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Timeline: North Korea's nuclear weapons program The Associated Press Published: October 8, 2006 A timeline on nuclear weapons development in North Korea: _1993: North Korea shocks world by saying it will quit Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, later suspends its withdrawal. _1994: North Korea, United States sign agreement in Geneva, North pledges to freeze, eventually dismantle, nuclear weapons program in exchange for help building two power-producing nuclear reactors. _Sept. 17, 1999: U.S. President Bill Clinton agrees to first major easing of economic sanctions against North Korea since Korean War's end in 1953. _July 2000: North Korea threatens to restart nuclear program if...

Magnitude 4.2 - NORTH KOREA 2006 October 9 01:35:27 UTC Earthquake Details Magnitude 4.2 (Light) Date-Time Monday, October 9, 2006 at 01:35:27 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, October 9, 2006 at 10:35:27 AM = local time at epicenter Location 41.311°N, 129.114°E Depth 0 km (~0 mile) set by location program Region NORTH KOREA Distances 70 km (45 miles) N of Kimchaek, North Korea 90 km (55 miles) SW of Chongjin, North Korea 180 km (110 miles) S of Yanji, Jilin, China 385 km (240 miles) NE of PYONGYANG, North Korea Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.9 km (9.3 miles); depth...

The Foreign Ministry of the People's Republic of China issued a statement on a nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, with its full text as follows: The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (PRC) October 9, 2006 The Democratic People¡¯s Republic of Korea (DPRK) outrageously conducted a nuclear test on October 9th in defiance of unanimous opposition from the international community, and the Chinese government voices its firm opposition to the test. It is the Chinese government's unswerving and consistent position to enable the (Korean) Peninsula to go nuclear-free...

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North Korea Nukes Clinton Legacy Charles R. SmithWednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 Asian Arms Race Result of Appeasement Policy   The leftist media spin is that the current crisis in North Asia is the result of George W. Bush calling Pyongyang a member of the 'axis of evil.' In reality, the soft-line appeasement policy taken by Clinton against North Korea and China is what has led us to this point. For example, former Clinton adviser Paul Begala, now serving as a talking head on CNN, claimed that the Clinton administration contained the threat from North Korea. Clearly, Mr. Begala missed the...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- China is waging an aggressive campaign of seduction in the Caribbean, wooing countries away from relationships with rival Taiwan, opening markets for its expanding economy, promising to send tourists, and shipping police to Haiti in the first communist deployment in the Western Hemisphere. And the United States, China's Cold War enemy, is benignly watching the Asian economic superpower move into its backyard. Advertisement For decades China and Taiwan used dollar diplomacy to win over small Caribbean nations where small projects building roads, bridges, wells and fisheries go a long way. But Beijing's growing economic...

China military buildup threatens US forces: CIA chief Wed Feb 16, 8:32 PM ET WASHINGTON (AFP) - China's military buildup could tilt the strategic balance with Taiwan and also threaten US forces in Asia, CIA (news - web sites) director Porter Goss warned. Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Goss also highlighted threats to the United States from North Korea (news - web sites), which he warned could resume missile tests anytime after boasting of its nuclear weapons' might last week. "Beijing's military modernisation and military buildup could tilt the balance of power in the Taiwan Strait," said Goss, who...

The Grouch spends a lot of time shaking his head at the conclusions of analysts and pundits when it comes to China's technology scene. Sometimes he wonders what the China watchers are watching: it must be "World's Wildest Police Chases" or Liverpool vs. Tottenham because their eye certainly isn't on the ball in China. So the Grouch thought he could serve the people by offering a bit of insight into the many myths that surround the tech scene north of Lo Wu. 1. The IBM-Lenovo deal represents the arrival of Chinese companies on the international stage, and that we can...

Szady highlights threat of Chinese espionage WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI's leader in spy catching used a rare public appearance Thursday to ask American business to help stop the theft of U.S. business and technology secrets. FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence David Szady, cited Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea among countries he said engage in espionage against the United States, but he focused heavily on activities by Chinese. "There are 150,000 students from China. Some of those are sent here to work their way up into the corporations," Szady said. There are about 300,000 Chinese visitors annually, and 15,000...

U.S. warns China on Bible-smuggling case Jan 11, 2002 WASHINGTON (BP)--President Bush and senior U.S. congressmen have taken a personal interest in the case of a Hong Kong businessman who faces trial for smuggling Bibles into China, and that has helped allay concerns of human rights activists who feared that Washington might overlook Chinese abuses because of Beijing's cooperation in the war against terrorism, CNSNews.com reported Jan. 10. China had tried to take advantage of the post-Sept. 11 situation by clamping down on opponents. Li welcomed the fact that the United States seemed unwilling to overlook violations simply out of...

