People's Republic of China Nov 22, 2009

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 01 Mar 2011 08:32

With Its Eye on China, Japan Builds Up Military

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/world ... japan.html

zlin · Post by **zlin** » 01 Mar 2011 09:59

If China has evacuated 29,000 people. Only 4000 are left to evacuate. Why are warships going now?

The warship left from Gulf of Aden at Feb 24, not now. It takes days to reach Libya. You have to try the best , but prepare the worst. The warship is for protecting the evacuation vessels, not for carrying evacuees itself. Things just work better than what Chinese government expected. The evacuation of Chinese nationals from Libya has almost completed before the warships coming. That's even better, thanks for Chinese government's great efforts, and great help from Chinese friend countries like Greece, Malta, Tunisia etc. China govenment chartered 4 cruise ships from Greek companies and 3 cruise ships from Malta and Italy companies earlier. Later it chartered more ship to expedite the evacuation. And many more chartered buses in Tunisia and Egypt. Today, China even chartered 3 Turkey planes to evacuate over 500 Chinese to Turkey. I just heard news that the evacuation of Chinese by ship is completed. The Chinese chartered ships even carried about 1000 other nationals who worked in Chinese companies and evacuated with Chinese, mainly Bangladeshis, Vietnamese, and Nepali.

What are those 43 planes doing if the Chinese are all going to Greece by ferry. Something does not gel in the propagandu filled news posted above.

All the planes are dispatched to the neighboring nations like Greece, Malta, Tunisia, where all Chinese evacuees are first carried there by ships and land vehicles, got food and some rest there first, then back home by planes. Actually China is sending way more than 43 planes in total. It was scheduled 15 flights per day originally. Now the numbers increased since the government can allot more planes there. The Chinese Air Force just dispatched 4 military airplnes to Malta and Tunisia today. So the evacuees can come home even earlier.

Thank God, China just bought lots of Greek debt last year, and Greece gives China great help in this evacuation. Some local news from Greek
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain ... wLink=true

Chinese evacuated via Crete

(ANA-MPA) -- Roughly 13,000 Chinese working in Libya will return to their country via Crete, following a request by the Chinese government to Greece and Italy for the evacuation of nearly 40,000 Chinese nationals, workers and business people, stranded in the strife-torn North African country.

According to reports, Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has contacted the regional governor of Crete and requested the best possible accommodations and support services for the Chinese nationals. (ANA-MPA)

The evacuees are expected to arrive on the large southern Aegean island on Thursday and will be staying in local hotels until they are flown back to China aboard chartered planes that will take off from the airports of Irakleio and Hania. (ANA-MPA)

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 01 Mar 2011 15:10

Now, 'jasmine revolution' shakes China online
http://www.ciol.com/News/News/News-Repo ... /147234/0/

Online campaigners call for March 6 protest against Chinese regime

Read more: http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles ... z1FLEm7NWX

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 01 Mar 2011 17:27

zlin wrote:
If China has evacuated 29,000 people. Only 4000 are left to evacuate. Why are warships going now?
The warship left from Gulf of Aden at Feb 24, not now. It takes days to reach Libya. You have to try the best , but prepare the worst. The warship is for protecting the evacuation vessels, not for carrying evacuees itself.

I see. But China has already evacuated 29000 out of 33000 using Greek ferries and they have reached Greece. The remaining 4000 will be out before the ships reach - so what the hell will the ships do?

Sounds to me like a propaganda exercise by the Chinese commie party to show how powerful China is. I mean you can scour the media of the entire world about what they are doing to evacuate their citizens from Libya and only the Chinese news item boastfully talks about Chinese power and how China is building aircraft carriers. Heck the US, UK, India, France, Russia and Italy are building carriers but no one is putting that titbit of info along with news about rescue from Libya. It is totally ridiculous. This is going on even as the same boasftul Chinese commie party of afraid of the world "Jasmine?.

