China Reform Monitor: No. 976
China upgrades admin status of South China Sea;
Beijing objects to U.S.-Japan-ROK naval drill
China upgrades admin status of South China Sea;
Beijing objects to U.S.-Japan-ROK naval drill
Rights council resigns en masse;
Former finance minister: economic problems on the horizon
Signs point to easing of "
one-child"
policy;
China launches National Human Rights Action Plan
Across the Middle East, hopes for Arab-Israeli peace face obstacles that, of late, are rising on multiple fronts.
Fatah and Hamas are working toward a coalition government, which will further empower a terrorist group that's sworn to Israel's destruction and isolate Palestinian moderates; a candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is assuming the presidency in Egypt while the emerging government is threatening to upend the longstanding Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty; and an Iranian regime that increasingly threatens Israel's destruction continues to make progress toward nuclear weaponry.
The failed UN Syria mission;
The house of Saud names a new crown prince;
Palestinian anti-corruption court: a step forward or a political ploy?;
Is the Assad regime beginning to crack?