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Amid heavy fog and strong winds the Chinese and Russian navies conducted five days of joint live-fire military exercises codenamed “Maritime Cooperation-2012” in the Yellow Sea. The joint exercises, which began on April 21 when a Russian ship formation arrived at Qingdao, Shandong, focused on underwater and airborne threats. During a night drill an “enemy” submarine sent divers to attach a mine to a “friendly” ship’s hull. Depth charges were fired and a team of divers removed the hostile object. Then 11 Chinese warships and the Russian squadron detected a hostile submarine “hiding.” Hostages were also rescued from a ship...

> Source: VOA China (video stream HERE.Candidate Huntsman's (I would add, a bit easy on the eyes) daughter talking about her father's personality orientation (more Chinese than American), Huntsman droning on in Chinese bragging about his closeness to the Red Chinese, and other fun stuff, all in Chinese from VOA China (a personal profile on the guy).

The ongoing political paralysis in Nepal—caused by the small Himalayan nation's inability to draft a Constitution—coupled with the rise of Maoists as a major political force in Nepal’s mainstream politics have created the ideal conditions for Beijing to increase its leverage and influence over Nepal. New Delhi is wary of the pace with which Beijing has been able to apply pressure on the Nepalese leadership, make inroads into the political, economic and strategic dynamics of Nepal's development and control the activities of nearly 20,000 Tibetan refugees living in exile in Nepal. This concern precipitated a string of visits by high-level...

We moved to Idaho to escape Nevada after years of despairing over too many taxes, too many regulations and a good ole’ boy network that was corrupt as the day is long. I spent some time here as a child and we visited numerous times before deciding to make the move. We believed this would be a freer state and provide a safer, more moral way of life for our family and ourselves. Sometimes, fate gets the last laugh. Since moving to Idaho, I have stayed out of local politics as much as possible. Staying strictly to the shadows and...

Geopolitics: As America unilaterally disarms, a Chinese officer in a new book touts a new reality — that China is prepared to rule the roost, and the U.S. better keep off the grass. On April 5, 2009, in Prague, President Obama gave a speech in which he pledged America would work toward a "world without nuclear weapons." Almost a year later, it seems we are moving toward a world without American nuclear weapons. "To put an end to Cold War thinking," the president said, "we will reduce the role of nuclear weapons in our national security strategy and urge others...

I am not making this up. Obama got his tuchis handed to him at Copenhagen. Large nations told him to get bent. "Developing nations" -- countries run by homicidal Marxist lunatics -- demanded hundreds of millions of dollars. Obama promised $100M a year -- he has no authority to do so. Next year's political ads should show taxpayers being forced to write checks that are seen being handed to foreign firing squads. China told him to go, ah, make love to himself. Delegation then flew home. Obama reported to be "angry." This has beenn a total disaster for Obama and...

Copenhagen, Denmark (CNN) -- President Obama announced what he called a "meaningful and unprecedented" climate change deal with China and other key nations that was expected to be sealed before the president heads home from the Copenhagen summit late Friday. "For the first time in history, all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change," Obama told reporters. The president said he met with leaders from India, China, Brazil and South Africa, and "that's where we agreed ... to set a mitigation target to limit warming to no more...

National Security: On the eve of a visit by China's No. 2 ranking military officer, the Obama administration loosens export controls on technology that will benefit Chinese missile development. It's deja vu all over again. The Pentagon has announced that Chinese Gen. Xu Caihou will visit the United States and meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Oct. 26. Xu is vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army Central Military Commission. While here, Xu will visit American military installations around the U.S., including the U.S. Pacific Command. Perhaps Xu will bring with him a note of thanks for the administration's...

Considering that communist China is financing $800 billion of the $11.8 trillion government debt incurred by the largest capitalist economy in the world, it is sadly ironic that the Empire State Building -- built during the Great Depression with American steel, a testament to the “can-do” spirit of our nation -- would drape itself in red and yellow lights tonight on September 30, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.

BEIJING – By all accounts, Shi Weihan was a model Chinese citizen. A kind-hearted man with a sense of social responsibility, he donated funds to send poor kids to school, raised money for those suffering from congenital heart disease, and when the Sichuan earthquake hit, worked tirelessly for the emergency relief effort. But Shi had a fatal flaw. He printed Bibles – and gave them out for free. This week a criminal court in Beijing sentenced him to three years in jail.

China now has 32 million more males than females. There are reasons for the gender disparity. One of the reasons, according to Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute (PRI), is due to sex-selection abortion. "[T]he parents will go in at 18-weeks gestation and have an ultrasound done -- and if the ultrasound reveals that they're carrying a little boy, they'll continue the pregnancy," Mosher remarks. "If it reveals they're carrying a little girl, they'll schedule an abortion." According to the PRI spokesman, that is because of the cultural preference for boys. Most families in China are only permitted one...

