November 28, 2008

U.S. report: China's 'space architecture' boosting intelligence, PLA operations

China is building up its military intelligence capabilities, which will allow its forces to better target U.S. ships and other military assets, according to the congressional U.S.-China Economic Security Review Commission. The commission’s latest annual report states that China “recently has strengthened the integration of its dual-use space assets and PLA operations.” (FULL STORY)
A Long March-4B rocket carrying satellites lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, on Oct. 25.    Wang Yongji

Rising unemployment not helping as Beijing beset by daily unrest nationwide

Beijing is simultaneously using iron-fisted and conciliatory tactics to calm a horrendous wave of unrest that is hitting the prosperous eastern coast as well as the impoverished heartland. Despite the glitz and conspicuous consumption in such metropolises such as Beijing and Shanghai, 87,000 “mass incidents” (a euphemism for protests and riots) took place in China in 2005, the last year that Beijing felt comfortable about disclosing such figures.  (FULL STORY)
Factory workers surround a police car during a protest outside Kaida toy factory in Dongguan, Guangdong province on Nov. 25. Laid-off workers protested in three Chinese provinces amid increasing factory closures.     Reuters/Stringer
The education of George W. Bush (on Asia policy) by Henry Kissinger
China seen exploiting security vulnerabilities of computer network components it sells to U.S.
   
Invasion of the videotapes: South Korean films sparking quiet cultural revolution in the communist North
New elite emerging in North Korea following Kim's stroke
Russian missile experts, bought by N. Korea, vanished 'into thin air'

Seoul finally jumps into the global liquidity fund game / 67,000 factories close in China this year; unemployment figures unavailable / Dubai property bubble bursts / Japan’s Nomura is on a roll / C. Itoh goes after tainted Chinese food industries
Chinese front hosted conference that influenced U.S. intelligence report
Intelligence and manpower gap favors Maoists throughout India's states
N. Korea now sees its food problem as a national security threat
Chinese Uighurs form Al Qaida unit in Pakistan's tribal regions

 
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