August 8, 2008

White House seeks 'structural change' in China, but not until after the Olympics

The Bush administration is seeking “structural change” in communist China’s control over its society and not a loosening of restrictions on free expression during the Olympics, a White House official said last week. Dennis Wilder, the National Security Council staff Asia director, said President Bush will privately prod Hu Jintao on human rights. He also will speak briefly on the need for greater religious freedom in China. (FULL STORY)
President George W. Bush at the dedication ceremony of the new U.S. embassy on Aug. 8 in Beijing. AFP/Mandel Ngan

Olympics sacrifice: Hu's 'harmonious society' as ethnic tensions come to a boil

The terrorist attack in Xinjiang has once again illustrated serious problems in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) stern rule in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XAR). And relations between the majority Han Chinese and the 9 million Uighurs are expected to worsen after the Olympics. (FULL STORY)
A Han Chinese policeman watches as ethnic Uighurs line the street to remember the 16 Chinese police officers killed in Kashgar. Several participants told AFP they had been ordered to take part in the ceremony.   AFP/Peter Parks
U.S. NSC, Pacific Command differ on whether there is freeze on Taiwan arms
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N. Korean filmmakers fear S. Korean love stories are winning out over 'ideology' in the war of ideas
Bush takes South Korea's side in dispute with Japan over islets
Japanese defense expert warns S. Korea over exercises near islets

Socialism gaining traction in Hong Kong / Under Persian Gulf prosperity, foreign labor growing restive / Competition for South Asia seaways heats up
Bush: N. Korea must agree to verification protocol to be removed from terror list
Fiber optic communications for China's missile system were damaged in earthquake
Members of U.S. Cabinet attend opening of China's new embassy
Cross-Strait commercial flights seen posing increased reconnaissance threat to Taiwan
China intelligence expects Islamic terror link from Xinjiang to Olympics
S. Korean firm withdrawing staff from N. Korean resort after shooting of tourist

 
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