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US Vows to Fight ‘China’s Enormous ‘Malign’ Influence at UN, Reassert ‘Ceded Historic Leadership’
As world leaders attending the recent G-7 meeting in the UK pledged to face up to Beijing’s ostensibly increasing assertiveness, Chinese state media accused...
Foreign Diplomats Want More Data on China’s Vaccines as Beijing Introduces COVID Passport
Although the international community does not neglect China’s initiative to use the so-called digital health certificates in global travel, such issues as lack of...
US Air Force’s NGAD System Aims to Widen Tech Gap With China’s Military Amid Troubled F-35 Programme
The news comes amid a major tech race between Washington and Beijing, fuelled by the ongoing US trade war on China. Numerous sources have...
Beijing, Singapore Launch Joint Military Drills in South China Sea in Bid to Boost Regional Defences
The statement comes after both nations inked an agreement in 2019 to boost military ties, following joint naval exercises in 2016, Chinese media reported,...
‘A New Normal’: Experts Assuage Fears Chinese Redeployments Signal Plan to Attack Taiwan Soon
After a slew of redeployments of Chinese hardware to the southern Guangdong Province were reported in the media, fears grew that Beijing might be...
Chinese Bombers, Paratroopers Practice High-Altitude Drills as Himalayan Tensions With India Heat Up
Several reports of new military drills and deployments in western China point to Beijing preparing for the dispute on the Indian border to become...
Beijing Vows Retaliation for US Removing Preferential Treatment for Hong Kong
Asia & Pacific07:20 GMT 30.06.2020(updated 08:19 GMT 30.06.2020)The warning comes on the heels of reports that lawmakers in mainland China had...
Thailand Postpones Purchase of Chinese Submarines Amid New COVID-19 Budget Cuts
Forced to make substantial military budget cuts, Bangkok is moving to suspend a number of arms deals, including the Royal Thai Navy’s (RTN) anticipated...
China Deploys Military to Deliver Medical Supplies to Hubei Province Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Asia & Pacific21:14 GMT 06.02.2020(updated 21:15 GMT 06.02.2020)China this week has deployed hundreds of military officers to deliver medical and other...
Video: Chinese Navy Commissions Asia’s Largest Missile Cruiser
The Chinese navy is now in possession of the largest missile destroyer in Asia and the second-largest in the world, following the commission of...
Chinese Police Trucks Seen in Hong Kong-Neighboring Shenzhen Amid Protests (Videos)
Fears of Beijing intervening in the Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests were raised Monday after footage emerged showing several armored trucks belonging to China’s...
‘Perfect Size’: China Tests Naval Version of Z-20 Chopper Expected to Fill ‘A Big Gap’ (Photos)
Photos that surfaced on social media show China’s Z-20 helicopter has been modified for naval operations and that the People’s Liberation Army Navy is...
‘Feels Good’: First Thai Elections Since 2014 Coup See Big Early Voter Turnout
Asia & Pacific23:03 17.03.2019(updated 23:07 17.03.2019) Hundreds of Thai voters stood in long lines Sunday for early voting, a week before the country’s first...
Chinese Military Aircraft Flexes Muscles Flying Near Taiwan
On Tuesday, Chinese military aircraft flew over the Bashi Channel, a waterway between Taiwan and the Philippines, according to Taiwan's defense ministry.A Sukhoi Su-30...
New Evidence Links UK RAF Pilot to 1961 UN Sec Gen Plane Crash Death
Society02:26 14.01.2019Investigators claim that a 1961 plane crash in Africa that resulted in the death of United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld and all else...
First Orders of 2019: Xi Warns PLA be Ready for ‘Hardship, Crisis and Battle’
During his first official address of the new year to the nation’s military forces, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday ordered the People’s Liberation...
