• A Nation of Thieves and Poachers - Reuters

A Nation of Thieves and Poachers

Philippines fines Chinese fishermen $102,000 each for poaching
Reuters

A group of Chinese fishermen leave a court in Puerto Princesa in the Philippines on Nov. 24.

A Philippine court on Monday fined nine Chinese fishermen $102,000 each after they were caught with hundreds of sea turtles in a disputed shoal in the South China Sea amid a festering territorial standoff between the two sides.

• China's threat: Vietnam, the US, and Japan in the South China Sea - By Vũ Hồng Lâm

China's threat: Vietnam, the US, and 

Japan in the South China Sea

Prospects for regional security hinges heavily on how these actors relate to the South China Sea issue.
By Vũ Hồng Lâm

• Most Beautiful Photos Of Wonderful China By Jade Small

Most Beautiful Photos Of Wonderful China
By Jade Small

With China’s economic growth of more than 10%, the environment was forced to take a back seat. It’s the most populous country on earth and it is starting to show increased incidences of birth defects and some of the dirtiest air in the world. 

• Territorial Disputes and China's Fisher Militia - By Emmanuel

Territorial Disputes and China's Fisher Militia
Chinese fishermen have been baiting people instead of fish in the service of PRC interests in asserting military supremacy.
By Emmanuel

And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Xi Jinping 4:19)

• Amerikanischfrage China's State Media Finally Ran An Article About Nuclear Strikes Against The U.S. By JEREMY BENDER

Amerikanischfrage China's State Media Finally 

Ran An Article About Nuclear 

Strikes Against The U.S. 

By JEREMY BENDER

Amerikanischfrage
China's State Media Finally Ran An Article About Nuclear Strikes Against The U.S.
By JEREMY BENDER

• Chinese aggression: The U.S. government thinks China could take down the power grid

Chinese aggression: 

The U.S. government thinks China 

could take down the power grid

The United States has detected malware from China on U.S. computers systems that affect the daily lives of every American. The head of U.S. Cyber Command said China has the ability to attack the U.S. power grid
By Jamie Crawford

• Sina Delenda Est: Pentagon Report Reveals Chinese Military Developments

Sina Delenda Est: Pentagon Report Reveals 

Chinese Military Developments
Last year’s annual report on Chinese military developments was widely criticized. What does the 2013 version offer?
By Andrew S. Erickson

• China’s Cyber-Theft Jet Fighter - The Wall Street Journal

China’s Cyber-Theft Jet Fighter

Chinese military and commercial cyber theft amount to the greatest transfer of wealth in history. This Chinese behavior persists because it is cost-free.
The Wall Street Journal

A Chinese J-31 stealth fighter performs at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 11, 2014.

• Chinese hack U.S. weather systems, satellite network - By Mary Pat Flaherty, Jason Samenow and Lisa Rein

Chinese hack U.S. weather systems, satellite network
By Mary Pat Flaherty, Jason Samenow and Lisa Rein

Hackers from China breached the federal weather network recently, forcing cybersecurity teams to seal off data vital to disaster planning, aviation, shipping and scores of other crucial uses, officials said.

• Sex Trafficking and China’s One Child Policy - By Madeline Fetterly

Sex Trafficking and China’s One Child Policy

Among the consequences of China’s one child policy: a growing market for trafficked women. Women and children from Burma, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia and North Korea, as well other countries in Africa and the Americas, are subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking in China. By Madeline Fetterly

• In Beijing, Clearer Views Hide Real Life By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW

In Beijing, Clearer Views Hide Real Life
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW

Pollution shrouded the Olympic Green, built for the 2008 Games, on Oct. 9. Officials want to show a cleaner version of Beijing during the summit talks.

• Japan Warns China Coral Poachers - TOKO SEKIGUCHI

Japan Warns China Coral Poachers
Coast Guard Says ”Far From Average” 

Number of Arrests Recently
By TOKO SEKIGUCHI

A coast guard vessel approaches a suspected Chinese coral poaching ship off the coast of Japan's Ogasawara islands.

TOKYO—Top Japanese officials on Tuesday warned coral poachers to stay out of the country’s territorial waters after arresting six Chinese nationals suspected of hunting illegally for precious red corals in recent weeks.

• Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Square’ one month on: how are protesters living? By Jonathan Kaiman

Hong Kong’s ‘Umbrella Square’ one month on: 

how are protesters living?

With tents to rent, a study zone, WiFi, and a growing art movement, the pro-democracy movement has evolved into a functional utopian collective
By Jonathan Kaiman

• South Korea: Illegal fishing by Chinese boats causing over US$1 bln in damage - The Korea Herald

South Korea: Illegal fishing by Chinese boats 

causing over US$1 bln in damage
The Korea Herald

Running from the law: Chinese fishing boats tied themselves together to try and evade capture from South Korea's coastguard

• China's Xi calls on army to remember past in graft fight - Reuters

China's Xi calls on army to remember past in graft fight
Reuters

China's President Xi Jinping arrives before the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,March 5, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/JASON LEE

• Creeping Expansionism - How China Is Making Tiny Islands Inhabitable With Huge Floating Docks By Sarah Zhang

Creeping Expansionism
How China Is Making Tiny Islands Inhabitable 

With Huge Floating Docks
By Sarah Zhang

The Spratly Islands are basically mounds of sand in the middle of the South China Sea, some of them barely tall enough to reach above the water.