Russia and China's New World Order

In 2005, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Hu Jintao proclaimed the need for a “new international order,” reaffirming similar statements made by their countries in 1996, 1997 and 2000. This new order would be “multipolar,” where no one country would be able to “monopolize or dominate world affairs.” 1

That one country “monopolizing and dominating world affairs” is, as you

Chinese military update

I'm posting the latest edition of the GI Zhou Newsletter, which details important developments in the PLA armament, especially for the PLA infantry. This is posted with permission of the author, Mr. Martin Andrew, who also writes for the Jamestown Foundation's China Brief. This issue discusses a new anti-aircraft machine gun, armoured engineer vehicles, a main battle tank, a short history of

Analyst rebuked over his support of spy for China

From the Washington Times (link):

A senior U.S. intelligence analyst has been formally criticized for "poor judgment" after writing a letter and e-mails in support of a convicted former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, U.S. intelligence officials said.

Lonnie Henley, the deputy national intelligence officer (NIO) for East Asia, was given a letter of reprimand several months ago after an

China, Russia hit sanctions as 'wrong'

From the Washington Times (link):
The governments of China and Russia have denounced sanctions imposed on their state-run companies by the Bush administration over missile and weapons of mass destruction sales to Iran and Syria.

"It is unreasonable for the American government to invoke its domestic law to sanction on Chinese companies without providing any evidence," Chinese Foreign Ministry

General sees another N. Korea nuclear test

From the Washington Times (link):
The senior U.S. commander in South Korea said yesterday that North Korea will likely conduct another nuclear test, and he also vented his frustration at a range of issues bedeviling Washington's military alliance with Seoul.

"They have self-proclaimed their possession of nuclear weapons, and there is no reason to believe that at some time in the future, when it

Olmert: Iranian threat will stir Mideast

From Ynet News (link):
The Chinese's warm welcome of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on his visit to China for a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao turned out to be inconsequential, when China's intention to stick with the decision not to intensify sanctions against Iran and maintain financial ties with the country became clear.
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During the meeting, Olmert asked PM Jiabao to

Chinese arms sales to Iran, Syria, Taliban

From NewsMax (link):
...All three Chinese companies have been cited before for missile, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons sales to Iran, Iraq, the Taliban-run Afghanistan, and Syria.

The new sanctions prohibiting trade and licenses with these firms are to remain in place for the next two years. The reaction to the new sanctions was swift inside Washington but muted from Chinese sources