This news item is part propaganda to tell the world and the Chinese people "Aha We are so great". Luckily for Chinese karma there are many Indians who will immediately brown their pants on reading this boast and go right ahead and moan about Indian weakness.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 01 Mar 2011 18:32

my dhoti is already stained jasmine with uncontrollable susu doing...

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 01 Mar 2011 18:42

shiv wrote:
I see. But China has already evacuated 29000 out of 33000 using Greek ferries and they have reached Greece. The remaining 4000 will be out before the ships reach - so what the hell will the ships do?

Teleported to China

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 01 Mar 2011 21:34

A_Gupta wrote:Regional inequality in China
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2011/ ... -in-china/

I agree with some of the posters that we need to add Taiwan. Also it might help Tibet's GDP/Export numbers if you include the GDP/Export data of South Tibet aka Aruncha Predesh as well. I think it is unfaily included in India's GDP/Export numbers. Sorry India, your GDP number gonna suck after TE deduct the number out of South Tibet aka Aruncha Predesh. I trust Aksai Chin GDP/Export data are already included in Xinjiang, if not you need to include that. Wouldn't be fair to Xinjiang if we do it for Tibet.

Since you are at it, may as well include the data for Shenkaku/Diayou Tai Islands. This should bump up Fujian number but not by much. Every little thing counts. Oh oh, there is no argument here, Spratly Islands, Paracel Island and the whole South China Seas the EEZ of China, now that should really really help Hainan Island. On the other hand, should those SCS properties be a separate province altogether, seem unfair to give it all to Hainan Island, there are big enough.

I still think Mongolia should be part of China, the Chinese map look funny without Mongolia as it looks like someone has taken a big bite of a pie. Oh well, this will be a different topic some other time.

Before I forget, can we include Nepal and Bhutan? I think these two properties fit well with China's portfolio. Really, if you ask any ordinary Nepalise (Moaist) and Bhuthanese, they would have no problem joining China.

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 02 Mar 2011 09:43

The Revolution will not be searchable

http://eurasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/ ... searchable

Missing Before Action

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... ore_action

zlin · Post by **zlin** » 02 Mar 2011 10:14

Chinese evacuees at Crete, Greece

calling home

watching fishing

shopping

internet bar

Samudragupta · Post by **Samudragupta** » 02 Mar 2011 13:01

I don't understand the reason for the heavy handed and cheap propaganda written out in the BRF by this Chinese dude.

jagga · Post by **jagga** » 02 Mar 2011 14:31

Tackling northern China's drought crisis

The Chinese government is spending $1bn (£600m) on emergency measures in an attempt to combat one of the most serious droughts in decades.The drought has caused global wheat prices to rise because of fears that China's crop, the biggest in the world, could be damaged.As the BBC's Damian Grammaticas reports there are fears China, in its rush for growth, is depleting water sources which 200 million people rely on.

Christopher Sidor · Post by **Christopher Sidor** » 02 Mar 2011 14:57

^^^
I hope they are able to avoid this. Wheat is staple food in major part of North-Western, Central and Western India. I dont want to see a repeat of the recent onion price story, this time in Wheat.

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 02 Mar 2011 16:37

China sets up 'no reporting' zones to gag coverage of jasmine revolt
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china ... lt/756765/

Unrest in China? Six experts weigh in
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/wor ... le1921713/

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 03 Mar 2011 03:52

China sets up 'no reporting' zones to gag coverage of jasmine revolt
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/china ... lt/756765/

Cosmo_R · Post by **Cosmo_R** » 03 Mar 2011 04:10

Lalmohan wrote:the chinese have taken the imperialist agenda, covered it in capitalism and then put it on steroids

Yeah! It's called the Moo Goo Gai PLAN

zlin · Post by **zlin** » 03 Mar 2011 08:41

35,860 Chinese nationals in Libya evacuated: FM

BEIJING, March 3 (Xinhua) -- A total of 35,860 Chinese citizens had been evacuated from Libya as of 11:10 p.m. Wednesday Beijing Time, Vice Chinese Foreign Minister Song Tao told the press here Wednesday.

