Posts tagged: military
The Guardian:
His name is now Shin Dong-hyuk. His overall physical health is excellent. His body, though, is a roadmap of the hardships of growing up in a labour camp that the North Korean government insists does not exist. Stunted by malnutrition, he is short and slight – 5ft 6in and about 120lb (8.5 stone). His arms are bowed from childhood labour. His lower back and buttocks are covered with scars. His ankles are disfigured by shackles. His right middle finger is missing. His shins are mutilated by burns from the fence that failed to keep him inside Camp 14.
A news website run by China’s defence ministry said Thursday the nation’s aircraft carrier should handle territorial disputes, despite government assurances the vessel posed no threat to its neighbours.
One word about the PRC government: Dangerous.
Shortly after eleven o’clock on the night of May 1st, two MH-60 Black Hawk helicopters lifted off from Jalalabad Air Field, in eastern Afghanistan, and embarked on a covert mission into Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden.
Reads like a Tom Clancy novel. Very well worth reading.
Japan voiced concern Tuesday over China’s growing assertiveness and widening naval reach in the South China Sea and Pacific Ocean and what it called the “opaqueness” of Beijing’s military budget.
I’m now inclined to think that the growth of PRC’s military-might may actually bring instability to the region. After all, Beijing is not known to be a bunch of peace-loving people. They will use force just to get what they want. Just think about the “liberation of Tibet”.
I read the press release by the MoD as citied in this commentary linked above with great interest. My gut feeling calls it a cover-up of the true events that transpired, but that’s just me.
I wonder when will Singapore change its Third-World mindset…
NYTimes Opinion Pages: