By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) – Chinese cyberwarfare would pose a genuine risk to the U.S. military in a conflict, for instance over Taiwan or disputes in the South China Sea, according to report for the U.S. Congress. Operations against computer networks have become fundamental to Beijing’s military and national development strategies...
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Daily Archives: March 10, 2012
China cyber capability endangers US forces -report
Clinton: China Must Play ‘Constructive Role’
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is urging China to use its growing global influence to play a “constructive role” in world affairs. Clinton spoke in Washington Wednesday at an event marking the 40th anniversary of former President Richard Nixon’s groundbreaking 1972 trip to China. She says Beijing can no longer be what she...
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Chinese leader Bo Xilai’s meeting absence creates stir
Bo Xilai’s absence is likely to lead to speculation about his position in the party leadership Speculation about the make-up of China’s next group of top leaders has intensified after a high-profile politician appeared to miss a key meeting. Bo Xilai, the Communist Party chief of Chongqing city, was not in his usual seat...
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Tibetan writer under house arrest calls for self-immolations to stop
A prominent Tibetan writer under virtual house arrest in Beijing is pleading for an end to self-immolations in protest of Chinese rule, saying such self-destructive measures do nothing for the cause of Tibetan rights. Poet Tsering Woeser said in online appeal posted on Thursday that she is “grief-stricken” by the more than two dozen...
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NKorean Defectors in China a Sore Point in Seoul
Activists and the occasional celebrity have gathered nearly every day in front of the Chinese Embassy for more than two weeks, sometimes scuffling with police or tearing up pictures of China’s president as they protest on behalf of a group of North Koreans they say China holds. The North Koreans’ identities haven’t been released...
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China’s Proview demands iPad sales stop, threatens “severe measures” for …
The letter, reported in local newspapers Thursday, says any use of “IPAD” or similar trademarks is an infringement of Proview’s exclusive rights. It says Proview will take “the most severe measures” including pursuing civil and criminal liability. It was unclear if the letter would exert any sway over iPad sellers in China. Proview, a...
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Embattled Chinese leadership contender defends policies
By Chris Buckley BEIJING | Fri Mar 9, 2012 1:33am EST BEIJING (Reuters) – A senior Chinese politician, whose prospects for Communist Party leadership are under a cloud, on Friday defended himself and his handling of an aide who fled to a U.S. consulate and sparked a political storm that has spilled into China’s...
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New Layers of Intrigue Revealed in Chinese Political Scandal
Now further events worthy of a spy novel — a fugitive Chongqing multimillionaire’s charges of torture, another tycoon’s sudden detention — have added new layers of intrigue to a sensational political scandal unfolding in a country that normally manages to keep rivalries under wraps. The drama deepened on Wednesday after Chongqing’s deputy police chief...
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China unveils new legislation on police powers of detention
China has unveiled legislation enshrining police powers to hold people at unknown locations for up to six months, but has removed a controversial secrecy clause after an outcry. Experts had warned that the original draft would have legalised disappearances by allowing police to hold suspects without informing their families. The revisions to the criminal...
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Fracking Failing to Crack China, Europe Shale, Exxon Says
Some shale formations in Europe and China are impervious to drilling techniques that opened vast reserves of natural gas and oil from Texas to Pennsylvania, said Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)’s chief executive officer. New methods and tools will need to be invented to tap many of the shale fields that energy companies...
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