Voltaire Network

States

People’s Republic of China

576 articles

français 182 English 111 عربي 27 Español 125 русский 5 italiano 49 Deutsch 31 Português 20 ελληνικά 4 فارسى 13 polski 3 Türkçe 3 中文 1 čeština 1 日本語 1

Jihadists returning from Syria: already more than 150 dead in China

Jihadists returning from Syria: already more than 150 dead in China

6 November 2014
The presence of Chinese jihadists in Syria has been ascertained since October 2012 . However, it has increased dramatically in the summer of 2014, leading to the emergence of a Chinese neighborhood in Rakka, the capital of the Islamic State.
Mainly ethnic Uighurs from Western China, the fighters often go through Cambodia and Indonesia and are ultimately picked up and transported to their destination with the help of Turkish intelligence services (MIT).
In recent months, several (...)

Who Makes Up the "Islamic Emirate"?

by Thierry Meyssan

Who Makes Up the "Islamic Emirate"?

Beirut (Lebanon) | 22 September 2014
While Western public opinion is fed information about the constitution of a purported international coalition to fight against the "Islamic Emirate", the latter changes shape discreetly. Its principal officers are no longer Arab, but Georgian and Chinese. For Thierry Meyssan, this mutation shows that NATO ultimately intends to use the "Islamic Emirate" in Russia and in China. Therefore, both countries must act now against the jihadists before they return to sow chaos in their countries of origin.

Sino-Jordanian agreement against Turkish security services

Sino-Jordanian agreement against Turkish security services

11 July 2014
China’s Ministry of State Security (Guoanbu) and the Jordanian General Intelligence Department (GID) have concluded an exchange of information agreement on the presence of Chinese nationals in Syria and Iraq.
The Chinese authorities strongly suspect that the Turkish national security agency, Millî İstihbarat Teşkilatı (MIT), mobilizes Turkic Uighurs, gives them jihad training in Syria and Iraq, and sends them back to perpetrate attacks in (...)

"The art of war"

Russian Counter-offensive on the eastern front

by Manlio Dinucci

Russian Counter-offensive on the eastern front

21 May 2014
The tactic of the United States to economically isolate Russia to prevent it from coming to the aid of the Ukrainian population has had the opposite effect to what was intended: it is pushing Moscow in the arms of Beijing, so that, in the long run, the Eastern European-Asian block which is gaining steam will surpass the power of Western countries.

Li Keqiang Press Conference

by Li Keqiang

Li Keqiang Press Conference

Beijing (China) | 13 March 2014
On the morning of 13 March 2014, the Second Session of the Twelfth National People’s Congress held a press conference at the Great Hall of the People. Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council met with 800 Chinese and foreign press journalists at the invitation of Fu Ying, spokesperson of the NPC Session.
At the beginning of the press conference, Premier Li Keqiang said: Friends from the press, I want to thank you for your interest in and coverage of the NPC and CPPCC Sessions. My (...)

The Axis of Hope: Beijing to Beirut, Via Moscow, Tehran and Damascus

by André Chamy

The Axis of Hope: Beijing to Beirut, Via Moscow, Tehran and Damascus

Paris (France) | 9 March 2014
The U.S. strategy, devised by Zbigniew Brzezinski, using support for Islamist obscurantism to fight both progressive Muslim policies and against Russia, sparked an alliance to resist it. Now, China, Russia, Iran, Syria and Hezbollah are forced to stick together to survive. Ultimately observed André Charny, the trap has sprung on those who set it.

Wang Yi Press Conference

by Wang Yi

Wang Yi Press Conference

Beijing (China) | 8 March 2014
On 8 March 2014, the Second Session of the Twelfth National People’s Congress held a press conference at its Press Center and invited Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, to answer questions from more than 500 Chinese and foreign journalists about China’s foreign policy and external relations.
Wang Yi: Good morning, everyone. It is a great pleasure to meet with journalists from the press. At the outset, on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I would like to thank you for your (...)

