January 19, 2012

A virus to get information about your DOD access card.

Okay, that doesn't rhyme like the old joke we heard as a kid, but I'd rather have peepee in my coke than the ChiComs pulling this off successfully.

Oh, Hell, what am I complaining about? The ChiComs are our friends!

January 09, 2012

We hear of the strategic alliance between Pakistan and China from time to time. Most recently, rumors of this alliance surfaced with reports that remains of the helicopter that crashed during the bin Laden raid had been turned over to the Chinese.

What we don't hear much of, though, is how Pakistan's reluctance to confront it's own Islamist militants threatens China. China faces it's own Islamist insurgency in several regions where the Han (ethnically Chinese) are the minority among a see of Muslims. Some of these groups have terrorist training camps in Pakistan, the most notably of which is the Turkestani Islamic Party.

So, there may be some merit to speculations that China is thinking of intervening:

China allegedly demanded to set up military bases in FATA or in the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA) that borders Xinjiang province (Asia Times, October 26, August 10, 2011). After the bombing, the Chinese government reportedly deployed at least 200,000 security personnel to pursue Uyghur terrorists in the region, more than the 140,000 coalition troops currently in Afghanistan (Asia Times, August 31, 2011). China also is revising its anti-terror law to possibly allow military intervention abroad (Xinhua, October 27, October 24, 2011). One official commentary warned that “If the violent forces in Xinjiang gain ground, China may be forced to directly intervene militarily in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but this is clearly not the situation China would like to see” (Xinhua, September 27, 2011; “China and Pakistan: Evolving Focus on Stability within Continuity,” China Brief, November 30, 2011). While these reports may be speculative, taken together, they suggest Beijing’s concerns—especially with a less active U.S. presence in Pakistan—may be rethinking fundamental tenets of its security policy.

H/T: John Xenakis

December 16, 2011

It's predicted to take a couple years before the ship is fully operational with a functioning air wing.(more….)

August 22, 2011

As if we didn't already know this, now we know:

A standard, even boring, piece of Chinese military propaganda screened in mid-July included what must have been an unintended but nevertheless damaging revelation: shots from a computer screen showing a Chinese military university is engaged in cyberwarfare against entities in the United States...

The screenshots appear as B-roll footage in the documentary for six seconds—between 11:04 and 11:10 minutes—showing custom-built Chinese software apparently launching a cyber-attack against the main website of the Falun Gong spiritual practice, by using a compromised IP address belonging to a United States university. As of Aug. 22 at 1:30pm EDT, in addition to Youtube, the whole documentary is available on the CCTV website.

The screenshots show the name of the software and the Chinese university that built it, the Electrical Engineering University of China's People's Liberation Army—direct evidence that the PLA is involved in coding cyber-attack software directed against a Chinese dissident group.

Follow the discussion here.

August 14, 2011

Cathay Pacific Airlines has completed its investigation and identified the participants. Chief Executive Officer John Slosar said the pilot and flight attendant involved have been fired.

"I find any behavior that recklessly soils the reputation of our company or our team members as totally unacceptable," Slosar said.

The photos appeared in local Chinese-language media. The woman looks like she's wearing a Cathay Pacific flight attendant uniform as she administers oral sex to a man who reportedly is a pilot. (Full story)

Leaked photo in extended entry -- possibly NSFW.

March 30, 2011

Nice, and one of the guys who has disappeared is Australian blogger.

March 29, 2011

Or as they're known here, Detroit. Ba dump bump.

No, seriously, watch the video at the link. It's almost 15 minutes long but it's worth it. Especially the part where the dude demands the Chinese government do something about his housing situation because housing should be a basic human right.

Did he not get the memo that he lives in a Communist Worker's Paradise? And did ACORN and the SEIU invade China? I have to laugh, because I keep thinking of Rush Limbaugh's schtick of taking down our adversaries by exporting our Liberalism to them.

