July 21, 2010

Pentagon yields to China propaganda offensive on exercises in Korea

The Obama administration and the Pentagon have relented in the face of Chinese propaganda and will not dispatch the aircraft carrier strike group led by the USS George Washington to waters near China. Military sources said the carrier will take part in Sea of Japan maneuvers, on the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula. (FULL STORY)
The USS George Washington aircraft carrier arrives in Busan, South Korea on July 21. Reuters/Charles Oki/U.S. Navy
Hu Jintao curries favor with top generals, increases their role in diplomacy
President Hu Jintao has consolidated his hold over the People's Liberation Army (PLA) by elevating 11 senior officers to full generals. In return for the support of the top brass for leadership changes to take place at the 18th Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Congress in 2012, Hu has also given military personnel a bigger say in diplomacy, particularly policies toward the United States, Japan and Taiwan.  (FULL STORY)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (right) with Ma Xiaotian, China's Deputy Chief of General Staff, People's Liberation Army, at the May 2009 IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore.   AP
Report: Visit by generals seen as evidence China preparing for Korean war
U.S. report: China naval modernization aimed at displacing U.S. influence in Pacific
   
UFO in southern China believed to have been a missile test
China stepping up electronic surveillance on U.S. public, private sectors
Senior CPC official is the brother of rare intelligence defector
N. Korea converting heir-apparent birthplace into a sacred shrine

  INSIDE  NORTH  KOREA     
Pyongyang mobilizes students for 'vigilant corps' who use high tech gear to monitor border

SEOUL — Groups of young North Koreans called the "youth vigilant corps" are being recruited to patrol villages in order to locate and report national traitors.
Obama softens opposition to China's space weapons treaty
Holbrooke questions China's multibillion minerals deal with Afghanistan
Adding to North Koreans' 'long-term food insecurity' anxiety: A healthcare crisis

 
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