks studded with sharp iron nails along its border with China in one of the strictest measures yet to deter starving citizens from fleeing into China, according to Seoul-based defectors' groups.
In rare diplomatic victory, Taiwan wins U.S. visa exemption status
Defectors launch balloons bearing snacks to N. Korea in bid to ignite 'Choco Pie Revolution'
China surpassed U.S. in number of space missions last year in first
China to conduct air patrols in 'disputed area' as China-Japan disputes flare

 
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