January 25, 2011

Chen Kuiyuan -- Li Changchun -- Liu Yunshan
Chinese Propaganda Ministers

Notably, the attendance of Chen Kuiyuan was unusual since he is not a regular participant in formal propaganda proceedings.

Chen Kuiyuan is strongly associated with China’s hardline left, and his presence in the official news photo from Xinhua is for media insiders in China a tangible sign — a flesh-and-blood cautionary note about the need for media to fall into line in 2011.

January 19, 2011

Helps to know Chinese.

WTF?

Update: Copout by Hu "due to the translation problem I didn't understand that question" in regards to human rights.

Hu basically said keep out of our business regarding human rights.

Update II: Related: Revelations of Torture Spur Wife of Chinese [Christian] Lawyer to Action[Read it all]

November 19, 2010

Hot Chicom sexuality distracts Yemeni mens' team during match against Indonesia.

Bikini-clad cheerleaders have been blamed by the Yemen beach volleyball team for their defeat during the Asian Games.

Yemen beach volleyballer Adeeb Mahfoudh has now accused the squads of being distracting, and partly to blame for their defeat to Indonesia.
"They had an effect on how we played," he said. "I think they had something to do with our losing the match.

These girls are very beautiful. With them here, more people will pay attention to beach volleyball," Mr Mahfoudh added.
"If I can, I hope to watch them perform at the next match.

For research purposes I googled Hot Yemeni....

vs. Hot Indonesian....

Er, I think that demonstrates for sure why they Yemeni men are so distracted. So to assist in their training I've added some distracting images at the Moisture Farm to help desensitize them. But you Yemeni girls need to pick it up if there is any hope of improvement.

click this distracting image for more distracting images

What did you want anyway?

November 18, 2010

.... posting on Twitter.

October 08, 2010

Yahoo:

OSLO, Norway – Imprisoned Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for using nonviolence to demand fundamental human rights in his homeland. The award ignited a furious response from China, which accused the Norwegian Nobel Committee of violating its own principles by honoring "a criminal."

Chinese state media immediately blacked out the news and Chinese government censors blocked Nobel Prize reports from Internet websites. China declared the decision would harm its relations with Norway — and the Nordic country responded that was a petty thing for a world power to do.

This year's peace prize followed a long tradition of honoring dissidents around the world and was the first Nobel for China's dissident community since it resurfaced after the Communists launched economic but not political reforms three decades ago.

Liu, 54, was sentenced last year to 11 years in prison for subversion. The Nobel committee said he was the first to be honored while still in prison, although other Nobel winners have been under house arrest or imprisoned before the prize.

June 23, 2010

Cutting production of chopsticks.

Oh noes, not the chopsticks!

Will they follow Japan with the chopsticks bra recycling?

h/t Kenny Solomon

February 25, 2010

File this under assmaggots.

Via CBS

(CBS) "60 Minutes" has obtained an FBI videotape showing a Defense Department employee selling secrets to a Chinese spy for cash. The video, which has never been made public before, offers a rare glimpse into the secretive world of espionage and illustrates how China’s spying may now pose the biggest espionage threat to the U.S.

h/t Brad Thor

Video below fold:

For non-assmaggots I was also part of the Dubai Assassination Squad

February 10, 2010

Interesting video of al Qaeda linked fighters in China's Xinxiang province. These are not ethnic Turks out for an independent Turkestan.

Thanks to Abu-Ahmad for the screenshots.

February 09, 2010

(Santa Ana, California) In February 2008, Boeing engineer Dongfan "Greg" Chung was arrested for economic espionage and spying over almost 30 years, passing information to the People's Republic of China.

Data from the NASA Space Shuttle program to the B-1 Bomber to the F-15 to the B-52 to the Chinook helicopter were stolen and given to the PRC.

In July 2009, Chung was convicted.

Yesterday, 73-year-old Dongfan “Greg” Chung was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney to 188 months in prison, more than 15 years. Judge Carney said he wanted to send a message to China to stop sending spies to America.

Chung has always maintained that he was not spying, rather he was writing a book.

