September 18, 2009

China threatens incident if U.S. deploys new P-8 surveillance aircraft

China’s state-run media stepped up criticism of U.S. military surveillance of China by criticizing deployment of a new maritime patrol and surveillance aircraft, the P-8. China Radio International reported September 9 that the main aircraft for constant U.S. spying on China was the EP-3, and a new plane, the EP-8, would soon go into service to replace the propeller-driven EP-3. (FULL STORY)
The P-8A surveillance aircrat.       defense-update.com
President Hu Jintao checks the advance of Xi Jinping and the 'Gang of Princelings'
Contrary to the expectations of party cadres in Beijing, Vice-President Xi Jinping failed to get into the policy-setting Central Military Commission (CMC) at the just-concluded Fourth Plenary Session of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee. Party insiders say, however, that this does not indicate that Xi's heir-apparent status has been affected. Xi, 56, the highest-ranked member of the "Fifth-Generation leadership" within the supreme Politburo Standing Committee, is still favored to succeed supremo Hu Jintao as CCP General Secretary at the 18th Party Congress in October 2012.  (FULL STORY)
Chinese President Hu Jintao, left, speaks with Vice President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on March 13.    AP/Andy Wong
China denounces U.S. Afghan surveillance, Kyrgyz base as hegemonic, threat to Xinjiang
Former U.S. official delivers blunt assessment of divergence in U.S., China interests
   
UAE shipment for Xinjiang may have been U.S. arms intended for reverse engineering
In wake of Xinjiang crackdown, military told it must follow law
China proclaims Xinjiang stable, but continues blocking Internet

  INSIDE  NORTH  KOREA
North Korea starts to use Kim Jong-Un's full name for broadcasts to in-home speakers          Changes in Pyongyang's internal propaganda are viewed as a signal that ruler Kim Jong-Il's youngest son is back on track
to succeed his father.
Report: Pro-North Korean ethnics in Japan ordered to influence DPJ party
N. Korea aims to raise per capita income to $2,500 by 2012 to honor Kim Il-Sung
S. Korean intel: North built cyber-attack base near China border in 2004
Japanese newspaper reveals N. Korean documents on 'heir apparent'

 
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