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Mineral Trade Between North Korea & China Expands

» by GI Korea June 29th, 2009 at 10:00 am » Comments (0)

The Chinese may not want a North Korea with a nuclear bomb, but they don't want a world without a North Korea either, which why they will continue to do ...more »

Is China Shifting Policy On North Korea?

» by GI Korea June 28th, 2009 at 5:53 am » Comments (3)

That is what the Stars & Stripes is wondering: North Korea’s most crucial ally is exploring shifts in its policy toward the authoritarian regime, experts on East Asian relations said ...more »

Chinese Reaction to the Death of Michael Jackson

» by GI Korea June 28th, 2009 at 1:38 am » Comments (1)

Via Danwei. more »

Update On Chinese Submarine Collision with US Navy Sonar Array

» by GI Korea June 17th, 2009 at 2:38 am » Comments (3)

The Stars & Stripes has more information about that collision a Chinese submarine had with a US Navy sonar array: The USS John S. McCain arrived Monday at Sasebo Naval ...more »

Chinese Submarine Collides with US Naval Sonar, Was It Intentional?

» by GI Korea June 13th, 2009 at 11:16 pm » Comments (11)

For some reason I have a hard time believing this was accident: In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being ...more »

The Umbrella Men of Tiananmen Square

» by GI Korea June 9th, 2009 at 1:29 am » Comments (1)

This just makes me wonder if the Chinese government realizes how ridiculous this makes them look? Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video" mce_href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a> Via Danwei. more »

Chinese Government Launches Crackdown On Tiananmen Square’s 20th Anniversary

» by GI Korea June 4th, 2009 at 1:50 am » Comments (2)

I guess this really shouldn't be surprising to anyone: China locked down Tiananmen Square on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the crackdown on pro-democracy protests there. Several hundred ...more »

Passer-by pushes suicide jumper in China

» by Bill May 23rd, 2009 at 8:15 am » Comments (6)

It gives new meaning to the  words 'give a helping hand'.  From AP- Chen Fuchao, a man heavily in debt, had been contemplating suicide on a bridge in southern China for ...more »

China Expands Economic Control Over North Korea

» by GI Korea May 19th, 2009 at 8:00 pm » Comments (0)

It looks like China's grip over the North Korean economy is continuing to tighten: China accounted for almost three-quarters of North Korea's total trade last year and its economic influence over ...more »

Celebrity Love Dolls A Hit In China

» by GI Korea May 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm » Comments (3)

I just can't imagine what would make someone want to pay to do this, but I guess to each their own: SILICONE rubber dolls which resemble Chinese film stars Gong Li ...more »

China’s New Economic Stimilus Plan is Smoking

» by GI Korea May 8th, 2009 at 8:00 pm » Comments (1)

I guess everyone has their own way of dealing with the economic crisis: Local government officials in China have been ordered to smoke nearly a quarter of a million packs of ...more »

US Navy Ship Confronted By Chinese Boats in the Yellow Sea

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2009 at 9:42 am » Comments (4)

Here we go again with Chinese ships harassing American sonar vessels: U.S. defense officials say Chinese vessels confronted a U.S. Navy surveillance ship in the Yellow Sea on Friday. Pentagon spokesman ...more »
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