The split is not over Iraq -- that wound is rapidly healing -- but over the EU's impending decision to lift its embargo on the sale of arms to China. The decision, which EU countries have agreed in principle -- they are now hammering out the practicalities -- is seen as a historic shift in global allegiances, with the EU choosing for the first time to give preference to the strategic interests of looming superpower China over the interests of its oldest ally, the US. One US official said recently: "We are talking about the Europeans making it easier for...

Rice Hints U.S. Resigned to EU Ending China Embargo Wed Feb 9, 2005 12:44 PM ET By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested on Wednesday that the United States was resigned to the European Union lifting its arms embargo on China and felt Europe was taking U.S. security concerns seriously. Rice told a news conference after meeting NATO foreign ministers: "We are still in discussions ... about how to deal with the prospect of the lifting of the EU arms embargo on China. "I really have to underscore how much the Europeans have tried to...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. Check the label on your Nikes, your Apple computers, your UCLA sweaters. Made in China, assembled in Korea, hecho en Mexico. It may seem like just one pair of shoes, one computer and one sweater, until you multiply it by every one you've ever bought. Now look around. Try and find one thing in Ackerman Union made in America. Ask students on campus where their goods are made. Getting the picture? Here's a frame – America's unprecedented $600 billion trade deficit. Should you be scared? Should you feel like a traitor...

China is modernizing its military forces faster than anyone expected only a few years ago. The build-up is escalating the potential danger to the island of Taiwan, to American forces and bases in Asia, and to the overall balance of power in the region. 'China adheres to the military strategy of active defense and works to speed up the revolution of military affairs with Chinese characteristics,' says the white paper Beijing issued in December. It points to 'leapfrog development' in high-tech weapons for its missile units, navy and air force. Where many American and Asian analysts said before that China...

China and the Final War for Resources By: Bill Ridley, Online Investors News "What's coming will be more devastating to the U.S. economy than any nuclear strike..." - The Asia Times I. Unrestricted War Unrestricted War: China’s Master Plan to Destroy America is a treatise for world domination written in 1999 by People’s Liberation Army Colonels Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui. In order for China to become a dominant global power over the United States, the PLA emphasizes “The Final War over Resources”, must be won. The Colonels state that the aggressor nation “must adjust its own financial strategy, use...

China is modernizing its military forces faster than anyone expected, escalating the potential danger to the island of Taiwan, to American forces and bases in Asia, and to the overall balance of power in the region. "China adheres to the military strategy of active defense and works to speed up the revolution of military affairs (RMA) with Chinese characteristics," says the white paper Beijing issued in December. It points to "leapfrog development" in high-tech weapons for its missile units, navy, and air force. Where many American and Asian analysts said before that China would be able to mount a credible...

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. On Jan. 20, in US President George W. Bush's second inauguration speech, he said that "the survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world." He pointed out that "it is the policy of the US to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world." But before the US plans...

http://www.newsinsight.net/nati2.asp?recno=3160 http://india-defence.com/node/65 4 February 2005: Behind King Gyanendra’s coup, the Chinese hand is becoming visible, and it ties to the king’s son, Paras’s two visits to Hong Kong since 24 December. The Chinese were apparently putting pressure on Nepal to open trade and transit routes between Lhasa and Kathmandu, and to evict the followers of the Dalai Lama and shut down his missions. In early January, after Paras’s first Hong Kong visit, Nepal ordered closure of the Tibetan cultural centre, and subsequently, King Gyanendra put pressure to arrest and deport the Dalai Lama’s followers to China. Prime minister Sher Bahadur...

BEIJING : China said a threatened US bill giving it six months to revalue its currency, the yuan, would be the wrong way to handle the sensitive issue. "We believe this is not a way to resolve differences," foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan told a regular briefing. "Every country's economic and financial policy are implemented and established based on the country's specific situation," he said. A least a dozen US senators are said to have agreed to co-sponsor the bill which would give China "a window of 180 days" to revalue the yuan or face a 27.5 percent tariff on...

Rome (AsiaNews) – Mgr John Gao Kexian, unofficial Bishop of Yantai died in the evening of January 24 2005 in a hospital in the city of Bingzhou (Shandong). He had been in prison for the previous five years. His body was cremated and buried the day following his death in the presence of police officers. No relative or faithful were allowed to attend the event. The Bishop died without any religious comforts and his body was not blessed. Because of the news blackout surrounding his case and concerns about his health rumours about his death had already appeared in September...