China Reform Monitor: No. 1139
Christmas-related events banned in one Chinese province;
Turkey saves Uighur refugees in Thailand from repatriation to China
 
Christmas-related events banned in one Chinese province;
Turkey saves Uighur refugees in Thailand from repatriation to China
 
Is Russia rethinking preemptive nuclear war?;
Funding only for patriotic films
 
One of the first orders of business for the new Congress may be to consider a resolution authorizing the use of force resolution in Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led combined joint mission against the Islamic State group. Such a move would be long overdue.
China drops in Corruption index;
Pro-China party suffers major losses in Taiwan elections
 
The recent resignation of Chuck Hagel as US defense secretary is a sign of the times. During his short, unglamorous tenure as the Obama administration's defense chief, Hagel had become a symbol of the White House's failed foreign and defense policies.