China Reform Monitor: No. 1194
Railway to link China and Laos;
In Tibet, no religion for Party officials 
Railway to link China and Laos;
In Tibet, no religion for Party officials 
Before year's end, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly planning to conduct a second freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) around one of China's new artificial islands in the South China Sea. Designed to show that the United States will not recognize any Chinese attempt to establish expansive maritime rights around its man-made outposts, the operation will mark the second mission in as many months, after an October 27 FONOP around China's Subi Reef.
A fresh casualty in Ukrainian-Russian tensions;
Back to the KOMSOMOL
Escaped blimp may end JLENS program;
Moscow flexes its missile muscles...;
...while Washington focuses on defense;
China augments space warfare arsenal;
Turkey makes a choice
Moscow's economic worries continue to mount;
In the Russian army, no Dagestanis needed