The material about Communist China rooting for Obama -- and the call for donations to John McCain appeared on one of the best sites on the Internet: http://clintons4mccain.com. It's a site with nearly 1700 members (and perhaps 10,000 visitors per day), and it's an essential part of the NoBama! Network. I have urged everyone who supports John McCain to join and participate in this organization. They're former supporters of Sen. Clinton who now strongly back Senator McCain. Their material is hard-hitting, as you'll see below. Add to the list of people who love Obama -- the despotic, Communist regime of...

TO HIGHLIGHT China's repressive policies, protesters are attacking the Olympic torch as it wends its way to Beijing and the summer games. It's embarrassing for the moment, but China knows the real score. In the long run, the drive for human profit always beats the drive for human rights. Massachusetts offers a tiny but telling glimpse into that broad economic reality. On April 1, University of Massachusetts president Jack M. Wilson announced an agreement with Chinese officials to offer government-sanctioned online classes in the communist nation of 1.3 billion. The deal, UMass officials said, could generate up to $5 million...

BEIJING (AFP) - China bluntly told the world Olympics chief Thursday to keep out of politics, in a tart exchange on human rights following days of protests that have shadowed the Olympic torch around the world. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said the Games were in "crisis" following the demonstrations, and urged China to respect its pledge to improve its rights record before the event begins in August. China fired back that Rogge should keep politics out of the Olympics, which Beijing hoped would showcase its much-touted "peaceful rise" to power -- but which have instead become a public...

EU parliament Pres. says Olympics boycott should be considered By DPA and Haaretz Service Tags: Hans-Gert Poettering, China A boycott of this summer's Beijing Olympic Games should be considered if China does not re-evaluate its actions in Tibet, the president of the European Parliament said in an interview to be published in a German newspaper on Sunday. "Beijing must decide. It must negotiate with the Dalai Lama immediately," Hans-Gert Poettering told the mass circulation Bild newspaper. Poettering added that boycott measures were justified, if there was no attempt at reconciling the differences. "We should not exclude the possibility of a...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US grocery chain Trader Joe's said Monday it would stop selling food imported from China due to customers' concerns about the products' safety. "Our customers have voiced concerns about products from this region and we have listened," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in a statement. "All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China are scheduled to be out of our stores by April 1," she said. "We will continue to source products from other regions until our customers feel as confident as we do about the quality and safety of Chinese products."

BEIJING — A huge state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company that exports to dozens of countries, including the United States, is at the center of a nationwide drug scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed last summer by contaminated leukemia drugs. Chinese drug regulators have accused the manufacturer of the tainted drugs of a cover-up and have closed the factory that produced them. In December, China’s Food and Drug Administration said that the Shanghai police had begun a criminal investigation and that two officials, including the head of the plant, had been detained. The drug maker, Shanghai...

Gordon Brown today received a personal invitation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The invitation to the games, which take place in August, came as Mr Brown and his wife Sarah visited the People's University on the outskirts of Beijing on the first day of his official visit to China. Mr Brown and Mr Wen joined a question and answer session with students and watched exhibition matches between young British table tennis hopefuls and their Chinese counterparts. During the session, Mr Brown was asked if he would attend the Beijing games - which London will host...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Elizabeth Edwards says avoiding the "Made in China" label on toys is not exactly child's play. With millions of recalls rolling in this year because of lead in toys, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards vowed during a debate there would be no Chinese made gifts under his Christmas tree. But, the former North Carolina senator says he immediately had to check with his wife to make sure he was right. The Edwards campaign says the kids will be unwrapping U.S.-made toys, but wouldn't get into the specifics as not to spoil anyone's gifts.

Ted Galen Carpenter, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, is the author of seven books on international affairs, including America's Coming War with China: A Collision Course over Taiwan (2006). The People's Republic of China continues to send worrisome signals about its security strategy. As the tone of cross-straits relations grows increasingly strident, China's latest military reshuffle and ongoing lack of transparency about its military budget are creating new tensions with both the United States and its neighbors in East Asia. In the lead-up to the opening of the Communists' 17th National Party Congress...

China warned the United States on Thursday that its honoring of the Dalai Lama "gravely undermined" relations between the two countries, demanding Washington stop supporting the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader and take steps to repair ties. The Foreign Ministry statement was the most vociferous yet in weeks of protests against Congress' decision to award the Dalai Lama its highest civilian honor, personally bestowed by President Bush in a ceremony Wednesday. "The move of the United States is a blatant interference with China's internal affairs which has severely hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and gravely undermined the relations between...