February 02, 2010

(Stockholm, Sweden) According to the Swedish Intelligence Service, SÄPO, foreign spies and espionage operations are rife in Sweden with between ten and twenty foreign governments carrying out spying work. At least ten foreign diplomats since 1995 have been booted from Sweden for spying activities.

Although it's been confirmed that up to a score of nations spy in Sweden, recent news reports have focused on the efforts of the Chinese who seem particularly obsessed with chasing and watching Uighurs (Uyghurs) worldwide with a major focus being ex-Gitmo detainees.

A Chinese man will go on trial next week, charged with spying on Uyghur refugees in Sweden.

The man, a Swedish-based Uyghur journalist is accused of passing on detailed information to Chinese authorities regarding refugees in Sweden from China's Uyghur minority, including former prisoners of the US Guantanamo Bay facility who were found to be innocent.

February 01, 2010

None dare call it jihad. And why should they when the Chinese government itself suppresses that angle? And by suppresses I mean suppresses. Not "suppresses". You know, the way the left often uses the word to describe our own government and necessarily inserted into quotation marks

Also, you don't mess with China. Cristy Li notices this in the Shanghai press:

Islamic Jihad Terrorist Thugs in China, attempt to destroy a China Southern airliner, by lighting a fire in the lavatory on Saturday.

The flight departing for Wuhan, was forced to make an emergency landing returning to Diwobao International Airport in Urumqi, capital city of Xinjiang.

Two passengers a man and a woman were removed from the aircraft by Chinese Authorities.

January 25, 2010

Financial Times

“The US was the first country in the world to introduce the concept of cyberwar; it has introduced and developed a new kind of army, a cyberarmy, and even set up a hacker brigade,” People’s Daily said in a vitriolic editorial. “US intelligence agencies can, through technical means, fully monitor, follow and erase online information harmful to the US’ national interest. It is really ridiculous that under such circumstances, it demands other countries to allow the free flow of information on the net.”

A couple of weeks ago, the FBI released a report which stated that China has an army of 180,000 hackers whose sole purpose is to attack America's cyber grid.

January 01, 2010

Looks like China has joined the mad mullahs fight against pro-democracy protesters.

(the information about the armoured vehicles in this text has been confirmed by multiple sources):

Finally, with the arrival of the first shipment of armoured vehicles, China has officially joined in to repress the Iranian people, most likely to prevent the downfall of the “Supreme Leadership” and its own illegitimate interests in the region. The vehicles are built by military complex of Dalian DES-516B. Here is the description of the manufacturer:
Dalian Eagle-Sky Co.

Tel: +86-411-8681-3362
Fax: +86-411-8681-3763
Email: eagle@eagle-sky.net
http://www.eagle-sky.net/

The armoured anti-riot vehicles have a capacity of 10,000 liters to shoot cold and hot water, and three 100 liter tanks to shoot burning chemical liquids. The water is mixed with paint or tear gas that cannot be washed away. Each vehicle has two guns for shooting liquid up to a distance of 70 meters- it is controlled from inside the cabin. The price tag for each unit is 650,000 dollars. Also, a lot of extra burning liquid, paint, and tear gas was purchased.

It took four months for the delivery of the armoured vehicles, and since the Iranian regime was in a hurry, they had them delivered from China’s army organization- this is rare! China’s government was in as much of a hurry to get these to Iran.

Injured students of mashads universities disappear
Three students of Mashad Azad University Martyred

Iran News Agency - December 31, 2009

Iran News Agency’s correspondent: Based on received news, yesterday, three students at Mashhad’s Azad University were martyred by plainclothes forces. Two boys were killed by a knife and a girl was thrown off the third floor of the dormitory.

- Arash Azizi, Persian2English

Gawd I hate the mad mullahs of Iran

November 23, 2009

Another reminder that China is still a communist country and its population is considered to be more oppressed than even that of Iran.

Via CNN: Beijing, China (CNN) -- A Chinese blogger who helped victims of a devastating earthquake has been sentenced to three years in prison, his attorney said Monday.

