WikiLeaks

Reuters WikiLeaks: As AIG crumbled, China stepped in as broker

3/10/2011 10:32:01 PM GMT
U.S. officials believe China's insurance regulator passed on proprietary information about AIG to its Chinese rivals during the American firm's collapse in 2008, according to unpublished diplomatic cables.

Reuters Australia wanted to curb China resource investment: WikiLeaks

3/2/2011 11:03:03 PM GMT
Australia's changes to foreign investment rules in 2009 were aimed at limiting Chinese investments in local mining companies, according to confidential U.S. embassy cables.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: Treasury 'slow to act in blocking terrorist finance'

2/2/2011 11:59:00 PM GMT
America accused the Treasury of blocking attempts to close down "terrorist financiers" operating in Britain and being more concerned with protecting the interests of the City, leaked documents show.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: US vs China in battle of the anti-satellite space weapons

2/2/2011 11:09:05 AM GMT
On the night of Feb 20, 2008, Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, was on a plane to Hawaii when his telephone rang.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: US and China in military standoff over space missiles

2/2/2011 11:08:03 AM GMT
WikiLeaks files: America threatened to take military action against China during a secret "star wars" arms race within the past few years, according to leaked documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: timeline of the space race

2/2/2011 10:47:00 AM GMT
The US and China are locked in a bitter battle to assert their power in space, leaked diplomatic cables have disclosed. Here is a timeline of the space race.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: the race to take control of space

2/2/2011 10:46:01 AM GMT
The race to take control of space raged throughout much of the cold war and has previously been dominated by the Americans.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: Chinese weapons fall into hands of insurgents

2/2/2011 10:34:01 AM GMT
Chinese-made weapons have fallen into the hands of insurgents fighting Coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan because of China's failure to enforce export controls on arms to Iran, the leaked cables show.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: tension in the Middle East and Asia has 'direct potential' to lead to nuclear war

2/2/2011 4:59:05 AM GMT
Exclusive: rogue states in Middle East and Asia developing missiles capable of striking outside region, briefings show.

Telegraph WikiLeaks: Richard Branson says 'overeducated' British students are unprepared for business world

12/20/2010 4:14:04 PM GMT
Richard Branson has criticised the British education system for "overeducating" students and failing to prepare them for the business world, according to leaked diplomatic cables.

Guardian WikiLeaks cables: Dalai Lama called for focus on climate, not politics, in Tibet

12/16/2010 1:30:00 PM GMT
Thursday, 11 February 2010, 15:57C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 NEW DELHI 000290 SIPDIS EO 12958 DECL: 09/05/2016 TAGS PGOV, KDEM, PREF, PHUM, CH, IN, PINR, PREL SUBJECT: TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN BEIJING AND THE DALAI LAMA'S ENVOYSClassified By: MIN/COUNS ZEYA for reasons 1.4 (b,d)

Guardian WikiLeaks and the cause of transparency

12/13/2010 8:01:00 AM GMT
In the new global digital media environment, there is no absolute line as to what information should be revealed and what should not. But I support the newspapers that censored/redacted the US embassy cables in order to protect sources whose lives would be endangered if they were known. There is enough interesting news in the cables without having to reveal names of people who did not consciously sign on (as people implicitly do when they are being interviewed by a journalist) for public disclosure of their names and opinions.

Guardian WikiLeaks cables, days 13-14: summary of the weekend's key points

12/13/2010 6:40:00 AM GMT
Japan is expected to adopt a more "dynamic" forward-leaning military posture, involving sophisticated new weaponry, mobile rapid-response units and closer security alliances with friendly countries, as part of a sweeping strategic defence review focused on real or potential threats from China and North Korea.

Guardian WikiLeaks cables: China's aid to Africa has strings attached

12/10/2010 3:00:00 AM GMT
One of the most amusing aspects of international development work in the last few years has been the paranoid alarm in western development agencies about the rising influence of China in Africa. China is not a "new donor" – it has been investing in Africa for decades, but the quantity and commitment of China's investment has risen in proportion with its newfound economic strength, challenging western donors as the largest aid donor and business partner in some key countries in Africa. Western fears veer from overblown claims that Chinese aid will undermine progress on human rights, to ill-disguised geopolitical worries about loss of western influence and an admittance that Chinese aid, with its focus on providing infrastructure cheaply and disregard for the more complex, political development problems, is proving more effective than western aid in helping African countries develop.

CNN WikiLeaks: Mention of human rights boosts blood pressure of Chinese

12/9/2010 1:51:00 PM GMT
On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, China has once again gone on the offensive about human rights. And U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks suggest the issue raises the blood pressure of Chinese officials more than any other, especially when the name of Liu Xiaobo, this year's Nobel winner, comes up.