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China's Xi stands tall but challenges mounting: analysts
Sep 04, 2015 (AFP)
China's front pages were plastered Friday with images of President Xi Jinping reviewing a giant military parade, but analysts say the show of untrammelled power...
China's anti-ship missile and troop cuts highlight shifting power
Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)
China's unveiling of "carrier-killer" missiles and cuts in troop numbers on Thursday underlined its shift towards naval strength amid growing Pacific rivalry wi...
China lauds power, proclaims peace at military spectacular
Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping lauded his country as a major power and a force for world peace Thursday as he presided over a spectacular military parade marking ...
Tale of two parades as ordinary Chinese barred from display
Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)
It was the best of shows, it was the worst of shows: as 12,000 troops and hundreds of tanks and missiles rolled through Tiananmen Square in front of invited gue...
Philippines, Vietnam to sign partnership deal by year-end
Sep 03, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines and Vietnam will sign a "strategic partnership" agreement by the end of the year, officials have said, as common neighbour and rival China flexe...
Communist Party takes star role in China's war parade
Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)
The undoubted star of China's giant military parade marking 70 years since Japan's World War II defeat -- and countless television shows on the conflict -- will...
China to flex military muscle in WWII parade
Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)
A huge military parade rolls through Tiananmen Square on Thursday as Beijing commemorates the 70th anniversary of Japan's WWII defeat, but major Western leaders...
US trains in Black Sea with Ukraine's depleted navy
Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)
The United States is co-hosting drills in the Black Sea with what is left of Ukraine's devastated navy, which lost about two thirds of its sailors and ships aft...
Obama hails ties with Japan on VJ day
Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)
US President Barack Obama used the 70th anniversary of the end World War II in the Pacific to honor the US war dead and herald remade ties with Japan Wednesday....
China's WWII military parade a show of strength
Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)
Soldiers will march, gleaming hardware will roll, and warplanes will fly above Tiananmen Square at China's WWII anniversary parade, but major Western leaders ar...
NATO activates six command units on eastern flank with Russia
Sep 01, 2015 (AFP)
NATO on Tuesday activated command units in six central and eastern European members to boost defence amid regional tensions over Russia's actions in Ukraine, Li...
Border fear and betrayal beneath Sino-Russian warmth
Aug 31, 2015 (AFP)
Savagely beaten and accused of spying for Moscow, Xu Weiyi -- one of China's few citizens of Russian descent -- stared over the river separating his border vill...
Japan complains to UN over Ban's China military parade visit
Aug 31, 2015 (AFP)
Tokyo said Monday it has complained to the United Nations over Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's plan to attend a huge military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th...
China's Xi, Obama aide hint at underlying tensions ahead of summit
Aug 28, 2015 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama's key national security aide hinted at tensions that divide their countries on Friday ahead of a stat...
NATO opens training centre in Georgia amid Russia tensions
Aug 27, 2015 (AFP)
NATO on Thursday opened a training centre in Georgia as the ex-Soviet country eyes closer partnership with the Western military alliance amid tensions with Russ...
Philippines seeks US 'assistance' in South China Sea
Aug 27, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines has asked the US to provide military "assistance" in resupplying and rotating Manila's forces in the South China Sea because they face harassmen...
More than 1,000 NATO paratroopers mount exercise in Germany
Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)
More than 1,000 NATO paratroopers jumped from aircraft above Germany Wednesday in one of the alliance's largest airborne training exercise in Europe since the C...
Two Russian soldiers jailed for killing Tajik taxi driver
Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)
A Russian military court in Tajikistan on Wednesday sentenced two soldiers from Moscow's largest foreign military base to lengthy prison terms for murdering a l...
Japan lawyers join opposition to controversial security bills
Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)
Japan's national bar association on Wednesday threw its weight behind growing opposition to controversial security bills that could pave the way for Japanese tr...
US, Philippines hold talks on boosting military capacity: spokesman
Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)
America's Pacific commander held talks with the Philippine military Wednesday on ways to strengthen US capacity in the region to deter conflict and maintain fre...
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