This means all Chinese who desired to go back and whose whereabouts were known by the foreign ministry have been evacuated from Libya, said Song.

It was the largest and the most complicated overseas evacuation ever conducted by the Chinese government since the People's Republic of China was founded on Oct. 1, 1949, he said.

These accomplishments, achieved in no more than ten days, are attributed to cooperation across all related ministries, local authorities, military as well many Chinese enterprises, he said.

He also gives credit to China's peaceful foreign policy, which makes China a popular country in the community of nations.

He expressed thanks to all the help and support provided by a number of countries over the past several days, and noted that China has also helped 12 countries to evacuate about 2,100 of their citizens, living up to its international humanitarian responsibility.

Among those who had been been taken out of Libya, 20,745 returned to their homeland, said Song.

As soon as the situation demands action, the Chinese government established a task force, headed by Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang, to ensure effective evacuation of all the stranded Chinese, including those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

When the first chartered plane took off from Beijing last Wednesday, an all-out effort made by the Chinese government to bring all of its citizens back to home from danger and chaos by air, land or sea, was put into gear.

Throughout the evacuation, countries like Greece, Malta, Egypt, Tunisia, Turkey and Jordan have kindly offered their help in either providing transportation or facilitating temporary shelter.

China's enterprises investing in Libya like China Communications Construction Group as well as China Railway Construction Corporation have also contributed a lot to organizing an effective withdrawal.

To speed up the pulling-out, China also sent its navy and air force to be a part of this unprecedented evacuation effort.

Song said the Chinese government would continue to send chartered planes to bring back those Chinese taking temporary shelter in the neighboring countries.

kmkraoind · Post by **kmkraoind** » 03 Mar 2011 09:38

One thing we have to admit that the Chinese are very clever. The quick evacuation of Chinese citizens from Libya has two dimensions.
1. To show ordinary Lee in China that they care about them and show its rapidness to world.
2. Second and the most important. Chinese authorities have predicted that the Libyan case is quietly different than those of Tunisia and Egypt. They do not ordinary Chinese to learn gorilla warfare, armed resistance, etc. Now the evacuated Chinese have not been exposed to a live semi-armed revolution so that they could employ these tactics in China.

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 03 Mar 2011 14:19

kmkraoind wrote: 2. Second and the most important. Chinese authorities have predicted that the Libyan case is quietly different than those of Tunisia and Egypt. They do not ordinary Chinese to learn gorilla warfare, armed resistance, etc. Now the evacuated Chinese have not been exposed to a live semi-armed revolution so that they could employ these tactics in China.

That is why they get a free holiday in Greece.

Murugan · Post by **Murugan** » 03 Mar 2011 14:28

The movie 127 Hours has a specific message

"dont buy cheap made-in-china multi tools"

blow on echendee

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 03 Mar 2011 15:04

Something fishy with China's 'Jasmine' movement
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/perspectives/new ... 3000c.html

shiv · Post by **shiv** » 03 Mar 2011 16:33

Samudragupta wrote:I don't understand the reason for the heavy handed and cheap propaganda written out in the BRF by this Chinese dude.

He is the Chicom propaganda representative for BRF

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 03 Mar 2011 17:10

Raw Video: China Police Prevent "Jasmine" Demos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3Dtksr84c

Interesting ad for Jasmine Revolution in China
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTAP6VHQwH8

Arab-inspired protest in Shanghai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6OvvKBg ... re=related

ashi · Post by **ashi** » 04 Mar 2011 14:12

China organizes hasty retreat from Libya
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... from-libya

VALLETTA, Malta – How things have changed. When the 2004 tsunami hit the Indian Ocean, America sent the Seventh Fleet of the U.S. Navy to help evacuees. China sent a cargo ship.

Now to evacuate American workers from the crisis in Libya, America sent a chartered ferry too small to ride the rough seas of the Mediterranean.

