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Japan to boost military amid row with China
Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)
Pacifist Japan will adopt new defence guidelines next week paving the way for its military to respond more quickly and forcefully to perceived threats from Chin...
Japan looks for ASEAN backing on China at summit
Dec 12, 2013 (AFP)
Japan will this weekend play host to Southeast Asian leaders as it looks to strengthen friendships in a region increasingly dominated by China, and as it square...
Outside View: Newtonian physics and international politics
Dec 11, 2013 (UPI)
One of Newton's famous laws -- that every action has an opposite and equal reaction -- is often mirrored in international politics. A key question is how to dea...
S. Africa's China ambassador 'compares Mandela to Mao'
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
South Africa's ambassador to China has according to state media compared Nelson Mandela to Mao Zedong, the Communist leader whose rule saw tens of millions kill...
NATO leader's term extended by two months
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
NATO said Wednesday that current head Anders Fogh Rasmussen will stay in his post two months longer than previously expected to prepare and oversee the military...
White House dismisses critics over Obama-Castro handshake
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
The White House on Wednesday dismissed Republican criticism of President Barack Obama's handshake with Cuban leader Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial ser...
Survey: US, China distrust each other, but mildly
Dec 11, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese and Americans widely distrust each other but few among the public or elite see the other power as an enemy, a survey said. The study, billed as one of t...
CIA decorates two ex-agents, jailed in China for 20 years
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
CIA director John Brennan recognized two former intelligence agents who spent more than 20 years jailed in China after their plane was shot down, the agency ann...
China seen as 'confident', 'belligerent': state media
Dec 10, 2013 (AFP)
People around the world see China as "confident", "belligerent" and "arrogant", state-run media reported Tuesday in an unusually direct survey of attitudes towa...
China 'regrets' S. Korea air zone expansion; Japan says no problem
Dec 09, 2013 (AFP)
China expressed "regret" Monday at South Korea's expansion of its air defence identification zone, weeks after Beijing provoked regional fury by establishing it...
S. Korea declares expanded air defence zone in disputed area
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
South Korea Sunday declared an expanded air defence zone that overlaps with one announced by China and covers a submerged rock disputed by the two countries, as...
China ships sail through disputed waters as tensions simmer
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese ships entered disputed waters off Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, the Japanese coastguard said, the first such incident ...
Dalai Lama not to attend Mandela funeral: official
Dec 08, 2013 (AFP)
The Dalai Lama, who has twice since 2009 been denied a visa for South Africa, is not planning to attend his fellow Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela's funeral, his ...
US looks to manage, not end, China air rift
Dec 07, 2013 (AFP)
The United States has strenuously objected to China's new air zone over islands managed by Japan, but experts say its best hope is to contain rather than end te...
US warns China against escalating air zone tensions
Dec 05, 2013 (AFP)
US Vice President Joe Biden warned China on Thursday against escalating a dispute over an East China Sea air zone, adding that regional peace and stability were...
Return the treasures Britain looted, Chinese tell Cameron
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
British Prime Minister David Cameron faced demands Wednesday for the return of priceless artefacts looted from Beijing in the 19th century, on the last day of h...
Biden seeks to calm China air zone tensions
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
US Vice President Joe Biden told Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday that their countries' relationship will affect "the course of the 21st century" as he tr...
West cautious on Ukraine protests as Russia takes hard line
Dec 04, 2013 (AFP)
The United States and the European Union have taken a firm but cautious stance on Ukraine as it hangs in the East-West balance even while Russia has felt free t...
Britain an 'old country' for tourists and students: China media
Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)
Britain should recognise it is not a big power but "just an old European country apt for travel and study", Chinese state-run media snapped Tuesday as Prime Min...
Biden says China, Japan must communicate to end dispute
Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)
Japan and China need more sophisticated communication strategies if they are to work through their territorial row, US Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday as ...
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