Chinese anti-Japan celebrations

Chinese anti-Japan celebrations

28 February 2014
Beijing announced that henceforth the Nanking Massacre (1937) and the victory against Japan in World War II (1945) would be celebrated by two days of national commemoration.
This decision illustrates the rising tensions between China and Japan.
On December 13, 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army sacked Nanking, the capital of the Kuomintang. For six weeks they indulged in atrocities, raping tens of thousands of women and children, which left 42,000 people dead according to Japanese (...)

Beijing to extend air defense zone

Beijing to extend air defense zone

16 February 2014
The United States has stepped up its warnings to Beijing, as the latter prepares to expand its air defense zone in the South China Sea, at the risk of creating a conflict with Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia.
On 23 November 23, Beijing already extended its air defense area in the East China Sea, including the Senkaku Islands claimed by Japan. The United States, South Korea and Japan have decided to ignore Chinese regulations, which nearly caused the destruction on December 5th of the (...)

Beijing and Taipei engage in « diplomatic » relations

Beijing and Taipei engage in « diplomatic » relations

16 February 2014
Beijing et Taipei, representing the Chinese communist and Nationalist parties respectively, have engaged in their first negotiations since their historical split, in 1949.
Each party considers itself historically as the sole ruler of the whole of China.
However, during the Cold War, Taiwan became in practice a branch of the CIA to monitor Communist China.
The two delegations meeting in Nanjing (the former Nationalist capital, today on Communist territory) have agreed to open without (...)

China capable of striking enemy aircraft carriers

China capable of striking enemy aircraft carriers

27 January 2014
The People’s Republic of China has tested a supersonic nuclear missile carrier at a speed of Mach 10, making it the first missile capable of striking aircraft-carrier before it can be intercepted.
The pictures of the J-20 Dragon have meanwhile been circulating on the internet. The plane is fitted with the 6 leading-edge technologies of the U.S. F-35, the most expensive aircraft in the world.
In just a few years, China has caught up on its delay in the aeronautical field. It not only can (...)

China reforms it’s military command

China reforms it's military command

23 December 2013
Under the supervision of President Xi Jinping, the Central Military Commission ordered a complete overhaul of the command structure of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.
The aim is to transform the armed forces, which currently rely mainly on their heavy infantry, into a modern system integrating the navy, the air force, space and nuclear forces in the same operations.
This quite ambitious reform was approved by the Communist Party plenum, in order to prepare China for possibile attacks (...)

U.S. drones will no longer spy on Iran and China

U.S. drones will no longer spy on Iran and China

23 December 2013
The Chinese authorities have announced the extension of their protected air zone, which has been challenged by Japan when it comes to the Senkaku islands. Henceforth, China demands that the planes flying over its territory should identify themselves and provide their flight plan within 100 miles (185km) of its coast.
However, this decision would appear to be a guise for deploying a defense system intended to thwart US drone surveillance. According to Aerospace Electronic Warfare, a (...)

Israel hesitates to testify against China

Israel hesitates to testify against China

21 November 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to indicate whether or not an Israeli senior official will testify before a U.S. court on the transfer of Iranian funds to Hamas and to the Islamic Jihad, through the Bank of China.
Israel—a world renowned specialist in bank surveillance—is said to have proof of such transfers, including the account numbers, the dates and amounts, since 2005.
In 2009, Shlomo Matalon—an advisor to the Prime Minister—had testified under oath about informing (...)

Chinese jihadists back from Syria

Chinese jihadists back from Syria

4 July 2013
On the eve of the riots anniversary in Xinjiang (formerly East Turkestan) , a series of attacks, on 26 June 2013, against public buildings in the township of Luqkun took the lives of 24 people.
The Global Times, reported the return of some one hundred members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) who had joined the "sacred jihad" in Syria However, the Syrian ambassador to Beijing could only identify thirty cases. Whatever the case may be, the support they enjoy in Turkey and (...)