China chartered a giant ocean cruise ship, 20 civilian aircraft, four military aircraft and moved 35,860 of its citizens out of danger in Libya as of Wednesday, within a week of starting the process, according to the Chinese foreign minister.

China’s government chartered a fleet of planes to carry them to Shanghai. Quietly, effectively, without fuss, China is evacuating all its workers to safety. It is the silent contract between state and worker: You work abroad, we’ll look after you.

Their workers lead the rush, and their government spreads its wings to protect them, wherever they are.

But what strikes me is the efficiency and order and calm. Nobody was arguing with the airline staff, objecting to orders, struggling with too many bags and bulky packages. Rather just a line of calm, single men with small cases, waiting patiently to be told what to do and where to go.

It occurred to me, is this the future?

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 04 Mar 2011 14:36

Jasmine Revolution And China – Not Yet, But Building Up?
http://www.eurasiareview.com/analysis/j ... -04032011/

Jasmine Protests in Communist China have Officials Scared
http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/int ... als-scared

Unemployment is a big Chinese fear
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/02/27/46220836.html

joshvajohn · Post by **joshvajohn** » 05 Mar 2011 02:25

China: Wei Jingsheng: Waiting for China’s Jasmine Revolution
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article. ... Revolution

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Mar 2011 15:00

Japan worried about China's military modernization

Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara has said that “a close look” was required to evaluate China's assertions that its military modernisation was of “defensive” and not offensive character. Voicing concern over the size of China's latest defence budget, Mr. Maehara said: “In the light of the scale of Gross Domestic Product of China, which has become the second largest economy in the world by overtaking Japan, even two per cent of such GDP represents a considerable amount.” The growth trajectory of China's military modernisation has attracted much attention across the Asia Pacific region.

NRao · Post by **NRao** » 07 Mar 2011 05:46

China Tracks Foreign Journalists

Foreign journalists were detained by Chinese policemen on a street leading to a designated demonstration site in Shanghai on Sunday.

..............................suddenly, foreign reporters are being tracked and detained in the same manner — though hardly as roughly — as political dissidents.

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svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 07 Mar 2011 11:06

How could be a greedy dirty nation like China ?

polluting atmosphere , corruption , faked products,toxic foods, SARS, AIDS, chicken-flu,pickpocket , eating human organs and female foetues , eat dogs and cats, torturing falun gong members, kill 70 millions men in bloody “Mao-revolution”,killing Tibetian monks & Burmese monks, invades Inner Mongolia, East Turkestan, take? illegal islands from South East Asia, treat to workers like animal in sweatshops, …

Bird-Flu, Blue-eared Pigs, Poisonous Dumplings, Toys, chocolates & Toothpastes, Selling criminals’ organs, Killing innocent Tibetian monks,Picpockets, Fake products & Disneyland, No human rights, No freedom of speech, a bunch of chinese industrial spies & illegal immigrants, environmental pollutions and distructions…
this country is a really “Cancer of the Earth”

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1949 China invaded and occupied Uighur.
1950 China entered Korean War.
1951 China invaded Tibet. 1,200,000 Tibetans was killed by China. (Note : 1/5 of total population) Tibetans was killed by China.
1959 China disputed and the border disputed with India.
1969 China invaded the Soviet Union (Danmansky island).
1979 China fought against Vietnam as “Punishment”.
1992 China insisted on owning Spratly Islands & Paracel Islands without permission.
1995 China occupied Mischief Reef that the Philippines had historically owned.
1996 China launched the missile in Taiwan Straits. China threatened Taiwan.
1997 China insists on the owning right to the Scarboro atoll that the Philippines has historically owned.
2008 Chinese People’s Liberation Army killed Tibetan Protesters in Lhasa Tibet.
2009 Han Chinese People massacred Uighur Muslims in Urumuchi.
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The Uyghurs are a Turkic Muslim people who are being severely oppressed by the brutal Chinese communist regime. Their homeland East Turkestan was stolen by China over 50 years ago and renamed “Xinjiang”.