Huang Qi received the maximum sentence for "illegally holding secret state documents," according to his lawyer, Mo Shaoping.

The U.S. State Department had protested the blogger's jailing, saying his activities support China's efforts to institute the rule of law.

Huang was detained in June 2008 after working to help families of children killed in the May 12, 2008, Sichuan earthquake because of the collapse of poorly constructed school buildings, State Department spokesman Gordon Duguid has said.

November 16, 2009

What the Chinese have done, are doing, and why US corporations should take the threat seriously.

October 15, 2009

"It's as though Commerce's mishandling of missile-tech transfers to China in the 1990s never happened," said Mr. Sokolski, a former Pentagon proliferation specialist. "But it did. As a result, we are now facing much more accurate, reliable missiles from China."

Might as make money from what the Chinese have been stealing from us since the 90s. [sarc off]

From Washington Times

President Obama recently shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space technology from the White House to the Commerce Department -- a move critics say will loosen export controls and potentially benefit Chinese missile development.

The president issued a little-noticed "presidential determination" Sept. 29 that delegated authority for determining whether missile and space exports should be approved for China to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.[...]

Henry Sokolski, director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, said restoring Commerce Department control over the sensitive experts is a "step backward."

"It's as though Commerce's mishandling of missile-tech transfers to China in the 1990s never happened," said Mr. Sokolski, a former Pentagon proliferation specialist. "But it did. As a result, we are now facing much more accurate, reliable missiles from China."

Mr. Sokolski said he expects the U.S. government under the new policy to again boost Chinese military modernization through "whatever renewed 'benign' missile technology" is approved.

"We will show him a great deal of how our military operates in this country,"

China's top general is scheduled to visit the Pentagon and other top US military sites at the end of the month. Do you think this is such a good idea especially since China is the number one threat to US dominance in the Pacific? Breitbart

General Xu Caihou, vice chairman of the People's Liberation Army central military commission, will hold high-level meetings from October 24-31 and visit military commands and bases across the United States, press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference.[...]

During his tour, the Chinese general was due to visit sites from all the US armed services, including the US Naval Academy in Maryland, US Strategic Command in Nebraska, Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, the US Army's Fort Benning in Georgia, the North Island Naval Air Station in San Diego and US Pacific Command in Hawaii, Morrell said.

August 04, 2009

Both take your money and screw you. But with prostitutes that's what you wanted. Breitbart

Prostitutes are considered more trustworthy in China than government officials and scientists, a recent survey of more than 3,000 respondents showed.

The online survey of 3,376 Chinese showed that 7.9 percent of respondents considered sex workers trustworthy, putting them in third place after farmers and religious workers, the Insight China magazine said on its website.

July 15, 2009

(Xinjiang Province, China) Here's an interesting note regarding the suppression of the press by the Chinese government during the recent bloody riots between the Uighurs and the Hans.

During the past week, at least five foreign reporters were detained by the authorities. These were two Associated Press reporters, one South China Morning Post report, one Spanish newspaper reporter and one Japanese reporter.

These reporters attempted to interview Uighurs who were afraid of being arrested or attacked violently. As of yesterday, the authorities are asking the reporter to re-register themselves. Those without permits will be forbidden to gather news; those who are approved will be accompanied by official workers.

May 22, 2009

China is demanding that developed nations, such as the US, Canada, Europe etc..., cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 1990 levels. But China, the world leader in greenhouse gas emissions, will not subject itself to the same stringent cuts. Bretbart

China confirmed Thursday that it will demand rich nations cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 in upcoming global climate change negotiations.

In a position paper published for negotiations to be held in Copenhagen in December, China -- one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases that cause global warming -- did not commit to any legally binding reductions.

"Developed countries shall undertake to reduce their GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions in aggregate by at least 40 percent below their 1990 level by 2020," said the paper, posted on China's planning agency's website.

May 20, 2009

(Shishi, China) About $1,500 per pound is being offered to marry a chubby girl in Fujian Province. Dowry amount will be based upon her weight when wed.

