January 02, 2012 “Salon“ — Media coverage of the Arab Spring somehow depicted the U.S. as sympathetic to and supportive of the democratic protesters notwithstanding the nation’s decades-long financial and military support for most of the…
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The Obama administration has issued what amounts to a threat of war against Iran following comments by senior Iranian officials that Tehran would close the Strait of Hormuz in response to an embargo on its…
BEIJING – The official website of China’s Ministry of National Defense (www.mod.gov.cn) went into full operation on Monday, marking the 84th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) after two years of…
BEIJING – China will steadily reform national defense and the army and constantly modernize the military forces, said China’s Minister of National Defense. Defense minister Liang Guanglie made the remarks at a reception in Beijing Sunday celebrating the…
With apologies to Jonathan Swift… The social crisis of late capitalism is sweeping across the US and Europe like a hybrid between hurricane and wrecking ball. The economic system that deifies the making of money…
[Editorial] “Losing America’s supremacy on the global stage” would mean less human suffering at least? “The Defense Rests: America is losing its grip.” This is the “grim warning” title of the NEWSWEEK June 19th’s interview…
It is the most visible symbol of China’s rising military power. The giant, grey hulk of China’s newest warship, 60,000 tonnes of steel, sits at a dockside in the port of Dalian, almost ready to…
[Editorial] The US/NATO military power seems not going to stop their aggressions in North Africa region anytime soon! Now they seem not going to rest at all even after they might have，sooner or later，taken…
[Editorial] Why now are much nastier, uglier, and much more hurried thereby absolutely naked imperialistic aggressions (led by US and its key western allies) are wildly rampant in the world, particularly in the North…
[Editorial] Recently US government is pushing again another nakedly imperialist policy in the name of so-called “National Defense Authorization Act.” Once this act is passed at US Congress, “it will allow the US military to attack…