Please visit this website:
saveeastturk.org

Statistics:

1) Forcible abortion of 8,500,000 Uyghur babies of East Turkestan carried out by the Chinese government.

2) 500,000 people of East Turkestan slaughtered and massacred in cold blood by the Chinese.

3) 750,000 Uyghurs killed by the radioactive nuclear experiments of the Communist Part of China.

Total number of deaths: 10 MILLION Uyghur Muslims murdered by China

svinayak · Post by **svinayak** » 07 Mar 2011 11:28

debt to China will ultimately lead to our own destruction.

They will work for us

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 07 Mar 2011 17:47

ABC

China denies assault on foreign journalists

Posted 2 hours 37 minutes ago

China's foreign minister has held a rare press conference to deny police had bashed foreign journalists in recent days, despite widespread print and video evidence to suggest the contrary.

Yang Jiechi says there was "no issue" of Chinese police beating foreign journalists.

Australian journalist Chris Buckley, who is in China as a correspondent for Reuters, asked Mr Yang to comment on the allegations.

"China is a country under the rule of law. It abides by the law. It has always followed relevant laws and regulations in managing the matters related to foreign journalists in China," Mr Yang said.

"We will continue to provide convenience for foreign journalists in conducting reporting activities here. At the same time, we hope the foreign journalists will abide by the Chinese laws and regulations.

"There is no such issue as Chinese police officers beating foreign journalists."

But video is freely available on the BBC showing uniformed and plain-clothes police officers surrounding the BBC's Damian Grammaticas, roughing him up and pulling his hair before pushing him into a van and then repeatedly slamming the door on his legs.

The ABC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell told PM that foreign reporters knew police had a habit of roughing up members of the media.

"The key thing here is that this press conference was broadcast live on television," McDonell said.

"[People] who get around the great firewall of China will have seen these international reports that this is going on.

"But if this is being broadcast live on television in China and someone gets up and asks this question, well all of a sudden it's like telling the nation that this is going on, so the foreign minister just says it's not happening."

There is tension behind the scenes of this year's National People's Congress following calls on the internet for China to stage Middle East-style protests.

Dissidents and activists are also under the close watch of police.

"Any pressure that foreign journalists are getting would be 200 times worse for a Chinese activist or a human rights lawyer and the like," McDonell said.

"And certainly at least 15 or so of them have been rounded up in recent weeks and been taken away. They're probably going to face state subversion charges and could even cop lengthy jail terms."

Venkarl · Post by **Venkarl** » 07 Mar 2011 19:50

China organizes hasty retreat from Libya
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... from-libya

China’s government chartered a fleet of planes to carry them to Shanghai. Quietly, effectively, without fuss, China is evacuating all its workers to safety. It is the silent contract between state and worker: You work abroad, we’ll look after you.

Their workers lead the rush, and their government spreads its wings to protect them, wherever they are.

China sometimes reminds me of an Angry Daddy who beats his kids on his will.....but never ever allows others to touch or sight them.....what a sadistic daddy?

whatever...my hearty congratulations to their leaders for a successful evacuation of their people from North Africa....

Charlie · Post by **Charlie** » 08 Mar 2011 08:21

WSJ: Some Insights into the Chinese Control Mechanisms

According to the state news service Xinhua, more than 300,000 government employees perform "community service management," such as monitoring the Web for dissent. Propaganda ministry officials have told local officials they have about two hours between news of "sudden incidents" to close down online information flows and stop people from gathering for protests. Officials are working on new software to track trending topics such as complaints about corruption.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 08 Mar 2011 08:25

China Plans Tibet-Xinjiang Rail Links

China has unveiled plans to link up Tibet and Xinjiang, its two far-western frontier regions, with a new railway network as part of a wider initiative to boost infrastructure projects in border areas in the next Five-Year Plan (2011-15).

Officials on Monday announced a new railway link that will shorten the distance between the two regions' capitals, Lhasa and Urumqi, by more than 1,000 km and also provide the first direct rail link between the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and Xinjiang.

