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US Marines set to arrive in Australia next month

Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)

US Marines are set to arrive in Australia's tropical north next month as Washington increases its military presence as part of a renewed emphasis on the Asia-Pa...

Outside View: A bodyguard of lies

Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)

During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that truth was so important that it had to be protected by a "bodyguard of lies." Hence, unde...

More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according t...

Chinese leader's sacking exposes party rifts: analysts

Mar 16, 2012 (AFP)

The sacking of rising star Bo Xilai has bolstered President Hu Jintao's reformist faction and exposed deep divides in the Communist Party ahead of a 10-yearly l...

Commentary: Chaos and anarchy?

Mar 16, 2012 (UPI)

What happens when foreign think tank heavyweights get together at the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations to talk about the United States and the state of ...

Pacific big enough for all of us, says China

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

The Chinese ambassador to the Philippines on Wednesday moved to calm growing fears of armed confrontation in the Pacific, where the two countries are locked in ...

Indonesia says 'no problem' with US Marines plan

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

Indonesia said Thursday it had no problem with US plans to station Marines in northern Australia as Canberra flagged the possibility of four-nation military dri...

Senior Chinese leader sacked in rare scandal

Mar 15, 2012 (AFP)

China's ruling Communist Party on Thursday fired Bo Xilai, a charismatic leader famed for pushing a "red revival", in a move that exposes ideological rifts duri...

A new word for Chinese diplomacy - 'duplimacy'?

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

"China wants to develop long-term friendship and cooperation with India." So said the Chinese official who held border talks with Indian officials this week. He...

India, China battle it out over Buddhism

Mar 13, 2012 (IANS)

The sudden decision of India and China to drop the meeting of their special representatives only a day before it was scheduled in Beijing has brought a cold war...

Top Chinese leader speaks to media on political drama

Mar 09, 2012 (AFP)

A high-profile Chinese politician whose rapid rise has been placed in doubt by the detention of a close aide on Friday denied he was himself under investigation...

China tells US committed to 'peaceful development'

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

China's foreign minister said Wednesday that the growing Asian power was committed to peaceful development as he warned the United States not to cause "setbacks...

Clinton urges China to prove intentions

Mar 07, 2012 (AFP)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday called on China to show in "concrete ways" that its rise is in the world's interest, saying that Beijing need...

China must increase ability to win 'local wars': Wen

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

China must enhance the ability of its military to win "local wars", Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday, as Beijing grows increasingly assertive about its territoria...

China congratulates Russia's Putin on election

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

China's President Hu Jintao on Monday congratulated Vladimir Putin on his victory in the Russian presidential elections, the foreign ministry said. Putin won ba...

Xi's wife: China's singing future first lady

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

For the first time since Mao, China's next leader will have a wife who is famous in her own right: Xi Jinping will ascend to power with hugely popular singer Pe...

Japan 'concerned' over China military budget boost

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

Japan on Monday voiced disquiet over China's double-digit boost to its military budget, as newspapers expressed scepticism over whether Beijing was telling the ...

China seeks steady growth ahead of leadership change

Mar 05, 2012 (AFP)

China's premier on Monday cut the Asian giant's growth target to 7.5 percent for 2012 in a key annual speech focused on economic expansion, stability and milita...

Double-digit rise for China's defence spending

Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)

China said Sunday its military spending would top $100 billion in 2012 -- a double-digit increase on last year -- in a move likely to fuel concerns about Beijin...

Putin set to reclaim Kremlin in landslide poll win

Mar 04, 2012 (AFP)

Russian leader Vladimir Putin was set Sunday to return to the Kremlin after crushing his opponents in a presidential election which the opposition said was marr...