Boy Scouts badge voluntarily recalled for lead Up to 1.6 million affected; plastic totem badges usually given to Cub Scouts The Associated Press Updated: 4:45 p.m. PT Oct 4, 2007 DALLAS - The Boy Scouts of America said Thursday that a painted, plastic badge commonly worn by some of its youngest scouts is being voluntary recalled after a test revealed high levels of lead in the paint. As many as 1.6 million of the badges, which are made in China, may be affected by the recall. "We're doing everything we can," Boy Scouts spokesman Gregg Shields said. The plastic totem...

SHANGHAI: China has 150,000 super-rich with personal wealth of $5 million or more and their ranks are rising fast, pushing up prices for golf, yachting, villas and other luxuries, researcher Rupert Hoogewerf said yesterday."The number of wealthy individuals in China is growing very fast, based on the economic boom," Hoogewerf, who compiles an annual China "rich list", said. His China Luxury Index, which tracks 32 items including the Rolls-Royce Phantom EWB and the Louis Vuitton Speedy Bag, shows prices of luxury products in China jumped 8.7 per cent in the year to this February, compared with a 3.5pc rise in...

Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists has blogged he believes a sub found in satellite photos of Google Earth near Xiaopingdao Submarine Base south of Dalian is one of the new "JIN-class" nuclear submarines.

The first shipments of Chrysler cars built by China's Chery Automobile Co. could reach the U.S. or Europe within 30 months, Chrysler said on Wednesday, opening the door for Chery to be the first mainland auto maker to do so. "The first product within one year, and then into the United States and western Europe within two to 2- years," Chrysler Group chief executive Tom LaSorda told reporters. The first auto built by Chery Automobile Co. for Chrysler could be exported to North America, but not the United States, said LaSorda, who made the forecast at a Beijing signing ceremony...

Barring the calamitous, former United States senator from Tennessee Fred Thompson will be the next president of the United States. Thompson's masterful use of the online interview – a vastly smarter and cheaper way of campaigning for those with something to say – has all but secured him the Republican nomination. In the general election, in a fair fight, either Obama or Hillary – or Gore for that matter–will have a hard time winning any five states against Thompson. But for Hillary at least, it is too late in the game to fight fair. Desperation will push her and her...

Thousands of villagers in south-west China have attacked family planning officials, overturned cars and set fire to government buildings in a riot sparked by the state's "one-child" policy. Riot police have been dispatched to at least four townships in the Guanxi autonomous region after a weekend of disturbances that led to multiple injuries and unconfirmed reports of two fatalities, witnesses and Hong Kong media reported today. The unrest comes in the wake of a new crackdown by the Bobai county government against families that break birth control regulations. Financial penalties have increased and parents who fail to pay are being...

BreakingNews.ie Calls for 'punitive' US sanctions against China US lawmakers called for legislative action today to address a huge trade imbalance with China, reflecting what they described as a growing impatience among US citizens with Beijing’s economic policies. At a congressional advisory panel, lawmakers also complained of massive Chinese counterfeiting of copyrighted goods that they said hurt American manufacturers. The focus, however, was a soaring US trade deficit with China. “It is dangerous for our national security. It is dangerous for our economy and we need to do something about it,” Democratic Senator Ben Cardin told the US-China Economic...

Beijing, China (AHN) - China confirmed Tuesday that it had tested anti-satellite weapon. However, it added that the nation does not have intentions of an arms race in space. Beijing said it had officially told the governments of the U.S., and Japan about the missile test. The Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said China was interested only in "peaceful development of outer space." The satellite intercept test is said to be the first of its kind in well over 20 years and there are concerns that it may give rise to a space arms race. An article in the American...

The Department of Health's (DOH's) position is not to encourage Taiwan nationals to receive organ transplants in China, the director general of the DOH's Bureau of Medical Affairs said yesterday. Hsueh Jui-yuan made the explanation at a public hearing on organ transplants, which was held by Legislator Lai Chin-teh of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party at the Legislative Yuan after Mainland Affairs Council chief Joseph Wu condemned a day earlier China's alleged harvesting of organs from executed Falung Gong practitioners. Explaining Taiwan's existing laws regulating citizens receiving organ transplants in China, Chou warned that it is possible for them to...

BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The following is the full text of "Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies" issued by Xinhua News Agency on Sunday. Measures for Administering the Release of News and Information in China by Foreign News Agencies Article 1. These Measures are formulated in accordance with national laws, administrative regulations and the relevant regulations of the State Council to regulate the release of news and information in China by foreign news agencies and the subscription of such news and information by users in China and to promote the...

