Double play: Seoul both joins China-led bank and opts out of THAAD
SEOUL — The United State is expected not to raise the issue of development of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense [THAAD] battery in South Korea for the time (more…)
N. Korea warms to Russia, with preparations for Kim visit to Moscow
SEOUL — North Korea has stepped up efforts to bolster relations with Russia, which has impacted calculations by China and South Korea on their ties the reclusive nation. SUBSCRIBE (more…)
China to deploy 3 new nuclear subs; fleet larger than that of U.S.
China’s state-controlled media has confirmed that the PLA Navy will soon commission 3 new nuclear-powered attack submarines. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
In Mao-like move, Xi recruits 10 million Internet youth ‘warriors’
A leaked internal document of the Communist Youth League (CYL) – the youth wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) – has exposed plans by Chinese authorities to recruit (more…)
China evacuates foreign civilians from Yemen, reaps PR bonanza
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on April 7 thanked China for picking up a Japanese tourist trapped in war-torn Yemen as China organized a swift evacuation of some (more…)
West notes PLA Navy’s extraction of Chinese nationals from Yemen
The Chinese naval flotilla on routine piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden has suspended its mission and sailed to the Yemenis port of Aden to evacuate the small (more…)
Aerospace whiz to head Shenzhen, Hong Kong’s giant neighbor
Ma Xingrui, a fast-rising high-tech whiz turned politician, has parachuted into the Shenzhen special economic zone (SEZ) as Party Secretary. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Internet rumor sparks panic attack in PLA Navy’s high command
In a rare demonstration of collective fear among China’s top naval leadership, the commander-in-chief of the PLA Navy, Adm. Wu Shengli, led all 11 top ranking naval brass in (more…)
Another Boehner invite to address Congress, this time Japan’s Abe
The Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner has invited another U.S. ally’s leader to speak at a joint session of Congress. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)