Another railway line between Kashgar and Hotan, which is near the western section of India's disputed border with China, has also opened to cargo traffic and will begin ferrying passengers by June this year, reports in the State media said.

China will embark on a 10-year 310-billion yuan ($47.6 billion) project to add 8,000 km of railways in Xinjiang in the next Five-Year Plan (2011-15), stretching across 90 per cent of its counties. Six airports will also be built.

Officials at the on-going annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislative body, have said the next plan would focus on accelerating infrastructure projects in western China, which has lagged behind the east on most development indicators. The top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has called for a “bring prosperity to border areas” campaign in the next plan.

In recent days, top officials, including President and Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao, have stressed the need for “leapfrog development” to bring stability to Tibet and Xinjiang, which have both seen recent ethnic unrest. In March 2008, riots broke out in Tibet and neighbouring provinces with Tibetan populations, while ethnic violence in Xinjiang between the local Uighurs and Han Chinese left at least 197 people dead in July 2009. In the lead-up to the third anniversary of the March 14 violence in Tibet, the Chinese government has tightened security, and also increased restrictions on foreign tourists travelling to the region this month.

“Meticulous efforts must be paid to the tasks of reform, development and stability to boost leapfrog development and maintain perennial stability in Tibet,” Mr. Hu told a meeting of NPC delegates from Tibet on Sunday.

A rail link between Golmud, in northwestern Qinghai province which neighbours Tibet, and Korla in Xinjiang will be the first of the railway projects. Luo Yulin, Vice-Governor of Qinghai, said on Sunday construction of the 5.1-billion yuan ($ 784 million) line would start this year. When completed, it would reduce the journey between Lhasa and Urumqi by 1,000 km.

“The new railway line will play a significant role in boosting the economic development in the country's western regions and promoting exchanges among different ethnic groups,” he told the official Xinhua news agency.

Officials say the new railway lines will boost economic development in the far west. There are, however, concerns among many locals in both Xinjiang and Tibet that the added connectivity will also bring greater migration into the region from other Chinese provinces, seen as an underlying cause for unrest.

The newly-completed line from Kashgar, on China's western border, to the mining centre of Hotan, will accelerate extraction of mineral resources, with an annual freight capacity of 15 million tonnes.

Christopher Sidor · Post by **Christopher Sidor** » 08 Mar 2011 11:28

SSridhar wrote:China Plans Tibet-Xinjiang Rail Links
China has unveiled plans to link up Tibet and Xinjiang, its two far-western frontier regions, with a new railway network as part of a wider initiative to boost infrastructure projects in border areas in the next Five-Year Plan (2011-15).

Officials on Monday announced a new railway link that will shorten the distance between the two regions' capitals, Lhasa and Urumqi, by more than 1,000 km and also provide the first direct rail link between the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and Xinjiang.

Another railway line between Kashgar and Hotan, which is near the western section of India's disputed border with China, has also opened to cargo traffic and will begin ferrying passengers by June this year, reports in the State media said.

China will embark on a 10-year 310-billion yuan ($47.6 billion) project to add 8,000 km of railways in Xinjiang in the next Five-Year Plan (2011-15), stretching across 90 per cent of its counties. Six airports will also be built.

Officials at the on-going annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislative body, have said the next plan would focus on accelerating infrastructure projects in western China, which has lagged behind the east on most development indicators. The top political advisory body, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), has called for a “bring prosperity to border areas” campaign in the next plan.

In recent days, top officials, including President and Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao, have stressed the need for “leapfrog development” to bring stability to Tibet and Xinjiang, which have both seen recent ethnic unrest. In March 2008, riots broke out in Tibet and neighbouring provinces with Tibetan populations, while ethnic violence in Xinjiang between the local Uighurs and Han Chinese left at least 197 people dead in July 2009. In the lead-up to the third anniversary of the March 14 violence in Tibet, the Chinese government has tightened security, and also increased restrictions on foreign tourists travelling to the region this month.

