http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/redchina/ en-us Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:51:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048224/posts China is abandoning Chairman Mao's dream to make Beijing a workers' paradise, rebuilding it under the cover of a "green" Olympics as a capital for its 21st century empire. In a display of the city's determination to improve its air quality, officials this week vaunted the closure and relocation to the coast of its biggest polluter, the smoke-stacked mini-state of Capital Steel. Three of its blast furnaces stand blackened and idle, along with two of its three steel mills. A fourth furnace will shut on Sunday, when for the sake of the Olympics industrial production will be reduced across five... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048224/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:51:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039646/posts The military trainers who came to Guantánamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart showing the effects of "coercive management techniques" for possible use on prisoners, including "sleep deprivation," "prolonged constraint," and "exposure." What the trainers did not say, and may not have known, was that their chart had been copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners. The recycled chart is the latest and most vivid evidence of the way Communist interrogation methods that the... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039646/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:53:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029765/posts Lawmakes are urging everyone on Capitol Hill to have their computers checked for malware after discovering that people working from inside China hacked into multiple congressional machines and accessed locations of Chinese dissidents and other sensitive data. Virginia Representative Frank Wolf said four of his PCs were compromised, beginning in August 2006. New Jersey Representative Chris Smith, said two of his machines were hacked in December 2006 and March 2007. Both congressmen, who are long-time critics of China's record on human rights, said the PCs of other lawmakers had also been breached but declined to give names. Following the attacks... The UK Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029765/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029266/posts Religious Boom in China after Quake JUNE 10, 2008 08:31 As religious gatherings for the victims of the Sichuan earthquake are being held in large scales, the Chinese Communist Party is worrying about a possible explosive increase in religious population. The party is tolerating such religious events in consideration of public sentiment for now, but is known to be jittery about the possibility of uncontrollable trouble. â–½ Worships and Buddhist service for earthquake victims The Buddhist Association of China held a large-scale service for those who were killed or displaced by the earthquake on May 14, two days after the... Donga Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029266/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:04:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027546/posts Flashpoint for US-China Relations in Flushing Showdown Recent events in Flushing New York, unnoticed by most Americans except for ethnic Chinese, may dramatically alter US-Chinese relations. For three years the Falun Gong, a religious group banned and persecuted by the Chinese government, has met outside the Flushing public library to encourage Chinese Communist Party members to turn in their Party membership. The activity attracted little attention until the devastating earthquake in Sichuan province and staggering loss of life put a spotlight on the Chinese government’s response. Since then, Falun Gong’s ‘Epoch Times’ newspaper and its website have relentlessly attacked the... Buchanan.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027546/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 13:42:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024615/posts The Chinese government has instructed domestic media outlets to rein in coverage of the schools that collapsed during last month’s devastating earthquake in Sichuan province, journalists familiar with the directive have told the Financial Times. A notice was sent to media outlets across the country late last week, following a spate of reports about the collapses that killed thousands of students. Their parents blame sub-standard construction and government negligence, if not corruption, especially in areas where schools were the only structures to fail catastrophically. Last week Southern Weekend, an investigative weekly newspaper from Guangzhou, Guangdong province, ran a report on... Financial Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024615/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 03:10:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020836/posts The massive quake that shook China's Sichuan province this week is one of the worst natural disasters – in terms of lives claimed and property destroyed – that the world has seen in some time. But an earthquake, according to Chinese tradition, is not a mere act of nature, nor is it simply a matter of fate. Traditionally, every earthquake announces profound changes that will affect the entire society. The Chinese still remember – as do I, having been in Beijing at the time – that the great Tangshan quake of 1976, which killed more than 240,000, came just before... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020836/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 20:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019524/posts A Chinese magazine has been shut down for printing pictures of scantily-clad women posing in rubble for a special report on the country's devastating earthquake. The New Travel Weekly, a small lifestyle magazine, ran photos of sultry models in their underwear amid the debris in an issue that hit the stands on Monday - the first of three days of national mourning. The press and publication department of the southwestern city of Chongqing, where the magazine was based, said it decided to close the magazine down for "rectification." The department said the magazine "seriously violated propaganda discipline and went against... Australian Broadcasting Corporation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019524/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 03:12:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016792/posts Commercial satellite imagery has revealed an extensive nuclear missile site in central China with nearly sixty launch pads for medium-range missiles capable of striking Russia or India, a researcher said Thursday."The US government often highlights China's deployment of new mobile missiles as a concern but keeps the details secret, so the discovery of the deployment area provides the first opportunity for the public to better understand how China operates its mobile ballistic missiles," he wrote."From these launch pads DF-21 missiles would be within range of southern Russia and northern India (including New Delhi), but not Japan, Taiwan or Guam," he... spacewar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016792/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 12:02:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017895/posts (BEIJING) — Almost nonstop, the uncensored opinions of Chinese citizens are popping up online, sent by text and instant message across a country shaken by its worst earthquake in three decades. "Why were most of those killed in the earthquake children?" one post asked Thursday on FanFou, a microblogging site. "How many donations will really reach the disaster area? This is doubtful," read another. China is now home to the world's largest number of Internet and mobile phone users, and their hunger for quake news is forcing the government to let information flow in ways it hasn't before. A fast-moving... The Associated Press / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017895/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 02:37:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014639/posts You do not really know what arrogance is until you have seen tanks come snarling down your street. The sight does something to the heart and the mind that nothing else has the power to do. I know this because tanks did come down my Moscow street with evil intent one bright August morning in 1991, the spearhead of a KGB putsch that nobody then knew would fail. We - my Russian neighbours and I - stood unspeaking in helpless knots at the side of the road as the monsters, barrels slanting romantically in the sun, tore up the road... Daily Mail (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014639/posts#comment Mon, 12 May 2008 03:29:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014391/posts LONDON – Defense analysts for the British intelligence service MI6 believe China is preparing for the "eventuality of a nuclear war." The conclusion follows evidence that Beijing has built secretly a major naval base deep inside caverns which even sophisticated satellites cannot penetrate, says a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. In an unusual development, the analysts have provided details to the specialist defense periodical, Jane's Intelligence Review, which published satellite images of the base location which is hidden beneath millions of tons of rock on the South China Sea island of Hainan. The MI6 analysts have confirmed the submarine... ? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014391/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 13:41:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014401/posts dd India and Belgium to the list of countries worried about attacks coming from China. Officials from both countries warned the public over the past week that online attacks -- appearing to come from the People's Republic of China (PRC) -- have targeted their government networks. Unnamed Indian officials told the Times of India that almost daily probes have focused on mapping and scanning India's official networks over the past 18 months. The Justice Minister of Belgium warned that e-mail attacks, aimed at compromising government computers, appear to be coming from China, according to a United Press International report. security focus http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2014401/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 14:15:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010867/posts HONG KONG, May 2 (UPI) -- Russia will deliver to China four battalions of 200-kilometer-range S-300PMU2 surface-to-air missiles this summer, the last batch in a series ordered by China. The first batch of four battalions of the same missiles was delivered in July 2007. Starting in 1993, China received 12 battalions of S-300 SAMs, four of them S-300PMUs and eight S-300PMU1s. This means there are a total of 20 battalions of S-300 SAMs deployed in China. These missiles are expected to play a major role in China's core air defense system. These missiles now cover the whole of the Chinese... upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010867/posts#comment Sun, 4 May 2008 00:18:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010283/posts Ideology matters again. The big development of recent years is the rise not only of great powers but also of the great-power autocracies of Russia and China. True realism about the international scene begins with understanding how this unanticipated shift will shape our world. Many believe that when Chinese and Russian leaders stopped believing in communism, they stopped believing in anything. They had become pragmatists, pursuing their own and their nation's interests. But Chinese and Russian rulers, like past rulers of autocracies, do have a set of beliefs that guide their domestic and foreign policies. They believe in the virtues... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010283/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 16:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010396/posts Chinese nuclear submarines prompt 'new Cold War' warning By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent Last Updated: 5:30PM BST 02/05/2008 Tensions in the Far East could reach "Cold War levels" defence analysts warned, following evidence that China had secretly developed a major nuclear submarine base. Satellite photographs passed to The Daily Telegraph this week showed that the secret base at Sanya on Hainan island will house up to 20 of the latest 094 Jin-class nuclear ballistic submarines that could be capable of firing anti-satellite missiles and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles. The construction showed that China was “ramping up its operational capability” and developing... The Telegraph (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010396/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2008 20:26:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006778/posts Some months ago, my contacts in the defense industry had alerted me to a startling development that has escalated to the point of near-panick in nearly all corners of Government security and IT infrastructure. The very-real concern, being investigated by the FBI, is that either the Chinese government or Chinese hackers (or both) have had the benefit of undetectable back-doors into highly secure government and military computer networks for months, perhaps years. The cause: a high-number of counterfeit Cisco routers and switches installed in nearly all government networks that experienced upgrades and/or new units within the past 18 months. www.abovetopsecret.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006778/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:16:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003839/posts China's last Maoist collective, where villagers held out against capitalism, is to privatise after its prosperity was found to have rested on a mountain of hidden debt. While the rest of the country abandoned the commune, pursued personal fortunes and dismantled state industries, the village of Nanjie in central China renationalised its land, set up factories and paid all residents £20 a month. Villagers in military uniforms practise martial arts in front of a 30ft statue of Mao <><> Advertising was banned and instead, propaganda banners hung in streets which led to a 30ft statue of Mao built in 1993.... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003839/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002054/posts China's national offshore oil corporation declared it is willing to finalize talks with Iran on North Pars gas field. The company said it keeps holding talks with Iran's national gas company on a gas deal worth 16 billion dollars to put it into practice. The two companies signed a memorandum last year to expand gas reserves of the North Pars gas field where as the 16-billion dollar agreement was postponed to be signed through what called international sensitivities. Under the initial agreement on North Pars gas field contract, the Chinese company was to buy 10 million tons of Iran's liquefied... Iranian Students News Agency http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002054/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:40:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999811/posts U.S. Urges Kenyan Leaders to Fulfill Power Sharing Commitment Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice Washington, DC April 8, 2008 On April 7 I spoke separately by telephone with President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Raila Odinga to urge them to implement real power sharing by agreeing on the composition of their coalition cabinet. Both emphasized to me their strong commitment to do so. It is imperative that they form the cabinet without further delay and address the vitally important work of the nation. The United States and the entire international community stand ready to assist the coalition government and to... US Department of State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999811/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:22:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999597/posts 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... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999597/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999374/posts A little lesson on the history of the Olympic torch relay: You might think, as I did before Tuesday, that it was a representation of everything that is good in all of us. That its history was lush with goodwill. Maybe you thought the relay dated back to the ancient Greeks, that it was a dramatic tribute to mythology. Prometheus stealing the fire from Zeus. Those of us who watched, as the torch was carried across the Cascades and into a high-school stadium in Wenatchee on the Fourth of July in 1984, felt inspired. Wasn't that what this relay was... The Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999374/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995936/posts WASHINGTON - Prosecutors called Chi Mak the "perfect sleeper agent," though he hardly looked the part. For two decades, the bespectacled Chinese-born engineer lived quietly with his wife in a Los Angeles suburb, buying a house and holding a steady job with a U.S. defense contractor, which rewarded him with promotions and a security clearance. Colleagues remembered him as a hard worker who often took paperwork home at night. Eventually, Mak's job gave him access to sensitive plans for Navy ships, submarines and weapons. These he secretly copied and sent via courier to China -- fulfilling a mission that U.S.... Washington Post via MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995936/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 09:36:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994993/posts The Internet must be open during the Beijing Olympics. That was the message a top-ranking International Olympic Committee official delivered Tuesday to Beijing organizers during the first of three days of meetings — the last official sessions between IOC inspectors and the Chinese hosts before the games begin in just over four months. MSNBC/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1994993/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 18:33:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993920/posts SECRET CABINET PAPERS How Kenya’s best kept secret became a hotbed of insurgents By John Kamau Dateline: Saturday, December 12, 1964. At around 3 pm, just as Kenya turned into a republic, the newly sworn-in President Jomo Kenyatta’s convoy drove from State House, Nairobi to the flag-decked Thika Road to officially open what he described as "Kenya’s best kept secret" and Jamhuri Day’s "big surprise" – the so-called Lumumba Institute. He didn’t know it was a communist school of politics designed to topple him. Forty years later, questions are still asked about how the new Vice President, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga,... The Sunday Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993920/posts#comment Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:49:47 GMT