Currently, she's 23 years old, 5' 3" and weighs about 166 lbs. Under Chinese standards, she's apparently considered to be very large. (more)

May 14, 2009

A Pentagon employee, James W. Fondren Jr., has been charged with conspiring to give US Defense Department secrets to an agent of the Chinese communist government. Fondren Jr. was under the impression that the Chinese spy was an official from Taiwan.

Fondren sold the Chinese spy classified documents detailing U.S.-Taiwanese military relations. He could face up to 5 years in prison. USA Today

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A Defense Department official was charged Wednesday with conspiring to give U.S. defense secrets to an agent for the Chinese government under the mistaken impression that the agent was working for Taiwan.

James W. Fondren Jr., 62, is the second Pentagon official charged with giving classified documents to New Orleans furniture salesman Tai Shen Kuo, who pleaded guilty to spying for Beijing and was sentenced last year to nearly 16 years in prison.

Kuo, a Taiwan native and naturalized U.S. citizen with prominent family ties in Taiwan, has admitted that he masqueraded as a Taiwanese agent when in reality he was working with an agent of the Communist regime in Beijing — what spy-hunters call a "false flag" operation.

Prosecutors contend that between 2004 and 2008, Fondren gave Kuo classified information through "opinion papers" he sold to Kuo for between $350 and $800 apiece. Eight of the papers allegedly contained classified information, according to investigators.

The papers dealt primarily with U.S.-Taiwanese military relations.

May 03, 2009

(Guangzhou, China) Reports indicate that Chinese family planning officials are pursuing "illegal" surrogate mothers and forcing them to abort their children.

In the latest incident, Reuters reports that three young surrogate first-time mothers were discovered by authorities hiding in a communal flat in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. District family planning and security officers broke into the apartment, corralled them into a van and drove them to a district hospital where they were compelled into a maternity ward.

"I was crying 'I don't want to do this'," a 20-year-old woman called Xiao Hong told Reuters. She was pregnant with four-month-old twins.

“But they still dragged me in and injected my belly with a needle,” she said, reporting that the incident took place in late February.

She said the government officers had forced her thumbprint onto a consent form before carrying out the abortion.

Another surrogate mother, a 23-year-old from a village in Sichuan province, said officers made her take pills and then surgically removed her three-month-old unborn child while she was unconscious.

I would suggest that reports about China taking a less strident stance on population control are less than accurate.

April 28, 2009

Bet you guys can't name the car make without clicking on the link.

April 21, 2009

US officials have revealed that hackers were able to breach Joint Strike Fighter program and steal sensitive top secret information. The stolen information could be used by foreign powers in order to better defend against the F-35. The cyberattack is suspected of originating from China, but Chinese officials deny the accusations. More at ROA

April 18, 2009

It has been revealed that counterfeit computer chips, made in China, have been installed in US fighter planes.

If these allegations prove to be true than I believe this would represent one of the gravest military breaches ever. More at ROA

heh

China's official media and outspoken bloggers on Friday protested over a German advert promoting the use of condoms which shows revolutionary leader Mao Zedong as a sperm cell alongside Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.[...]

Not all Chinese appear to agree with the official line of anger.

"I am a former worker who is now 70. I have thought about it a lot and I still cannot understand why these people defend Mao so strongly," said one comment on the sina.com website.

March 10, 2009

For several days the Chinese navy harrassed the US Impeccable, a surveillance ship. At one point a Chinese ship came within 25 feet of the Impeccable and the US Impeccable was forced to use it's water hose to defend itself. Then the Chinese sailors exposed their bare asses to the US Impeccable.

I hope whoever was operating that water canon had good aim.

February 21, 2009

The Islamic Party of Turkistan has released its first internet publication through al Qaeda's al Fajr media center. The group is al Qaeda's affiliate which is active in western China, especially Xinxiang, but is also known to hit targets in the Han populated East. The group was active in Afghanistan prior to the US invasion. 12 of the group's members were held in Guantanamo at one time or another.

