November 14, 2008

Pyongyang sees Obama's victory as an opportunity to isolate Seoul

An upbeat North Korean regime, which had blasted John McCain as a "scarecrow of neoconservatives," sent a senior official to New York last week to meet President-elect Barack Obama's security adviser. Pyongyang's official media were also swift in reporting Obama's win — just two days after the election. It is rare for the state media to so rapidly report the outcome of a U.S. presidential election.   (FULL STORY)
A road linking South Korea with the factories it operates in Kaesong, North Korea. AFP/Kim Jae-Hwan

Hu's Tibet strategy: Waiting for the Dalai Lama to die, counting on an aloof Obama

Beijing has toughened its policy on Tibet even as elaborate plans are being made to move more Han Chinese from other provinces into the Himalayan Tibetan Autonomous Region. The Chinese Communist Party’s more aggressive stance was evidenced during talks held last week in Beijing between the party’s United Front Department (UFD) and two senior emissaries of the Dalai Lama.  (FULL STORY)
Zhu Weiqun, vice minister of the CCP department holding talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama, meets press in Beijing, on Nov. 10.     AP/Ng Han Guan
Report: Chinese hacked into White House computers frequently
China influence operation seen targeting Obama policy appointments
   
Keating to brief Obama on continued U.S. 'shift to the Asia-Pacific'
Jang Sung-Taek said to be back at center of Pyongyang's power circle
Reports: China now top supplier of weapons, supplies to Indian rebels
India think-tank: Microsatellites may have been part of China ASAT test

China’s totalitarian version of a bailout . . . in cash / Burma backs off oil fight / Rudd may lack the Aussie dollars to fund his green agenda / Even the petro sheikhs!
N. Korea warns Japan for raising human rights issue with EU, before UN
More unusual North Korean radio broadcast patterns detected
Improved U.S. military ties with India seen contributing to effective Pacific strategy
PLA report calls for 'multi-dimensional and integrated' battlefield intelligence systems

 
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