“Meticulous efforts must be paid to the tasks of reform, development and stability to boost leapfrog development and maintain perennial stability in Tibet,” Mr. Hu told a meeting of NPC delegates from Tibet on Sunday.

A rail link between Golmud, in northwestern Qinghai province which neighbours Tibet, and Korla in Xinjiang will be the first of the railway projects. Luo Yulin, Vice-Governor of Qinghai, said on Sunday construction of the 5.1-billion yuan ($ 784 million) line would start this year. When completed, it would reduce the journey between Lhasa and Urumqi by 1,000 km.

“The new railway line will play a significant role in boosting the economic development in the country's western regions and promoting exchanges among different ethnic groups,” he told the official Xinhua news agency.

Officials say the new railway lines will boost economic development in the far west. There are, however, concerns among many locals in both Xinjiang and Tibet that the added connectivity will also bring greater migration into the region from other Chinese provinces, seen as an underlying cause for unrest.

The newly-completed line from Kashgar, on China's western border, to the mining centre of Hotan, will accelerate extraction of mineral resources, with an annual freight capacity of 15 million tonnes.

This rail link will also allow the military forces and supplies of Xianjing to reach the Tibetan theater of operations far quicker than it is possible. Also it provides an additional redundancy. If for any reason the current functioning tibetian railway line is disrupted then this new railway line can serve as the backup.

Murugan · Post by **Murugan** » 08 Mar 2011 12:09

Chin bans entry of tourists in Tibet. 3rd Anniversary of anti-govt riots.

http://www.google.co.in/url?q=http://ec ... B6oYHrLpuw

PrasadZ · Post by **PrasadZ** » 08 Mar 2011 12:30

The Philippines has halted seismic testing for gas in the South China Sea after its survey ship was threatened by two Chinese patrol boats.

In response to these regular "threats",
Philippine navy acquires US patrol ship

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 09 Mar 2011 09:00

PHOTO ESSAY: China's Big Dam Problem

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... am_problem

abhishek_sharma · Post by **abhishek_sharma** » 10 Mar 2011 07:48

Slowing China

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commen ... 28/English

Rony · Post by **Rony** » 12 Mar 2011 02:58

Ma Jiali is China's foremost expert on India. The book is called 'Rising Elephant' in Chinese.

Rising India released in Beijing

Rising India, a collection of essays on Indian studies by Professor Ma Jiali, was released Thursday at the Culture Wing of the Embassy of India in Beijing. Indian Ambassador to China Dr. S. Jaishankar and Chinese dignitaries graced the event.

The 245-page book presents a comprehensive look at India, including the country's economy, technology, politics, society, military affairs, and security. It also features India's diplomatic policies, particularly Sino-Indian ties and ties with other countries, as well as the nation's culture and people.

Ambassador Jaishankar praised Ma as a balanced and sober analyst on India.

"The book's focus on India's rise makes it considerably valuable. There are few examples in world history of the simultaneous rise of two large economies. Managing this process is a complicated challenge, which requires the sound understanding of each other's interests and careful handling," Jaishankar said.

Ma is a senior researcher on South Asian security and China-India relations at the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations. He has also been a key delegate at China-India bilateral discussions on security issues and is a member of China-India Eminent Persons' Group Forum (EPG).

"India and China are two neighboring fast-growing economies, however, economic figures alone are not sufficient to strengthen bilateral ties and promote regional and global interests. I hope my book can help more Chinese people understand India better," said Ma.

Last December during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to New Delhi, China and India issued a joint communiqué declaring 2011 the "Year of China-India Exchange". Rising India is the first book on Sino-Indian relations to be published in China during this landmark year. The Cultural Wing of the Indian Embassy plans to organize more activities in the coming months to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Chinese-Indian diplomatic ties.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 12 Mar 2011 07:22

China Celebrates Its Status As World’s Number One Air Polluter