China Reform Monitor: No. 866
Cables suggest Beijing supports a united Korea...;
... and computer hacking of foreign targets
Cables suggest Beijing supports a united Korea...;
... and computer hacking of foreign targets
Turkey and Israel continue parting ways;
Violence and Islamism return to Tajikistan;
Another Saudi terrorism roundup;
Syria meddling depite Obama outreach
It's probably safe to assume that Australian Internet activist Julian Assange wasn't thinking specifically about Iran when his brainchild, the information clearinghouse WikiLeaks, released its latest round of classified U.S. government cables. Still, the data dump, encompassing more than a quarter-million internal memos issued by the State Department and U.S. embassies overseas, successfully demolishes a number of sacred cows relating to American policy toward the Islamic republic and its burgeoning nuclear effort.
Protests over land acquisitions erupt across China;
China grapples with the cost of smoking
India forms Arunachal Scouts for border;
A look at China's String of Pearls;
Pakistan denies request for drone expansion;
Iran supports Kashmir struggle, irks India