China expands ADIZ to in your face levels

A picture is worth a thousand words, the map shows the new overlap created by the PRC's expansionist policies:

I expect the PRC to start splashing drones on any pretext they can find.   Then as tempers flare, they will jump on the first counter move with a heavy boot.

Chinese implant chips in Irons to send spam

Welcome to the connected world.  Apparently several types of electronic devices made in China contain several types of malign chips.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24707337

This appears to be regular criminality, but what has their government been doing?  Especially with components bought by our military.  I hope we are vigilant regarding this attack vector.

N. Korea's Kim Jong Un privately rants that he will unify Korea by force in 3 years

North Korea's leader claims he will unify Korea by force within 3 years:

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?bicode=050000&biid=2013101824448

China at odds with western morality

Another new category to track.


Well at least he wasn't waterboarded ...
From BBC: Chinese official killed by having his head stuck in a bucket of ice water


Chinese 4 year old run over by bulldozer as family fights government land grab"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-china-landgrab-idUSBRE97S0DF20130829


The things people forget when they justify closer ties.

Update 11/20/13:  China sends aide to the Philippines, from Reuters, with US vs China Aide numbers.  It's fairly obvious China had no desire to aid the PI and only did so from political coercion.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/11/20/us-philippines-typhoon-china-idUSBRE9AJ04C20131120

Push and Shove

I watched a few of these up close, there is serious angst at the operational levels when this goes on.  Putin's bellicosity has yet to be acknowledged, much yet checked.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/17/japanese-jets-intercept-russian-bombers-on-heels-suspected-practice-runs

07/24/13 Another one:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/24/us-china-japan-scramble-idUSBRE96N0GS20130724

Is the rise in Chinese Nationalisim push to offset unrest?

The Chinese have been beating the nationalistic drum harder and harder lately it seems.

Celebrating "Victims of Japanese Germ Warfare Experiments" Day:
Victims of Japanese germ warfare remembered via twitter

State News Promoting a new book on the Rape of Nanking: (just a tweet)
https://twitter.com/XHNews/status/276724606885298176

What is lost in this rise in anti-Japanese rhetoric is that China's better half after WWII had to leave for Taiwan (Formosa).  

When will the PRC have a day of remembrance for the 20 to 40 million plus (i have seen as high as 78 million) that died at the hands of their current government during Mao's Cultural Revolutions and purges?

Are they seeking distraction for the people from internal troubles?
Index predicts social unrest in China over income disparity (Donga)

They use the Gini index (coefficient), which has risen significantly the last few years to 0.6, to predict social unrest in teh PRC.

Wiki's list of countries by Gini Index:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_income_equality

This is an incredibly high number if found to be reliable.

Obama negotiates directly with N. Korea to stall missle tests?

The current administration may have made a secret deal with the N. Korean govenment to stall provacative behavior from the ostracized country.

It appears there was a 4 day long secret US diplomatic mission to N. Korea on or about Aug. 17th.

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2012112928598

From the article, an english version of the Korean news site Donga.

“There is a high possibility that the U.S. tried to prevent the North from making an armed provocation ahead of the November presidential election and made a proposal corresponding to it,” the source said

While the press is all over Benghazi gate, i hope they manage a few lines on this one.

Update: an article from an english site , the Atlantic Wire:
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2012/11/us-secretly-talking-north-korea/59459/

Update 12/5/12 from another Korean source:The Kyunghyang Shinmum

http://english.khan.co.kr/khan_art_view.html?artid=201210111436367&code=710100

North Korea preparing long range missle launch?

who really knows, but here's an article from Donga, a S. Korean website.

http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2012112668468


Update 11/29/12
http://english.donga.com/srv/service.php3?biid=2012112928588

Update 12/9/12
US threatens economic sanctions for launching:
Donga: US to cut off NK`s money flow if missile test proceeds


Note: Kim Jong UN has not left Pyongyang since August 27th

Donga: Is NK leader staying in P`yang in fear of his personal safety?

PRC pushing Okinawa protests?

After talking with a Japanese friend about the protests in Okinawa against the American military presence there i found it interesting that many Japanese are upset at the Okinawa Governor (for taking money from somewhere and using state resources to stage protests) and i was pointed to a blog and a newspaper article.  Unfortunately they are written in Japanese and quick translation is beyond me even with the modern translation tools.  I may work through it in detail with my friend at a later date.

One thing of note is the evidence of the PRC attending (encouraging) the protests.  My friend gave them the status of agent provocateurs.

I take the liberty of copying the photos specifically because i do not wish to lose track of them:

 

original blog/article in Japanese

More information and videos of protests (Japanese) 

Update 11/18/12

Okinawa Govenor, Hirokazu Nakaima, continues his quest

Marine Arrested in Okinawa (FOXNews) 

Update 8/26/2013

Article from Stars and Stripes about Pro-American Japanese protesting America's presence on Okinawa to undermine the "real" protesters.

http://www.stripes.com/news/protests-on-okinawa-aren-t-always-what-they-appear-to-be-1.222240

worst case scenario coming true?

I have said more than once that the rise of the military right in China is the world's worst case scenario.
I have also mentioned that the Chinese military academies rhetoric is increasingly threatening.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/01/some-chinese-military-officers-hawkish-and-outspoken-on-graft-challenge-for/

Something of note from the article:
"Up to seven of the 10 uniformed members of the Central Military Commission, which oversees the armed forces, are set to retire. Members of the new panel are expected to demand an even greater say in decision making — and a tougher line in disputes with other nations."

Until American and Americans take off the rose colored glasses and start knowing enemies for enemies we are truly horked.

"Putin did it!" ...

.. were Litvenenko's last words, well close to last anyway. Here is an article with an update on the political situation/fallout. It's not if the Putinite government was involved, it's whether it's worth the political fallout, such as Litvenenko's involvement with the English intelligence agencies. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19660441

Update 12/13/12
BBC: Litvenenko working with British Intelligence