General Fang Fengshui in Moscow to discuss Syria

General Fang Fengshui in Moscow to discuss Syria

3 July 2013
The chief of staff of the People’s Liberation Army, Gen. Fang Fengshui, made his first official visit to Moscow.
He met with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. The talks focused on military cooperation and the protection of Syria.
Two joint exercises have been scheduled: Maritime Cooperation 2013(from July 5 to 12 in the Gulf of Peter the Great, Sea of Japan) and Peace Mission 2013 (July 28 to August 15 on the (...)

"The art of war"

Obama fears the east wind

by Manlio Dinucci

Obama fears the east wind

Rome (Italy) | 7 June 2013
President Obama is about to receive his Chinese counterpart. But this summit will take place in an atmosphere that is both friendly and fearful: Washington does not know how to control the development of the Chinese panda whose influence is now global.

Mali and AFRICOM’s Africa Agenda: Target China

by F. William Engdahl

Mali and AFRICOM's Africa Agenda: Target China

31 January 2013
Out of the blue in the last days Mali has suddenly become the focus of world attention. France has been asked to militarily intervene by Mali’s government to drive Jihadist terrorists out of the large parts of the country they claim. What the conflict in Mali really is about is hardly what we read in the mainstream media. It is about vast untapped mineral and energy resources and a de facto re-colonization of French Africa under the banner of human rights. The real background reads like a John LeCarre thriller.

Part II

The USA’s decades long war against China

by Robert S. Rodvik

The USA's decades long war against China

Vancouver (Canada) | 13 January 2013
After decades of covert actions meant to overthrow the communist government of China, in 1989 the CIA launched the first of its so-called "colour" revolutions, which, being unsuccessful, did not achieve a designation of its own, those appellations coming later, in Eastern Europe and Georgia. This action took place in Beijing, where the CIA had trained a coterie of "students" to unseat the government.

Part I

The USA’s decades long warfare against China

by Robert S. Rodvik

The USA's decades long warfare against China

Vancouver (Canada) | 7 January 2013
In the first part of his study of the low-intensity warfare carried out by the United States against communist China since the Cold War, Robert S. Rodvik focuses on the U.S. collaboration with the nationalist government of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. As a rabid anti-communist, Washington knew it could count on the Generalissimo to be more preoccupied with anti-Communist extermination campaigns than with resisting the Japanese invaders, and complicitly turned a blind eye to Chiang’s massacres and unbridled corruption.

No Wonder China is Nervous as Obama Pivots

by F. William Engdahl

No Wonder China is Nervous as Obama Pivots

22 November 2012
The looming confrontation will be even harsher than the previous ones. U.S. forces have been withdrawing from Europe and disengaging from the Middle East. They are currently clustering around China and developing a ballistic missile shield which - should it actually prove effective some day - would enable Washington to strike Beijing without fear of reprisal.

China will force peaceful solution to Syrian crisis on West: German pundit

by Kourosh Ziabari

China will force peaceful solution to Syrian crisis on West: German pundit

21 November 2012
German-born international consultant Cristof Lehmann followed in detail the recent Chinese Communist Party Congress. In an interview with the Tehran Times, he highlights the convergence of positions on the Syrian crisis between Moscow and Beijing. He expects China to unequivocally support the deployment in early 2013 of a United Nations peacekeeping force mainly composed of CSTO troops.

Report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China

Hu Jintao’s report at 18th Party Congress

Hu Jintao's report at 18th Party Congress

Beijing (China) | 17 November 2012
Comrades,
I now wish to deliver the following report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China on behalf of the Seventeenth Party Central Committee.
The Eighteenth National Congress is one of great importance being held when China has entered the decisive stage of completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects. The underlying theme of the congress is to hold high the great banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, follow the (...)

"Before our very eyes"

The Chinese solution

by Thierry Meyssan

The Chinese solution

Damascus (Syria) | 7 November 2012
There is a solution for peace in Syria. All we need is the will to implement it. Yang Jiechi has imagined a way of avoiding France’s hostility to the implementation of the Geneva agreement.

