August 14, 2009

China military charges U.S. forming a 'mini NATO' with 70 subs patrolling Pacific

Beijing's state-run television recently broadcast a program highlighting Chinese military concerns about U.S. submarine activities in waters near China. A July 9 CCTV-7 program called Defense Review Week included discussions between National Defense University specialists Zhang Zhaozhong and Zhong Jing. (FULL STORY)
The USS Connecticut Seawolf-class "fast-attack" submarines was redeployed to the Pacific as the U.S. keeps an eye on China's military buildup.       Scott Eklund / P-I

Beijing feels August heat as Clinton signs 'anti-China' agreements with its neighbors

On the surface, China-U.S. relations seem to be on an even keel. This is due to the symbiotic economic links between the lone superpower and the fast-rising quasi-superpower. Advisers to President Hu Jintao, however, have complained that Washington is reviving its time-honored “containment conspiracy” against China.  (FULL STORY)
U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton at an Association of Southeast Asian Nations forum in Phuket, Thailand, on July 23. AP/Sukree Sukplang
China announces that U.S. has agreed to loosen tech transfer controls
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Three sentenced in one of many China tech transfer cases
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