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| China Gives Itself Right to Mount Anti-Terror Ops Abroad | |
| 2015-12-29 | |
Under the counter-terrorism legislation passed at the weekend Beijing "may send personnel outside the border to carry out anti-terror activities" when the "relevant country" agrees, according to the text published by the official Xinhua news agency. The measure applies to the People's Liberation Army, the People's Armed Police and employees of the country's public security organs, Xinhua said. In recent years the People's Republic has increasingly moved away from Deng Xiaoping's dictum of "keeping a low profile" in foreign and military affairs. It is expanding the reach of its armed forces far around the world, seeking to build a "blue water" navy capable of operating in distant seas and commissioning its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in 2012. In November Beijing announced it would build a logistics hub in the African nation of Djibouti to support its units on United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... and anti-piracy missions in the region. China is a top contributor of peacekeepers to the continent and has helped patrol the waters off the lawless Somali coast. Beijing has long proclaimed its belief in non-interference in other countries' domestic affairs, but two years ago a top public security official said it had considered a drone strike against a drug lord in Myanmar linked to the murders of 13 Chinese sailors. The new legislation could apply to similar actions in the face of situations such as the November murder of a Chinese citizen by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group. The law establishes a co-ordinating body to "direct national counter-terrorism work", the text published overnight read. Within China, the government has tightened social controls both online and on the ground, and the counter-terrorism bill could further reduce space for dissent. Critics say the new rules give authorities wide scope for interpretation over what is harmful to state security. The law is "terrible news for peaceful govt critics, the rule of law, ISPs (Internet service providers), businesses and many others in China", Sophie Richardson, China director for overseas campaign group Human Rights Watch ... During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011, HRW received a pledge from the Foundation to Promote Open Society, of which George Soros is Chairman, for general support totaling $100,000,000. The grant is being paid in installments of $10,000,000 over ten years.Through June 30, 2013, HRW had received $30,000,000 towards the fulfillment of the pledge.... , said on Twitter. The measure compels companies to cooperate with requests from the government to hand over data or communications related to terror investigations, fining or jailing anyone who does not comply. But provisions in earlier drafts that would have obliged them to install "back doors" in products or turn over encryption keys to Beijing -- over which U.S. President Barack Obama It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person.... raised concerns -- did not appear in the final version. Beijing has tightened social controls as it seeks to silence critics of its policies in Xinjiang, particularly those who say violence by ethnic minority Uighurs is a reaction to government discrimination and to controls over their culture and religion. Last week a court imposed a three-year suspended prison sentence on civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, for offenses including having "incited ethnic hatred" between Uighurs and the Han majority. The accusation related to posts on his social media account suggesting Beijing was partly to blame for inter-ethnic violence. Days later Beijing declined to renew the visa of French journalist Ursula Gauthier after she refused to apologize for writing an article expressing similar sentiments. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 More ... * BIGNEWSNETWORK, GLOBAL TIMES > 78% OF CHINESE BELIEVE WEST [read, US] IS TRYING TO CONTAIN THEM. * BLOOMBERG > CHINA SENDS JAPAN A "DON'T MEDDLE [Don't Interfere, or Else!]" MESSAGE VIA [armed] EX-NAVY SHIP [Ex-PLAN now Coast Guard]. Beijing would like to take this EOY 2015 holiday season opportunity to again remind Japan that CHINA HAS NUKES, + JAPAN DOESN'T. PLUS ANTI-US US POTUS OBAMA IS STILL IN THE WH FOR 2016. * WORLD NEWS > [Sputnik News] BEIJING WANTS PHILIPPINE TROOPS OUT OF DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS. See above - ditto China to the PH, VN, + ASEAN as for Japan. * SAME > JAPAN LAUNCHES HUGE MILITARY PROJECT ALONG 200 SOUTH CHINA SEA ISLANDS [1400-kms]. See, Beijing, its NOT the US = Obama thats trying to contain or isolate China - ITS US ALLY JAPAN! * GLOBALNATION.PH > US SHIFTS FROM DETENTE' [wid China] TO DETERRENCE IN SOUTH CHINA SEA. Where "Deterrence" = roundabout, SSSSHHH ...PCCCCCCC indirect or informal way of saying that the US = POTUS Obama recognizes China's claims + island improvement activities in the South China Sea as legitimate, WHICH IS WHY SSSHHH ...PCCCCC AGAIN CHINA IS NOW UNILATERALLY AGGRESSIVELY ASSERTING ITSELF + ITS RIGHTS AGZ US ALLIES JAPAN, SOKOR, + TAIWAN. * WORLD NEWS > [Asahi Shimbun] CHINA EYED SOUTH KOREAN ISLAND [back in 2013] TO PUSH "STRING OF PEARLS" LINE EAST [closer] TOWARD JAPAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-29 22:58 |
| #3 I say again that the US Govt-DOD has to be extremely careful about how they respond to Beijing's actions + policies, e.g. SOUTH + EAST CHINA SEAS + TAIWAN, IOR. China wants its various "strategic access" for the PLA + its Geopol ambitions as a "US-style/par" OWG Co-Superpower. As China has at times = Russia + Iran in blaming the US as the unilateral cause of terror, THIS LAW CAN BE USED OR CONVOLUTED BY CHINA TO "JUSTIFY" OR VALIDATE CHINESE MILACTIONS AGZ THE ALLEGED "TERRORIST USA'S" REGIONAL + GLOBAL INTERESTS. On the surface, this new law looks overtly "prim-n-proper", but as the saying goes "THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WID GOOD INTENTIONS". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-29 20:09 |
| #2 Wait till they get the drones rolling. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-12-29 12:18 |
| #1 You are a dictatorship; what is all this nonsense about rights? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-12-29 10:32 |