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Smog over Beijing, Moscow may inhibit laser weapons, Chinese official claims

Feb. 26, 2014: Cars travel on an overpass amid thick haze in the morning in Beijing. China’s north is suffering a pollution crisis, with the capital Beijing itself shrouded in acrid smog. (Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon) The Maritime Laser Demonstration program will…

How to get serious about North Korea

Even experienced North Korea watchers are wondering if this time the annual Kabuki dance in which the country’s dictator threatens war in order to win more food and foreign currency concessions from us and the South Koreans, might not actually…

Two important lessons from the Chinese spending spree

Dec. 10, 2012: Chinese shoppers and Christmas decorations are reflected in mirrors inside a shopping mall in Beijing. (AP) The Communist Chinese are doing their Christmas shopping in the United States this year, and they’ve got their eye on U.S.…