Weapons

abcnews.go.com — China's in the espionage spotlight. Russia's secretive spy agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB), issued a rare statement Wednesday claiming the state had arrested a Chinese citizen who, posing as a translator for official delegations, was working under the direction of the Chinese government in an attempt to buy state secrets from Russians about Russia's S-300 missile system.

www.nytimes.com — China has tried to suppress a report at the United Nations suggesting that North Korea and Iran have been routinely sharing ballistic missile technology, United Nations diplomats said Saturday, expressing concern that Beijing was again working to shield the North.

zonaeuropa.com — Roland at ESWN translates a China Youth Daily article in which the latest blockbuster Transformers 2 is accused of not only being propaganda, but also an advertisement for its "lesser" weaponry.