From Chinaelections.org: “The Niu Niu Incident in Shenzhen has yet to catch attention from the Western media but it is certainly going to be as significant as other incidents that have caused us to ponder the dynamics of the Internet and Chinese populace’s emboldening cry for social justice and reigning in corrupt officials.” Thanks to […]
Read MoreFrom Big News Network (via: China National News) : “Japanese government officials Thursday confirmed a Chinese Navy submarine intrusively entered Japanese waters a day earlier. The submarine was discovered early Wednesday off Taramajima Island, part of the Miyako Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, by Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft. The order to monitor the submarine […]
Read MoreFrom the Asahi Shimbun: “The chase continued Thursday night of a suspected Chinese submarine that had entered Japanese waters, as government officials came under fire for their delayed response to the intrusion. Maritime Self-Defense Force aircraft and ships were tracking the vessel that was spotted in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday. Government sources said the submarine […]
Read MoreFrom The Asahi Shimbun: “The area where the trespassing submarine was first sighted has strategic military and economic significance for China, military experts say. Defense Agency sources said submarines from various countries often crisscross the waters between the southern tip of Kyushu and the Okinawa islands. But experts say China would have a strong motive […]
Read MoreA submarine suspected of being a Chinese nuclear sub reportedly entered Japanese waters. According to Kyodo News: “The intrusion prompted the Japanese government to order the Maritime Self-Defense Force to take security action for only the second time ever, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said. P-3C patrol planes from the MSDF detected and are tracking […]
Read MoreAP (via: Las Vegas Sun) reported today: “The State Department will ask the Chinese government about a former senior Chinese official who was quoted as accusing President Bush of trying to “rule over the whole world.” The quotes in the China Daily, an English language state newspaper, were attributed to Qian Qichen, a former vice […]
Read MoreThree articles about freedom of expression (or the lack thereof) in China: The South China Morning Post reports that the government has intensified a crackdown on the liberal media in Guangdong by firing Xiao Weibin, the editor-in-chief of Tong Zhou Gong Jin magazine. According to the article, “In August, the magazine published an interview with […]
Read MoreHere is the full text of the UN Secretary-General’s speech at Qing Hua on October 11, 2004. He highlighted issues of poverty, disease, and environmental degradation in his speech. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEECH AT QING HUA UNIVERSITY Beijing, 11 October 2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great honour for me to speak at one of […]
Read MoreFeng Liang wrote on Asia Times Online: “After Chinese incumbent president Hu Jintao replaced his predecessor Jiang Zemin as the country’s new commander-in-chief, political observers say China’s power shift has finally been completed. Since the Communist Party’s decisive meeting last month, the fourth-generation of leadership – with moderate reformist Hu as the paramount leader – […]
Read MoreWhile welcoming certain gestures by the Chinese government, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes after a visit to China that its recommendations in a 1997 report have not been implemented: “Namely, the provision which stipulates that everyone shall not be consider guilty until convicted has not been amended to clearly stipulate the presumption […]
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