China Reform Monitor: No. 1171
China to outfit civilian ships “
to serve national defense needs”
New soldiers dispatched to DPRK border to stem defections
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Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1989
Russia warns Sweden, while the Pentagon prepares;
An extension for European sanctions
Moscow’s Baby Bust
For decades, first the Soviet Union and then Russia languished under adverse population trends. Deaths far outpaced births, life expectancy was dismally low, and social ills, from alcoholism to unsafe abortion practices, were rampant.
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1988
Mobilization in the Arctic;
Nuclear jitters in NATO
China Reform Monitor: No. 1170
PLA still weeding out corruption in Logistics Dept;
China may station j-11s on artificial islands in Spratlys