March 24, 2010

Former White House adviser warns China moves adding up to 'peril' for U.S.

The National Security adviser during the last Bush administration, said U.S.-China relations face "peril" if Beijing emerges as a hostile world military power. “Americans feel that we have made the major commercial and diplomatic sacrifices to pressure Iran and North Korea to forego nuclear weapons programs that threaten both Chinese and U.S. interests — while China is actually expanding its commercial and economic ties with both countries,” he said. (FULL STORY)
China seeks 'exclusive control over the South China Sea'.   Reuters
'Man-made disasters' blamed for drought in southwest China and along the Mekong

Outspoken Chinese environmentalists have blamed the worst-in-a-century drought hitting China's southwestern provinces on "man-made disasters," not freak weather patterns as claimed by central authorities. Dry conditions in the highlands of Yunnan Province, the source of the once-mighty Mekong River, have also threatened the water supply for 65 million people living in downstream countries including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.  (FULL STORY)
A villager drives a bullock cart across a dried-up pond in Luliang, in southwest China's Yunnan province, on March 22.   AP
Obama's Pentagon scales back assessment of China threat
Administration fell for propaganda trick during Obama trip to China
   
Venezuela boosts oil to China, could cut U.S. supplies
Seoul estimates N. Korean arsenal has grown to 1,000 missiles
China's new Russian S-300 missiles challenge fighters in Taiwan airspace
N. Korean lumberjacks in Siberia seek asylum in U.S.

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N. Korea finance official executed for botched policy that many blame on Kim's son

North Korea's execution of its top finance official shows how seriously the Kim Jong-Il regime takes the botched currency revaluation that sparked civil unrest.
Netanyahu sets trip to China to press for Iran sanctions
Pentagon: U.S. Asia force structure shifting toward emphasis on alliances
Wen Jiabao: Obama meeting with Dalai Lama 'violated' Chinese sovereignty

 
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