July 17, 2009

Cartwright, Willard favor new long-range 'nuclear-capable' bomber to deter China

Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Senate hearing last week that the U.S. military will need to develop and deploy a new long-range bomber for possible use in a future conflict with China. Cartwright said that a new bomber would need to be both conventionally armed and nuclear capable. (FULL STORY)

Beijing airlifts security forces to Xinjiang for massive crackdown against Uighurs

While the situation in Xinjiang Autonomous Region (XAR) seems to have stabilized, the administration under President Hu Jintao is pushing ahead with an enhanced version of carrot-and-stick measures that Beijing has used in taming the restive region for the past decade. On the surface, calm seems to have returned to Urumqi, where an outbreak of ethnic violence on July 5 led to the death of at least 180 Han Chinese and Uighurs.  (FULL STORY)
Photo released by the government of Urumqi City, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on July 7, shows vehicles burned in the riot.    Xinhua
As Kim's health worsens, intelligence analysts focus on apparent succession struggle
S. Korea's $7 billion in aid to the North may have been diverted to WMD programs
   
U.S. intelligence on North Korea getting better, PACOM nominee testifies
Keating's successor cites China's 'extensive' buildup' as top concern
PACOM nominee favors strong Taiwan ties, hails 'democratic cultures'
Army War College paper uses Beijing's language on 'China threat' theory

Battle of the beers in the land of the rising sun / The Rio-Beijing saga heats up with the arrests of four executives in Shanghai / Sanctions, schmanctions: who’s on first?
S. Korean intelligence obtains N. Korean document on cyber attacks
'Underwhelming' cyber attacks traced to China, pro-North Korea hackers in the South
People's Daily: U.S. seeks 'cyberspace hegemony' with new 'network-warfare command'
China accuses respected Uighur exile leader of instigating riots, supporting terrorism

 
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