February 24, 2010

Bolton faults Obama for failing to hold China to account on rights, North Korea

Former State Department official John Bolton, in a recent article published in the Taipei Times, has criticized President Barack Obama's policies toward China as being reckless, especially Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's dismissal of the possibility of advancing human rights in China, administration efforts to seek Chinese funding of budget deficits, and tolerating Chinese infringement of copyright and intelligence property theft. (FULL STORY)
Former State Department official John Bolton.
Beijing gets tough not only with the U.S. but the Nobel Peace Prize Committee

The Chinese leadership under President Hu Jintao is playing the North Korea card against Washington as China-U.S. relations continue their downward spiral after President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Dalai Lama. While receiving Kim Yong-Il, director of the Pyongyang’s International Department on Tuesday, Hu pledged more economic aid and investment for North Korea.  (FULL STORY)
Aubrey Carlson of the U.S. embassy in Beijing gives a statement to the media regarding Liu Xiaobo's appeal as a Chinese policeman stands listening outside the High Court in Beijing on Feb. 11. Reuters/Nir Elias
Chinese general: Holdings of major U.S. firms could be used in attack 'by oblique means'
China seen using missile defense advances for leverage in U.S. negotiations
   
Kim's sister promoted as N. Korea streamlines its power structure
Chaotic currency reform damages Kim Jong-Il's credibility
Beijing to achieve independence of GPS system by 2020
China increases incursions across border into India

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Rights report cites sexual violence against female N. Korean asylum-seekers

Many North Korean women who fled the communist homeland suffer sexual violence and human trafficking while they hiding in China and other countries, South Korea's state human rights watchdog says.
N. Korea to open up 12 economic zones for foreign investors
Taiwan moving to counter China's sophisticated strategic influence ops
China rallies behind left-wing French official, a Beijing loyalist

 
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