BEIJING, Aug. 31 — When high school students in Shanghai crack their history textbooks this fall they may be in for a surprise. The new standard world history text drops wars, dynasties and Communist revolutions in favor of colorful tutorials on economics, technology, social customs and globalization. Socialism has been reduced to a single, short chapter in the senior high school history course. Chinese Communism before the economic reform that began in 1979 is covered in a sentence. The text mentions Mao only once — in a chapter on etiquette. Nearly overnight the country’s most prosperous schools have shelved the...

A man of principles Silence in the face of evil is not David Kilgour's way. Sadly, there are few like him in seats of power Toronto Sun Sunday, July 16, 2006 By Peter Worthington David Kilgour is one of those guys destined to make waves -- never for self-aggrandizement, always on moral issues of principle. At age 64, he's been around the hoop. A former Crown attorney, he was first elected to the House of Commons as a Tory in 1979. He's served in the cabinet, quit the party and joined the Liberals, quit the Liberals to sit as...

Everybody in the house is all worked up about the no-skin show at the Science Museum. It opened Friday and is expected to draw 400,000 people to downtown St. Paul in a summer-long run. If Louie Arvanitis is ever going to reopen the Coney Island on St. Peter Street, now is the time. This is brass bands and straw hats for the restaurant business. Besides, a little chili on a hot dog will look normal after a trip to the dissection festival up the street. "Are you going to go with us?'' they have wondered of yours truly. "You've got...

China, despite its economic reforms and rapid growth, remains a brutal Communist tyranny. Last week President Hu Jintao smiled with President Bush for our cameras in the U.S, basked in the bootlicking of a gala dinner given by Washington's business flacks, and clinked glasses with tycoons like Bill Gates, whose computer technology aids and abets China's massive repression. Yet we must not forget the student dead of Tiananmen Square; the imprisoned and tortured political dissenters, Christians and members of the Falun Gong sect; the slave laborers and child laborers whose work is sold in Wal-Mart; the fetuses aborted at nine...

The chief financial officer of Google Inc... Tuesday said overall growth is slowing ... The company will now have to "find other ways" to boost revenue... The stock was down 11 percent, or more than $42...

Cool it on China, US warns Taiwan Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent 01feb06 THE US has warned Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian against fanning independence tensions with China. Washington has responded sharply to Mr Chen's proposals to draft a new Taiwanese constitution, seek UN membership for the island and dump Taipei's National Unification Council. Concerned that an anti-China line from Mr Chen's struggling administration would aggravate cross-strait tensions, the US State Department issued a statement stressing that Washington "does not support Taiwan's independence and opposes unilateral changes to the status quo by either Taiwan or Beijing". "We're issuing this, in the wake...

THE US no longer expects Australia to automatically support it in a conflict with China over the flashpoint of Taiwan, Bush administration officials have told Australian MPs. The message was delivered by US military, Pentagon and State Department officials to a delegation of visiting MPs, before John Howard delivered one of his strongest speeches in New York last week distinguishing Australia's approach to China from that of the US. Under the ANZUS treaty there has been an expectation that Australia would support the US in a conflict over Taiwan. But Foreign Minister Alexander Downer shocked the region with a speech...

June 2005 They come from different backgrounds with the same story. But the countries they are in — Canada and Australia — refuse to believe them or publicly acknowledge what they are saying. Why? Because both administrations have huge and influential money ties with China which has never been closer. The latest diplomatic crises involving Chinese spies overseas is playing out in Australia after a Chinese First Secretary Chen Yonglin applied for asylum in Sydney. Chen has alleged there are 1,000 Chinese spies in Australia and that abductions sponsored by the Chinese Government take place Down Under. He said he...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned on Friday that China's failure to match economic freedoms with democratic reforms could raise tensions and undermine its growing influence in the world. On way to a regional security conference that is expected to focus on China and North Korea, Rumsfeld drew a stark contrast between China and India, the world's largest democracy, which America is courting as a counter-weight to the communist nation. "We anticipate that the relationship with India will continue to be strengthened. With respect to China, it's not completely clear which way they are going because you have...

Hu's view: Communism is still 'correct road' for China Chinese President Hu Jintao said recently that China will continue to follow the Marxist-Leninist ideology as interpreted by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Shanghai's modern skyline "Facts have proven that it is a correct road leading China to prosperity and brings happy lives to the Chinese people," said Hu, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Hu said China needs peace and stability to continue economic and social progress. "Socialism with Chinese characteristics...

