Insurgent Groups in N-E Getting Help from China?
Following a deadly bombing in Assam State, the Times of India reports on the trail of weapons used by insurgent groups in India, which they trace back to China: Over the past couple of years, the...
View ArticleUN: Zimbabwe May Have Received Chinese Weapons Via Congo
From VOA: The United Nations says it has “credible information” that Zimbabwe may have received Chinese weapons by way of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The U.N. Security Council says Boeing...
View ArticleRussian, Chinese Weapons Compete in Africa
Andrei Chang reports in UPIAsia.com, from Hong Kong: China is increasingly challenging Russia in the African arms trade, offering lower prices on weapons that, ironically, are often made in China with...
View ArticleIDF: Rocket that Hit Beersheba School Made in China
From ynetnews.com: Brigadier-General Avraham Ben-David told reporters that in light of the rocket attacks on Beersheba, all planned events with over 100 participants will be cancelled, including New...
View ArticleFresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue
The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. security and law-enforcement officials say they have fresh evidence of recent efforts by Iran to evade sanctions and acquire metals from China used in high-tech...
View ArticleChinese Evade U.S. Sanctions on Iran
While an embargo bans companies who sell arms to Iran from conducting business in the U.S., many Chinese companies are skirting the rules to keep the trade routes open. The Wall Street Journal reports:...
View ArticleHow Beijing Won Sri Lanka’s Civil War
The Independent reports on China’s role in last year’s end to the brutal civil war in Sri Lanka between the Tamil Tigers (aka Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam): In defiance of all predictions, the war...
View ArticleBiden to Meet Hu & Wen on Asia Trip
Joe Biden will visit Beijing during a tour of East Asia later this month, at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart, Vice President Xi Jingping. From WhiteHouse.gov: The Vice President will depart...
View ArticleBeijing Says Qaddafi Officials Sought Chinese Arms Supplies
The Chinese government has been hesitant to endorse the National Transitional Council since their defeat of Qaddafi’s regime in Libya. And now, documents uncovered by a Canadian journalist in Tripoli...
View ArticlePatriot Missiles Found on Shanghai-Bound Ship
Finnish dock workers have discovered 69 Patriot surface-to-air missiles and around 160 tonnes of explosives aboard a British-flagged ship bound for Shanghai. It is unknown where the missiles themselves...
View ArticleChina Denies Exporting North Korean Missile Vehicles
Japanese media has reported that China shipped vehicles capable of transporting and launching missiles to North Korea, which would be in violation of U.N. sanctions. The Chinese government has now...
View ArticleChina’s Arms Exports Flooding Sub-Saharan Africa
As China transitions from being the world’s largest weapons importer to becoming a major producer, the Washington Post examines its role as an exporter of arms to 16 countries in sub-Saharan Africa....
View ArticleU.S. Wary of China, from Los Alamos to Orbit
A letter obtained by Reuters indicates that the Los Alamos National Laboratory, birthplace and custodian of America’s nuclear arsenal, has been removing Chinese-made data switches from its computer...
View ArticleChina’s Foreign Arm Sales on the Rise
After the Turkish government selected a Chinese bid for a missile defense contract widely believed to be America’s to lose, Edward Wong and Nicola Clark write that analysts see a shifting competitive...
View ArticleChina Exports Torture Tools; Domestic Abuses Continue
A report (PDF) published on Tuesday by Amnesty International and the Omega Research Foundation details China’s expanding exports of torture and law enforcement equipment. More than 130 companies, most...
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