Miles Yu

Inside China: Myanmar air bombs prompt military buildup on border

A swift but steady Chinese military buildup is taking place along the China-Myanmar border after three Myanmarese air force bombings killed at least four and wounded eight at a Chinese village in one week.

March 19, 2015

Inside China: Myanmar bombed Chinese village

A Myanmar government MiG-29 fighter plane on March 8 flew over a Chinese village in the border province of Yunnan and dropped a bomb on a house believed to be a safe haven for the Kokang rebels. No major casualty was announced by either the Chinese or the Burmese side.

March 12, 2015

Inside China: Cuba arms caught by Colombia as illegal cargo on Chinese ship

A Chinese cargo ship has been detained by Colombian authorities for illegally shipping a large amount of arms to Cuba.

March 5, 2015

Inside China: Narendra Modi riles China

China has unleashed its anger on the man President Xi Jinping has been trying his best to cultivate in recent months, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after the Indian leader on Feb. 20 visited the Indian state called Arunachal Pradesh — the place Beijing calls "South Tibet" and insists is its "sacred and indivisible territory."

February 26, 2015

Inside China: Zhou Yongkang cronies executed for ‘gangster crimes’

A Chinese mining tycoon, his brother and three associates were executed Feb. 9 in China for "gangster crimes." But it is clear the tycoon's association with China's former security czar Zhou Yongkang was the real reason for their fate.

February 19, 2015

Inside China: Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je hit over comments

Popular Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je has caused a big stir in the global Chinese community for remarks he made during a recent interview with the U.S. magazine Foreign Policy.

February 5, 2015

Inside China: Stung by Sri Lanka’s election

Sri Lanka's presidential election earlier this month dealt China a major blow as opposition leader Maithripala Sirisena, who had made curtailing excessive Chinese influence the main focus of his campaign, won a surprise victory over the Beijing-friendly incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

January 22, 2015

Inside China: Public purge of 16 military officials in corruption crackdown

China on Thursday took the rare step of publishing a list of 16 senior People's Liberation Army officials who were purged on mostly unspecified corruption charges since the beginning of 2014.

January 15, 2015

Inside China: China lauds Facebook’s blocking of dissident’s account

A leading Chinese Communist Party newspaper is savoring Facebook's decision to block a leading exiled Chinese dissident's account, praising the company's voluntary move as yet another sign that Chinese human rights activists deserve punishment not only by the communist government but also by leading Western social media outlets.

January 8, 2015

Inside China: China not invited to North Korea anniversary

In a rare display of open brotherly schism between Pyongyang and Beijing, China for the first time was not invited to participate in a major anniversary event held Dec. 17 in North Korea.

December 18, 2014

Inside China: And the 2014 Confucius Peace Prize goes to …

Fidel Castro, the longtime Cuban dictator, has been chosen as the 2014 recipient of the semi-official, semi-farcical Confucius Peace Prize, an award created by the Chinese government as a countermeasure to the Nobel Peace Prize.

December 11, 2014

Inside China: Money dispute with Kiev threatens future Chinese arms buys

China is colluding with Russia to avoid paying $14 million to the Ukrainian government for a second Zubr-class amphibious landing hovercraft — or air-cushioned landing craft — that was delivered by Kiev to the Chinese People's Liberation Army in early March. The delivery came days before the Russian annexation of Crimea, where the vessel was built. At issue is the question of who gets the $14 million.

December 4, 2014

Inside China: Chinese leaders committing suicide in droves

As Supreme Leader Xi Jinping's anti-graft crusade penetrates the inner circles of the People's Liberation Army, signs of internal tension and disorder among senior military leaders are becoming evident, with reliable sources reporting that a growing number of leaders have committed suicide.

November 20, 2014

Inside China: China pushes Taiwan on ‘one country’ scheme

The future of Hong Kong's pro-democracy demonstrations remains unclear, but one unmistakable consequence is Taiwan's open rejection of China's unification plan.

November 6, 2014

Inside China: Beijing rips Hong Kong tycoons

Hong Kong's tycoons, typically the bedrock of China's influence over the former British colony, have been notably silent in denouncing the pro-democracy protest movement.

October 30, 2014

Inside China: Beijing mobilizes 1 million informants for APEC summit, declares ‘combat status’

Stifling, dirty air is not the only thing blanketing Beijing. Since Oct. 17, the Chinese capital has been under an all-encompassing security sweep, officially declared to be in a "combat status with the highest level of prevention and control mechanisms around the clock."

October 23, 2014

Inside China: The meaning of Hong Kong

Emboldened by Beijing's increasingly harsh line against the pro-democracy demonstrations by Hong Kong students, Hong Kong authorities began to implement rough police measures to forcibly end the protests and street occupation.

October 16, 2014

Inside China: She said, Xi said

After meeting recently with Supreme Leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, the chairwoman of Russia's Federation Council said Mr. Xi told her that China will never support international sanctions against Moscow.

October 2, 2014

Inside China: Xi Jinping’s show of affection for India upstages Japan

China is love-struck with its new Best Friend Forever — India — epitomized by Supreme Leader Xi Jinping's three-day official visit to the South Asian country, as Chinese state media revved up praises for India and its new prime minister, Narendra Modi.

September 18, 2014

Inside China: A Shanghaied Exercise

Dubbed "Peace Mission 2014," the "antiterrorism" military exercise hosted by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) took place last month in northern China amid growing tensions within the regional alliance.

September 4, 2014