February 1, 2012

Hu orders PLA to 'vigorously' fight off cultural conspiracy by U.S. against Party rule

On Jan. 27, supreme leader Hu Jintao ordered China's armed forces to "vigorously develop advanced military culture" to fend off unhealthy and eroding cultural influences. The order follows an October speech in which Hu told the 6th Plenum of the 17th Chinese Communist Party Congress of an international conspiracy of cultural infiltration led by the United States aimed at overthrowing the one-Party dictatorship.
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China's Hu Jintao at a National People's Congress meeting on March 12, 2011.   Xinhua
Beijing strikes hawkish pose in run-up
to Xi Jinping's U.S. tour
Beijing has taken a tough posture toward the United States on the eve of the pivotal visit of Vice President Xi Jinping, the 58-year-old, fifth-generation cadre who is slated to become Chinese Communist Party general secretary in October and state president soon afterwards. The Chinese authorities have reacted angrily to a World Trade Organization ruling that criticized Beijing for using administrative methods to limit the exports of strategic raw materials. (FULL STORY)
Xi Jinping, China's vice president, pictured during the visit of his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden last year.  Xinhua
China-Russia alliance urged to thwart 'naked strategic encirclement' by U.S.
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PACCOM commander: U.S. not returning to Subic Bay
Taiwan places military on high alert during Lunar New Year
China to provide massive food, oil aid N. Korea

  INSIDE  NORTH  KOREA    BY LEE JONG-HEON
Kim Jong-Un urgently needs foreign currency to secure the support
of N. Korea's ruling elite
Obtaining foreign currency is the most important thing that Kim Jong-Un can do to secure the short-term future of his new regime, sources and analysts in Seoul say. Kim Jong-Un became ruler of the destitute country following the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, in December.
N. Korean defectors in the South step up human rights efforts following dynastic succession
China imposes life sentences on Uighur asylum seekers forcibly returned from Cambodia
Chinese military boosts strategic sealift capabilities with new transports

 
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