October 17, 2008

Heads finally roll in Tibet intelligence as Beijing reacts to pre-Olympics unrest

China’s leaders have fired several intelligence officials in Tibet responsible for anti-Tibet independence operations following major demonstrations this spring in advance of the Beijing Olympics. Sources in Beijing and exiled Tibetans in India were quoted as saying that Wang Binyi, coordinator of intelligence services in Lhassa and head of the public security department in the annexed province since November 2004, was stripped of his functions.     (FULL STORY)
Anti-China unrest rocked Tibet in March.

China's 'proletarian dictatorship' challenged by populist killer — 'People's Hero Yang Jia'

The feet of clay of China’s 2-million strong police, deemed a pillar of the Chinese Communist Party’s vaunted “democratic proletarian dictatorship,” were fully exposed during the appeals trial of an alleged murderer in Shanghai on Oct. 13. The suspect, a 28-year-old unemployed man named Yang Jia, had a month earlier been given the death sentence for killing six policemen in cold blood on July 1.     (FULL STORY)
Chinese plainclothes police detain a protester outside the court where Yang Jia began his appeal, in Shanghai on Oct. 13.   AFP/Mark Ralston
U.S. general concerned by threat to Seoul posed by N. Korea's 800-missile arsenal
Release of Kim photos backfires, spurring new speculation about his health
   
N. Korea watchers in Japan release satellite images of new missile base
Obering suggests U.S. satellite hit a response to China's ASAT test
Taiwan intelligence: Beijing converting SARS to bioweapon
China military still owns history of Tiananmen 'counter-revolution'

Siberian oil flowing despite Moscow's heavy-handed tactics against foreign partners / Closing of shops in Teheran heralds first general strike since 1979 revolution that toppled Shah / Texans backing out of Korean banking / Mainland tourism disappointing in Taiwan
U.S.-Taiwan military exercise conducted secretly to avoid angering Beijing
Japan-U.S. alliance put to the test following Bush’s decision to delist N. Korea
N. Korean missile reports: Saber-rattling, preparations for testing, or both?

 
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