China demands satellite data as weather stops search

I don't understand all the twists and turns on the missing Malaysia Airlines.

From what little I picked up:

1. The flight was going from Malaysia to China.
2. Malaysia has affirmative action for native Malaysians - basically punishing Indians and Chinese for doings too well.
3. Malaysia's government does not want to be pained with the term, Islamic Terrorism, and are doing there best to avoid it. The country is majority Islamic.
4. The opposition and government have a horrible relationship.
5. It appears there was a deliberate disabling of communicating / location devices.
6. Nobody knows what happened

China demands satellite data as weather stops search - NY Post