Russia fights US missile shield from sea

by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya

Russia fights US missile shield from sea

Ottawa (Canada) | 7 November 2012
The Pentagon is working to encircle Eurasia and to surround the Eurasian Triple Entente composed of China, Russia, and Iran. For every reaction, however, there is a counter-reaction. This Canadian-based sociologist and scholar argues that neither one of these three Eurasian powers will sit idly as passive US targets. Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran are all taking their own distinct counter-measures to oppose the Pentagon’s strategy of military encirclement.

Statement by Yang Jiechi at 67th UN General Assembly

by Yang Jiechi

Statement by Yang Jiechi at 67th UN General Assembly

New York (USA) | 27 September 2012
Work Together to Achieve Common Security and Development
Mr. President,
I wish to congratulate you on your election as president of the 67th Session of the General Assembly. I am confident that with your ability and experience, you will successfully fulfill this lofty mission. I also wish to thank Mr. Al-Nasser for his positive contribution as president of the last session.
Mr. President,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The world is undergoing major and profound changes. The trend towards (...)

Shift in Russian-Chinese tectonic plates

Calling the China-Russia split by its right name

by Melkulangara K. Bhadrakumar

Calling the China-Russia split by its right name

4 September 2012
As China and Vietnam lurch increasingly towards crisis, Beijing is not amused at the Kremlin’s refusal to reciprocate over the United States’ "pivot" in the Asia-Pacific, especially since returns from its diplomatic support for Moscow’s embattled ally in Damascus are expected. The symbolism of Russia hosting the Vietnamese president and the Japanese foreign minister in quick succession in July was not lost on China either. Detecting a chill descending on Sino-Russian relations, Ambassador Bhadrakumar throws light on the situation.

Egypt enters the China club

by Brendan P. O’Reilly

Egypt enters the China club

Beijing (China) | 31 August 2012
In a few moves, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has not only managed to tip the balance of power in Egypt and in the Middle East, but also farther afield. His budding partnership with China, as this author argues, could help Morsi shift his foreign policy axis away from the U.S. and the West, while providing China with the opportunity to make inroads into the oil-rich Middle East thereby countering the pressure and stranglehold she is facing from the United States on her own turf. A sticking point between Egypt and China may, however, turn out to be Syria.

US missile system expansion in Asia-Pacific angers China

US missile system expansion in Asia-Pacific angers China

25 August 2012
Tensions are once again running high between the United States and China as Washington plans to expand its missile system in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Pentagon intends to convince Tokyo to allow the installment of a second early-warning radar system, known as X-Band, in southern Japan, Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The new X-Band is planned to complement one that the US had deployed in northern Japan in 2006. The Philippines is also being considered as the potential site (...)

The Pentagon’s "new enemy" image

Obama’s Geopolitical China ‘Pivot’

by F. William Engdahl

Obama's Geopolitical China ‘Pivot'

Frankfurt (Germany) | 23 August 2012
With little fanfare Barack Obama late last year announced a "strategic pivot" in US defense policy to focus on the Pacific, bolstered by "Coalition of the willing" Australia. It is all about emerging China as an economic colossus with a mind all its own. The US military has been steadily positioning itself along the strategic sea lanes surrounding China to deal potentially deadly blows to the mainland as well as cutting off its oil corridors to the Middle East and Africa. This author breaks down a situation where the noose tightening around China could generate a major new conflict zone in the not too distant future.

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Most popular

Iran allies with China to face the United States
Changes in the Persian Gulf

No Wonder China is Nervous as Obama Pivots

The USA’s decades long war against China
Part II

Who Makes Up the "Islamic Emirate"?

Mali and AFRICOM’s Africa Agenda: Target China

Geo-Strategic Chessboard Pushing India Towards War With China

The USA’s decades long warfare against China
Part I

The Axis of Hope: Beijing to Beirut, Via Moscow, Tehran and Damascus

Pakistan gets Chinese military aid in the face of US threats

Struggle over the Middle East: Gas Ranks First
WAR OVER GAS

China’s J-20 soon to rival with F-22 Raptor

Obama’s Geopolitical China ‘Pivot’
The Pentagon’s "new enemy" image

The Geopolitical Agenda behind the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize

Russia fights US missile shield from sea

Russian Counter-offensive on the eastern front
"The art of war"