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China lands fighter jet on new carrier for first time

Source: Ottawa Citizen, Nov 26 2012, 5:42am CST

China has carried out its first successful landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, state media said Sunday, a symbolically significant development as Asian neighbours fret about the world's most populous country's military ambitions ...

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Obama’s silence on Taiwan masks its significance in Asia

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 23 2013, 6:47pm CDT

Vance Serchuk is a Council on Foreign Relations-Hitachi international affairs fellow, based in Tokyo at the Canon Institute for Global Studies. He writes a monthly column for The Post. TAIPEI, Taiwan F or decades, when U.S. policymaker ...

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A Look Ahead To The Flash Point In The South China Sea

Source: NPR  |   May 23 2013, 1:03pm CDT

Guests Beijing continues to pressure its neighbors over strings of disputed areas in the South China Sea that reportedly hold massive deposits of oil and gas. The ongoing disputes raise serious questions about China's goals in the region and how t ...

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"We should make active planning for the use of military forces in peacetime, expand and intensify military preparedness, and enhance the capability to accomplish a wide range of military tasks, the most important of which is to win local war in an information age"


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North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader

Source: FindLaw: AP Professional News  |   May 23 2013, 8:55am CDT

BEIJING (AP) — On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, a North Korean envoy paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North's chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks. ...

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China offers troops for UN Mali mission

Source: The Telegraph  |   May 23 2013, 8:32am CDT

The move is being seen as a goodwill gesture to France and other Western powers to soothe some of the tensions over Syria, and to strengthen Beijing's relations in Africa, where it is a major buyer of oil and other resources. France, ...

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Three Chinese ships in Senkaku's disputed waters: Japan

Source: Straits Times  |   May 23 2013, 7:55am CDT

Chinese surveillance ships sail in formation in waters claimed by Japan near disputed islands called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China in the East China Sea, on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. Three Chinese ...

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Asia tension could lead to conflict—DFA chief

Source: Inquirer  |   May 23 2013, 5:47am CDT

TOKYO — The Philippines on Thursday warned that territorial rows in Asia are “causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict” as several countries face off with China over island claims. Foreign Affairs Secretary Alber ...

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16 hours ago

The World Still Needs American Muscle

Source: Real Clear World  |   May 23 2013, 4:35am CDT

Hard power has not been in vogue since the Iraq War turned badly in about 2004. In foreign policy journals and at elite conferences, the talk for years has been about "soft power," "the power of persuasion" and the need to revi ...

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China warns blind dissident ahead of Taiwan trip

Source: The Star Malaysia  |   May 23 2013, 3:52am CDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng on Thursday to mind his language ahead of his trip next month to political rival Taiwan, on a visit which could infuriate Beijing if, as exp ...

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Speculation over North Korea envoy's China trip

Source: Straits Times  |   May 23 2013, 3:50am CDT

Chinese paramilitary police officers stand in position at the gate of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, where a car believed to be carrying North Korea's Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers’ Party official and the military’s top political offi ...

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