The magazine has been circulating for a few days now and I've been going back and forth on whether or not I'd write anything. But two things pushed me over the edge: First, the multiple images which seem to indicate that al Qaeda in China is claiming responsibility for a number of attacks. Attacks which the Communist country consistently downplays. Second, it's been far too long since we've e-mailed a terrorist.

So, let's start in reverse order. Here's a screenshot of the e-mail address associated with the al Qaeda publication. Some of you may recognize it from other al Qaeda publications, but it may be new to others. I'm guessing "Tipawazi2000" won't mind so much if you sign him up for gay porn, the bacon explosion fan club, or maybe just use his name to sign the support Geert Wilders petition.

So, what image, specifically, made me decide that I needed to write something? It wasn't the map of China showing majority Muslim population centers which the group claims should be independent from Beijing. Nor was it multiple images of the leaders of East Turkistan's short-lived "Islamic Republic". And it wasn't the images of the group's fighters training for jihad against China under Taliban controlled Afghanistan.

This is the image that seemed eerily familiar.

Why familiar? Because we published the same image back in August of 2005.

The image is from a suicide bombing in Fuzhou City which killed one according to official sources, but unofficial sources have the number much higher than that. Unofficial sources also claim that 1,000 bombing incidents in the country every year, virtually none of which are reported.

I keep reminding readers that the present hot spot for global jihad is Somalia, but that in the future the Caucuses may also be the place for international jihadis to congregate. But let's not forget China. Just because the media does not report the long standing insurgency that does not mean that it isn't there.

January 21, 2009

As is typical, when President Obama referred to communism in his inaugural address, Chinese censors went to work.

In his inauguration address, President Obama said: "Recall that earlier generations faced down fascism and communism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions."

That entire passage was retained for an English-language version of the speech that appeared on the website of state-run Xinhua news agency.

But in the Chinese-language version, the word "communism" was taken out.

President Obama's comments addressed to world leaders who "blame their society's ills on the West" also fell foul of the censor's red pen.

"To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history," the president said.

Once again, Xinhua included the passage in full in its English version, but the sentence was taken out of the Chinese translation.

December 23, 2008

(Beijing, China) The Chinese government is indicating that it wants to build an aircraft carrier to protect its interests.

"Aircraft carriers are a symbol of a country's overall national strength as well as the competitiveness of the country's naval force," Chinese Ministry of National Defence spokesman Senior Colonel Huang Xueping told reporters.

"China has a large sea territory. It is the sacred responsibility of our armed forces to protect our sea territory and to maintain our maritime sovereignty and rights and interests. China, taking into account all relevant factors, will earnestly research and consider (building aircraft carriers)."

Understandably, Taiwan and Japan have expressed concern fearing possible belligerent intentions on China's part.

December 17, 2008

Surprise suckers, you lose.

MOGADISHU: Chinese sailors backed up by international navies fought off Somali pirates trying to hijack their ship on Wednesday, as the UN authorized land operations against the increasingly bold bandits on land.

The dramatic high-seas encounter was among a fresh wave of attacks by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, where three other ships were hijacked on Tuesday, as China considered whether to send warships to the pirate-infested waters.

A band of pirates boarded the Chinese-owned vessel "Zhenhua 4" on Wednesday, but the sailors prevented them from invading their crew accommodation for several hours – enough time to seek help from the coalition forces.

"I'm actually very surprised that the crew managed to hold back the pirates. I don't know how they did it, but they did it," said Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur.

"Because of this action, the military helicopters came and they managed to chase the pirates away. The pirates on board eventually left the ship and the master is proceeding on his course," he told AFP.

"Eventually left? Sheesh, should have walked the plank.

October 07, 2008

Taiwan's security chief, Tsai Chao-ming, accused China of starting the SARS epidemic 6 years ago as part of a biological warfare campaign. However, he did not provide any concrete evidence to support his claims. During the epidemic inside sources from China indicated that SARS was a biological weapon developed by China.

More at ROA