• CHINA: Three Gorges Dam: Ticking Time Bomb?

CHINA: Three Gorges Dam: Ticking Time Bomb?

@ Dam Collapse: 80,000 Deaths Chinese Earthquake Was Likely Not an Act of God | 3 Gorges Dam

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• China Poised To DEMAND U.S. LAND As Payment For U.S. Debt by Realities Watch

China Poised To DEMAND U.S. LAND As Payment For U.S. Debt 
by Realities Watch

NEW YORK – Could real estate on American soil owned by China be set up as “development zones” in which the communist nation could establish Chinese-owned businesses and bring in its citizens to the U.S. to work?

• The Chinese army just informed everyone that the internet means war - By Linette Lopez

The Chinese army just informed everyone that the internet means war
By Linette Lopez
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-army-just-informed-everyone-151017928.html

(Reuters) The People's Liberation Army isn't joking around.
In a chilling memo released on Wednesday, the People's Liberation Army, or PLA, informed the world that, at least on the internet, China is at war.

• China's Mad Dash for the South China Sea

China's Mad Dash for the South China Sea
by Richard Javad Heydarian

"China has already established the skeleton of an ADIZ, thanks to an emerging network of airstrips and military garrisons on contested features, backed by ever-expanding military and paramilitary patrols across the South China Sea."

• Beijing, With an Eye on the South China Sea, Adds Patrol Ships By JANE PERLEZ

Beijing, With an Eye on the South China Sea, Adds Patrol Ships
By JANE PERLEZ

The Chinese guided missile destroyer Harbin during exercises with the Russian Navy in 2012.
SINGAPORE — China is rapidly building coast guard ships, the vessels that China most commonly uses for patrols in the South China Sea, and in the last three years has increased the number of ships in that category 25 percent, a new report by the United States Navy says.

• The Other Problem in the South China SeaTerritorial disputes are not the only issue to trouble this vital maritime region By Nina Hachigian

The Other Problem in the South China SeaTerritorial disputes are not the only issue to trouble this vital maritime region.
By Nina Hachigian

The Chinese peril

When I became the U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, I knew the South China Sea would feature in my new role: Out of the six competing territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea, four are from ASEAN member states – Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. 

• Should America Really Fear China's Military? Harry J. Kazianis

Should America Really Fear China's Military?
Harry J. Kazianis

Is China's military really that powerful?

China’s military is growing in terms of raw power and basic power projection. Many of Beijing’s defense investments over the last two decades are aimed at limiting Washington’s ability to intervene in areas that China describes as being of “core interest.” But just how much should Washington worry about it? A good question, for sure. 

• China's artificial Islands in South China Sea By Amrita Jash

China's artificial Islands in South China Sea
By Amrita Jash

Time-lapse satellite imagery taken by Airbus Defence and Space, a division of Airbus Group, shows the extent of Chinese progress in building an island at Gaven Reefs in the Spratly Islands. By Jan. 30 a pre-existing platform had been joined to the new island and at least one helipad built.

• Israel Put Chinese Money Over Justice By Roger Cohen

Israel Put Chinese Money Over Justice 

By Roger Cohen

ON April 17, 2006, a Palestinian suicide bomber killed 11 people near the old Tel Aviv bus station. Among the victims was Daniel Wultz, a bright and determined 16-year-old from Florida who fought for his life for 27 days before succumbing to severe injuries. 

• Mankind's Curse: Chinese Are The World's Worst Behaved Tourists By James Burke

Mankind's Curse 

Chinese Are The World's Worst Behaved Tourists 

By James Burke

I’m currently based in Bangkok and I wasn’t surprised to read in a local newspaper about another Chinese mainlander causing an uproar here due to his bad behavior in northern Thailand.

• The SEC Caves on China An exemption for Chinese auditors puts U.S. markets at risk.- The Wall Street Journal

The SEC Caves on China An exemption for Chinese auditors puts U.S. markets at risk.
The Wall Street Journal

A not so smart SEC Chairman

U.S. stock-market regulators say they promote transparency and fair play, but this month the Securities and Exchange Commission quietly carved out a China-size exception: When Chinese companies list on U.S. markets, basic auditing rules won’t apply.

• US: China is expanding its South China Sea outposts - By MATTHEW PENNINGTON

US: China is expanding its South China Sea outposts
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee to deliver the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top dangers facing the country. China is expanding its outposts in the South China Sea to include stationing for ships and potential airfields as part of its "aggressive" effort to exert sovereignty, the U.S. intelligence chief said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

• China plans to arm Hawaii separatists who want kingdom By Bill Gertz

China plans to arm Hawaii separatists who want kingdom
Islands vital to U.S. military’s Asia pivot
By Bill Gertz

China's 23rd province: 夏威夷州
HONOLULU — China has suggested arming Hawaii’s independence activists in retaliation for U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and recently threatened to challenge American sovereignty by making legal claims to the Pacific islands as its territory.

• The Long, Strange Trip of China’s First Aircraft Carrier - JAMES HOLMES

The Long, Strange Trip of China’s First Aircraft Carrier
And what it says about Beijing’s naval ambitions.
BY JAMES HOLMES

It’s an epic saga made for Hollywood: the long, strange odyssey of China’s highest-profile weapons acquisition in decades — the aircraft carrier Liaoning, née Varyag — from unfinished Soviet navy hulk purchased in 1998 to operational warship plying the Asian seas. Named after a Chinese province, China’s only aircraft carrier debuted in 2012 to great fanfare. 

• China's man-made islands in disputed waters raise worries

China's man-made islands in disputed waters raise worries

A Chinese vessel works on a building project in the Spratly Islands in 2014.  
 
Chinese dredging has created a new island nearly 2 miles long and several hundred yards wide U.S. worries that China is building islands to establish de facto control over South China Sea waters By DAVID S. CLOUD

• The Way Obama Just Let China Overtake The US Is Being Called “A Geopolitical Earthquake”

The Way Obama Just Let China Overtake 

The US Is Being Called 

“A Geopolitical Earthquake”

If you recently felt the earth move beneath your feet — or possibly a ripple in the Force — this could be why…

• 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

• 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

• 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