Beijing (AsiaNews) – ‘Westernising’ and ‘disintegrating’ trends in the name of religion threaten China and the government must “be patient and meticulous in imperceptibly influencing the people”, especially the young and leading party cadres, so as to stop the “growth of religions, cultic organisations and superstitions and strengthen Marxist atheism”. These are the main points presented in a paper prepared by the Department of Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to stop the growth of religion and spirituality among the Chinese.Conversions among the young and leading party cadres are of particular concern. For this...

CHINA WATCHES, WAITS: MASSIVE MILITARY BUILD-UP, MAJOR ESPIONAGE EFFORT November 17, 2004 By Toby Westerman Copyright 2004 International News Analysis Today www.inatoday.com Despite assurances from just-resigned Secretary of State Collin Powell regarding U.S.-China relations, the second term of the administration of George W. Bush could encounter a major war in the Pacific, and is witnessing a major espionage offensive. Communist China is demonstrating an increasingly high level of aggression and military intrusion against its neighbors, engaging in actions which could pull the United States into a naval war in the Pacific. Taiwan faces invasion - possibly at any moment --...

BEIJING: China's booming economy, dramatic improvement in living conditions and expanding bilateral ties have beckoned more Indians to live and work in the Communist nation. Official sources said the number of Indians on the Chinese mainland was over 2,000 and the number is growing rapidly, especially with many multinational firms employing qualified Indian professionals at much cheaper salaries than their Western counterparts. Moreover, with the steady growth of Indian businesses in China, especially in the information technology (IT) sector, the number of Indians in the country is bound to go up dramatically, sources said. Nilesh Sharma is one such Indian....

Taiwan's Premier Says U.S. Arms Needed Taiwan's Premier Says U.S. Arms Needed As Deterrent Against China, As Opponents March in Capital The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan Sept. 25, 2004 — Taiwan's premier said Saturday that a government plan to spend billions of dollars on U.S. weapons would help the island defend itself if rival China attacked, as thousands of protesters marched in the capital to denounce the deal. The government wants to buy $18 billion worth of arms, including anti-missile systems, planes and diesel-electric submarines.A civil war split the two sides in 1949. China has threatened to take the island...

John Kerry, apparent Democrat nominee for President, is the more important person with the less important problem. Jamie Gorelick, member of the 9/11 Commission, is the reverse. So in explaining why each is unfit for the position he seeks and the one she holds, we begin with Kerry. We’ll use a version of a game we all played at an early age, “Pin the Tail on the Donkey,” to deal with Kerry and Gorelick. This week ABC came up with a videotape of Senator Kerry saying the opposite then of what he’s saying now about his “medals thrown over the...

<p>China has obtained military navigation technology from Boeing used on advanced U.S. missiles and warplanes that was improperly approved by the State Department, according to U.S. government officials.</p> <p>The dual-use commercial-military items, known as QRS11 gyroscopic microchips, were sent to China inside the guidance systems of several Boeing 737-800 commercial jets sold to China Southern Airlines, one of several state-run Chinese airline companies. "We are deeply troubled by the decision to export military items to the [People´s Republic of China] absent the required license (and requisite non-transfer and end-user certificates) and believe such a decision is suspect on both policy and legal grounds," Reps. Henry J. Hyde, Illinois Republican, and Tom Lantos, California Democrat, stated in the Oct. 10 letter.</p>

A Commie Christmas Gift December 23, 2003 Christmas this year is brightened by the news that nominally Communist China has taken a big step toward enshrining private property rights in its constitution. For some reason it reminds me of a Christmas story told by the late Leonard Read, a champion of property rights and market economics. One year, on the day before Christmas, Read greeted his heavily laden mailman and asked him how he was doing. The man groaned, “Worst day we’ve ever had!” Later that day Read went to a local store for a bit of last-minute shopping. It...

HONG KONG, Dec. 17 — China strongly warned Taiwan today not to continue the island's recent, election-season drift toward more independent and confrontational policies toward the mainland. The warning came a day after Taiwan's national legislature approved two resolutions calling on China to remove nearly 500 missiles pointed at the island. Taiwan's vice president, Annette Lu, described the missiles as "state-sponsored terrorism." Li Weiyi, the spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing, described President Chen Shui-bian today as "immoral" and accused him of risking his country's future for the sake of winning a second four-year term when Taiwanese voters...

<p>Two Chinese students studying in the United States supplied China's military with American defense technology that allowed Beijing to produce a special metal used in sensors and weapons, according to a Pentagon report.</p> <p>"This is a classic example of how the Chinese collect dual-use military technology," an FBI official said. "Students come here; they get jobs; they form companies."</p>