Today's Links: Al Qaeda stirs up stuff, spies make secret visits, and all sports were originally Chinese
- Prepare to fight China, Qaeda figure tells Uighurs [Washington Post] "A prominent al Qaeda militant urged Uighurs in Xianjiang to make serious preparations for a holy war against "oppressive" China and called on fellow Muslims to offer support. Abu Yahya al-Libi, in a video posted on an Islamist website on Wednesday, warned China of a fate similar to that of former communist superpower, the Soviet Union, which disintegrated some two decades ago."
- Inside the Ring [Washington Times] "China's most senior military intelligence official, a veteran of spy operations in Europe and cyberspace, recently made a secret visit to the United States and complained to the Pentagon about the press leak on the Chinese submarine that secretly shadowed the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier in 2006. Maj. Gen. Yang Hui said senior Chinese leaders suspected the Pentagon deliberately disclosed the encounter as part of a U.S. effort to send a political message of displeasure to China's military."
- A Beautiful Life: Mean Streets and Meaner People [NYTimes] "It takes nerve to award Bai Ling a singing role in a serious drama, but nerve may be the one thing “A Beautiful Life” does not lack. Set among the mean streets and meaner people of downtown Los Angeles, this laughably clichéd dive into sexual masochism and hardscrabble survival replaces story with outline and characters with place holders. No wonder Ms. Ling’s breasts are the most animated objects on screen."
- Where China leads, the US follows [Guardian.co.uk] "Reaching the parts other countries cannot reach, China did the Obama administration a noteworthy favour this week, persuading North Korea's eccentric godfather, Kim Jong-il, to cool it after months of name-calling, missile firings and a nuclear test. The price of the Dear Leader's compliance? The chance to talk directly to the Americans. "Hostile relations [with] the US should be converted into peaceful ties through bilateral talks without fail," Kim said."
- Did China invent every sport? [Urbanatomy] "It is a common misconception that, while the British invented every sport, they are crap at all of them. Don’t get me wrong, the second bit is 100 percent accurate, but scratch the surface and you’ll soon discover that it was in fact the Chinese who invented every sport. That’s right, all of them. Ever."
- China torn over Internet freedoms [Asia Times Online] "With access to the Internet, Chinese people nowadays enjoy unprecedented freedom of speech, though they often still need to exercise this right under pseudonyms. To a certain extent, such online freedom of speech is now being encouraged by the central leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as it is of great help for them to have first-hand understanding of public sentiment and to supervise the behavior of local officials. At the same time, the CCP imposes tough censorship on any content on the Internet that is deemed a threat to its continued rule."
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