Headlines, May 16 edition
Report: Taiwan weighs gamechanger with purchase of U.S. F-35B stealth jetfighters (FULL STORY)
INSIDE CHINA: Critic of Bo Xilai expected to win spot on Politburo Standing Committee (FULL STORY)
Sun Tzu gaffe by China’s defense minister raises eyebrows at West Point (FULL STORY)
China still providing cover for N. Korea, ignoring nuclear brinksmanship (FULL STORY)
Wife of incoming China leader to head PLA’s controversial Academy of the Arts (FULL STORY)
Alleged Burmese drug lord captured, extradited to China (FULL STORY)
Japanese rally behind campaign to purchase Senkaku islands (FULL STORY)
N. Korea launches personal attack on S. Korean presidential contender (FULL STORY)
INSIDE NORTH KOREA: Image campaign casts North Korea’s young ruler as more outgoing, like Kim Il-Sung (FULL STORY)
Disabled man sentenced for videotaping Chinese aircraft from roadside (FULL STORY)
Pyongyang reports death of S. Korean activist’s wife seen in Yoduk prison camp (FULL STORY)
Chinese gas station refuses to service Japanese-made cars (FULL STORY)
U.S. tour of sensitive military sites delights Chinese delegation, media

Chinese Defense Minister Gen. Guanglie Liang visits the San Diego Naval Base, principal home port of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy.
Headlines, May 9 edition
U.S. tour of sensitive military sites delights Chinese delegation, media (FULL STORY)
INSIDE CHINA: Chinese media mounts an almost all out propaganda offensive against the Philippines (FULL STORY)
PLA editorial ordering respect for Hu Jintao raises doubts about his authority (FULL STORY)
N. Korea jams navigational signals, endangering hundreds of airline flights (FULL STORY)
China newspaper’s online ‘mea culpa’ for Chen attacks vanishes after going viral (FULL STORY)
Chinese admiral lectures senior U.S. officials on Beijing’s worldview (FULL STORY)
Taiwan to build stealth ship to counter Chinese aircraft carrier (FULL STORY)
South Korea’s first human rights report on North zooms in on prison camps (FULL STORY)
INSIDE NORTH KOREA: Risky business: N. Korea making capitalist accommodations to win foreign currency (FULL STORY)
China charges Japan faked UN continental shelf report (FULL STORY)
Divide and conquer: PLA Daily faults U.S. for opposing Taiwan’s military build-up in Spratlys (FULL STORY)
South Korea, U.S. launch largest-ever joint air defense drill (FULL STORY)
China sold military vehicles to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions

A reportedly new N. Korean missile is transported on a launcher during a military parade on April 15, in Pyongyang. Ng Han Guan/AP
Headlines, May 2 edition
China sold military vehicles to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions (FULL STORY)
INSIDE CHINA: Obama administration under pressure for kowtowing to Beijing over Chen Guangcheng (FULL STORY)
Blind Chinese activist’s escape, trip to U.S. Embassy revealed sophisticated network (FULL STORY)
PLA to launch major ‘ideological struggle’ to gain control of Internet (FULL STORY)
China opposing Japan’s appeals to UN on continental shelf issues (FULL STORY)
Russia rejects China’s request to buy S-400 missiles (FULL STORY)
Beijing furious as 2 Uighurs leave Guantanamo for safe haven in El Salvador (FULL STORY)
Kim Jong-Un’s uncle given control of top guard unit in N. Korea (FULL STORY)
INSIDE NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-Un exports workers to import cash after spending half annual budget on celebration (FULL STORY)
Taiwanese general gets life sentence for spying for Mainland (FULL STORY)
China orbits two satellites with one launcher for Beidou GPS system (FULL STORY)
Japanese poll shows 92 percent want Tokyo to buy Senkaku Islands (FULL STORY)
China reports U.S. can track only half of PLA sub fleet

Military sites have released photos of PLA submarine bases, such as the above, according to a forum at China's Global Times.
See Headlines, April 25 edition
Headlines, April 25 edition
China reports U.S. can track only half of PLA sub fleet in deterrence blow (FULL STORY)
INSIDE CHINA: Hu Jintao spares top Bo accomplice Zhou Yongkang for ‘stability’ as plot thickens (FULL STORY)
China agents respond to Pyongyang’s decree, revive measures against defectors (FULL STORY)
China analyst: Tensions over Philippines in S. China Sea a ‘U.S. strategic trap’ (FULL STORY)
China slams S. Korea’s murder sentence of boat captain as ‘barbaric law enforcement’ (FULL STORY)
China at impasse with Russia over plans to reverse-engineer Su-35 fighter (FULL STORY)
U.S. ‘likely’ to give direct assist to Taiwan’s indigenous sub buildup (FULL STORY)
North Korea apparently completes preparations for another nuclear test (FULL STORY)
INSIDE NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong-Un creates ‘special actions’ commando group, targets S. Korea leadership by name (FULL STORY)
China, Thailand to establish ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ (FULL STORY)
Russia conducts provocative bomber exercise near Japanese border (FULL STORY)
Google co-founder does 180, condemns China as greatest enemy to Internet freedom (FULL STORY)
Rocket launch failure highlights vacuum in decision-making in N. Korea

Kim Jong-Un stands with military officers during the unveiling of bronze statues of North Korea founder Kim Il-Sung and late leader Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang on April 13. /Reuters/Bobby Yip
See Headlines, April 18 edition
Headlines, April 18 edition
Signs of trouble for Hu Jintao from the behavior of Bo Xilai’s key allies (FULL STORY)
INSIDE CHINA: Tensions in Asia-Pacific give rise to multiple war games (FULL STORY)
China mocks ‘unreliable’ U.S., slams Philippines after standoff in S. China Sea (FULL STORY)
China patrol plan buzzes Japan frigate, defies Tokyo’s protests (FULL STORY)
Double trouble in Chongqing: World’s largest artificial cave and the 816 Nuclear Bomb Plant (FULL STORY)
Mobile ICBM launcher from China in N. Korean parade would violate UN resolution (FULL STORY)
China ridicules India as Western arms industry’s ‘cash ATM’ (FULL STORY)
Report: N. Korea to reject IAEA inspectors while readying another nuke test (FULL STORY)
INSIDE NORTH KOREA: Rocket launch failure highlights vacuum in decision-making in N. Korea (FULL STORY)
Hillary Clinton puts China on the spot over N. Korea missile test (FULL STORY)
N. Korea’s failed satellite launch ridiculed by Chinese Internet users (FULL STORY)
Chinese naval ships to feature vertical take-off/landing drones (FULL STORY)


