A Nanjing traffic police officer stops a car with black Volkswagen Santana with military license plates for running a red light, using his body to block the car. The drivers of the military car come out and argue with the police officer. Netizen reaction supports the police but all internet discussion was censored and deleted after a few days.

In other military developments on the mainland, freshmen throughout the kingdom are being put through their paces by army instructors with a penchant for scolding asynchrony in the goose step.

Part 3 of a Real News Network interview with Aijaz Ahmad in which there is some interesting discussion about Chinese and American foreign policy.

This post from Defence Tech isn't directly about China, but you can bet that a lot of Chinese are paying attention to Japan's new piece of military hardware.

The Xinhua website says this article by the Los Angeles Times sensationalises the anti-satellite test that China carried out in January 2007. I am not sure why - the article is quite moderate in tone and even reminds people that Taiwan is a rogue province.