While the First Lady and her large entourage were being wined, dined and awed by her Chinese government hosts, China’s multitude of dissidents were kept at a distance. Many (more…)
ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia hopes to engage China as a potential strategic ally to defend the Arab kingdom’s interests against Iran. A leading analyst close to the Saudi (more…)
The Chinese government has in recent weeks put enormous pressure on the Nepalese government to crack down on the so-called “Tibetan separatists.” In response, the Kathmandu police rounded up (more…)
A Chinese Marine unit based in the warm Southern Chinese province of Guangdong conducted a rare urban warfare drill in frigid northern China at a military base near Beijing. (more…)
The Manila government has lodged a strong protest against the Beijing regime over the expulsion of two Philippine supply ships from the ocean area surrounding the Second Thomas Shoal, (more…)
The third batch, totaling 6 units, of the U.S.-made Apache helicopters is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan, resuming the normal delivery schedule after the discovery of a transmission system (more…)
CAIRO — China plans to expand cooperation with Djibouti, which could include arms sales. Officials said Djibouti has agreed to enhanced military and defense cooperation with China. They said (more…)
The Burma (Myanmar) government last week abruptly revoked the license and expelled the Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning human rights organization Doctors Without Borders. The stated cause for the action was biased reports (more…)
The Obama administration’s ambassador to China, Gary Locke, left Beijing for good on March 1, with a stern departing statement urging China and Japan to “lower the temperature” in (more…)
