October 16, 2009

Report: China monitored traces of nerve gas at border with North Korea

China's special operations forces have detected deadly nerve gas at its border with North Korea at a site where up to 5,000 tons of biological and chemical weapons are believed stockpiled, according to a news report. The Chinese soldiers detected trace amounts of sarin nerve agent at the border province of Liaoning three times in the past year, according to the Asahi Shimbun in Tokyo. (FULL STORY)
View from Dandong, China over the Yalu River into North Korea.
Beijing gains leverage over administration with wide-ranging assault on the greenback

The most notable outcome of Russian Premier Vladimir Putin’s just-completed trip to Beijing is not simply that both countries signed trade deals worth more than $4 billion. Of even larger significance is that Beijing and Moscow have reached tentative agreement on using the Yuan Renminbi and Ruble — and not the U.S. dollar — for settling many of these transactions.  (FULL STORY)
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Oct. 14.    Reuters/Kyodo/Kota Kyogoku
China deals with North Korea seen compromising effectiveness of UN sanctions
China seeks to avoid isolation for attempting to block sanctions on Iran
   
Power of former CCP leaders was on display at 60th anniversary gala
Japan's new foreign policy could challenge the pro-U.S. status quo
China expanding nuclear cooperation with Kazakhstan
China worried by strained ties with Burma, U.S. overtures

  INSIDE  NORTH  KOREA     
Kim's ultra-expensive perks as leader of a starving nation detailed in recent intelligence

New details have emerged about Kim Jong-Il's extravagant lifestyle in a country whose citizens face starvation and severe poverty. Defectors report that Kim is importing large quantities of expensive goods for his personal security and health care.
Seoul weighs exit from missile ban as threat from North increases
Chinese Politburo meetings focusing on ideology to legitimize party rule
Dalai Lama passes on Obama photo-op: 'serious discussion is better than just a picture'

 
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