June 2, 2010

China: Test of space plane is U.S. 'security threat to
other countries'

Chinese state-run media recently criticized the U.S. military's testing of a space plane. China’s Liaowang, a weekly journal produced by the state-run Xinhua News Agency, reported May 19 on the testing of the U.S. X-37B space plane. It called the craft a “security threat to other countries,” namely China.
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The X-37B space plane prototype is seen on a runway during flight tests in this undated photo released by the U.S. Air Force.  
U.S. Air Force photo
China is entering a new and ominous cycle of labor unrest

There's something new — and particularly disturbing — about the cycle of unrest plaguing Chinese factories since the spring: a new generation of workers has refused to abide by the exploitative terms of the "world's factory." At least 12 laborers in the Shenzhen branch of the Taiwan-owned Foxconn Technology Group, one of the world’s largest makers of cell phones and consumer electronics, have committed suicide since January because of abysmal working conditions. Honda plants in several Chinese cities have been hit by protests and strikes.  (FULL STORY)
A recruiter from Foxconn talks to job applicants outside the factory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province, on Feb. 24.   AP
Reports: China gains in aerospace power could change balance of power in Asia
Russia seeks to refurbish, redeploy ships to Pacific to 'maintain a power balance with China'
   
U.S. assessment links N. Korean leadership to planned sinking of Cheonan
China using Egypt as arms production link to Arab, African militaries
China uses dialogue with U.S. to press for end to tech export controls
Russia launches its own probe into sinking of S. Korean warship

  INSIDE  NORTH  KOREA     
Like China's 'princelings', North's 'Torch Group' leverages family, party ties for illicit fortunes

Western intelligence agencies have identified an unofficial group of North Korean elite who use their connections to party and military leaders to engage in counterfeiting and drug trafficking.
Tokyo clamps down on cash flow to Pyongyang from ethnic Koreans in Japan
Indian intelligence finds Huawei links not only to PLA but to Chinese intelligence
Obama strategy calls for 'positive' approaches to 'reduce mistrust' with China military

 
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