China bolsters presence along Sino-Burmese border; Taiwan military games simulate Chinese invasion

Pak draws down troops from Kashmir; Maoist protests paralyze Nepal; India and Pak eye navy upgrades; India and China bring water issues into the open

The latest issue to raise heckles [in India] has been cyberespionage. In January, India’s National Security Advisor MK Naryanan directly blamed China for multiple hacking attacks, and the chairman of India’s Cyber Law and IT Act Committee warned that same month that China had “raised a cyber army of about 300,000 people and their only job is to intrude upon the secured networks of other countries.” In April, a study by US and Canadian researchers claimed that a Chinese ‘shadow network’ had copied secret files of India’s defence ministry, potentially compromising some of India’s advanced weapons systems.

Taiwan wants trade deal with Beijing; Suspicious suicides claiming Chinese provincial leaders

China-based hackers compromise nine Indian embassies; Beijing sends patrol boats to escort fisherman in South China Sea

Kyrgyzstan erupts; Scuds to Hezbollah a game-changer; Georgia seizes HEU... again; Iran and UAE spar over Gulf islands

Taliban turn to Tehran for training; Hezb-i-Islami makes an offer in Afghanistan; Assessment of Bangladesh militancy; Maoists up the stakes against New Delhi

The coup that swept the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan in early April caught almost everyone by surprise. The ouster of the country's strongman president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, after two days of rioting by opposition forces, likely at Russia's instigation, has fundamentally altered politics in the impoverished but strategically vital Central Asian state. In the process, it has called into question the stability of America's presence in the "post-Soviet space."

Some officials warming to yuan appreciation; Local governments hire "interceptors" to target petitioners to Beijing

PLA looks to IDF for media training; PLA Navy, on anti-piracy mission, making friends abroad