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China just invited Taiwan to join its big development bank under one condition
BEIJING (Reuters) - China welcomes Taiwan's decision to apply to join the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as long as the self-ruled island uses an appropriate name, state news...
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South Korea's military is about to get the world's most advanced missile...
South Korea faces a great challenge, and it has a great opportunity. Its handling of a relatively obscure issue will provide great insight into its future in a vital and volatile area.In the coming...
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Israel becomes the latest US ally to back China's new investment bank
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a letter of application for Israel to join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Israeli Foreign Ministry said...
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Nothing seems to be capable of holding back the Chinese stock market boom
The People's Bank of China is committed to doing whatever it takes to boost China’s flagging economy. The central bank started lowering interest rates late last year and bank reserve requirements early...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping sounds a lot like Putin in his New Yorker profile
China, for decades a place where a near-equal collective controlled the country through a party hundreds of millions strong, now belongs to one man — Xi Jinping, the man who became president in...
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China has sharply boosted its cyber warfare funding
China’s government is sharply increasing its investment in cyber warfare programs in what U.S. intelligence officials say is a major attempt to compete with superior U.S. military cyber...
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The Iowa mom who hosted Xi Jinping in the 80s said 'no one in their right...
The New Yorker recently profiled Chinese President Xi Jinping, making waves with remarkable insights into his authoritarian rise to power.In one section, the author, Evan Osnos, writes about the time...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping's father tried to poison a teacher when he was 14
The New Yorker profiled Chinese President Xi Jinping in its recent issue, and the chronicle of his rise to power contains an interesting tidbit about his father.Xi has talked about how his father, Xi...
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ANALYST: China's economy just touched the government's chilling 'red line'
Hidden beneath the surface of China's new, barely-passable manufacturing report on Tuesday was a worrisome indicator on employment. An indicator that touched Premier Li Keqiang's "red line," as...
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A Chinese official is under investigation for golfing
Chinese authorities are investigating a party official on allegations of... golfing.Wang Shenyang, head of the Commerce Ministry's cooperation department, is under investigation for breaking rules on...
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This map shows how the world's most dangerous regimes got their weapons in 2014
Several countries have managed to build massive arsenals despite being under various forms of international sanction. China has anti-satellite weapons, advanced fighter jets, and ballistic missiles,...
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China is cracking down on local governments that submit fake air quality data
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's vice minister for environmental protection has announced a two-year inspection campaign to root out fake air quality data and accused some local governments of manipulating...
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The US is warming up to China's big new development bank
Washington appears to have softened its stance towards the new Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, backing down from its earlier resistance and saying it is now ready to welcome the...
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China Internet agency says Google move 'unacceptable'
Following what experts called a "major breach of public trust and confidence," Google has announced that it will no longer recognise security certificates issued by the official China Internet Network...
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Chinese attack helicopters could soon replace American Cobras in Pakistan
Pakistan recently took delivery of three Z-10 attack helicopters, stored at this hangar in the Qasim Army base near Rawalphindi. The helicopters' state of disassembly suggests that Pakistani...
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From stashes of gold to a 'pistol-shaped house': Chinese document details...
Former general Gu Junshan allegedly embezzled more than 20 billion yuan (HK$25 billion) in public money, according to a document containing details of several recent corruption cases.The document — a...
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Venezuela plans to buy more Russian and Chinese arms
Venezuela has announced plans to increase its total amount of arms imports from Russia and China in the coming years, Russian network Sputnik reports. Venezuela is already the largest weapons importer...
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Obama's new sanctions for cybercriminals is important — but it won't stop the...
President Obama's executive order to sanction overseas cyber criminals likely won't deter sophisticated state-sponsored hackers in Russia and China, according to geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer."I...
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China's ex-security chief has been charged with bribery and abuse of power
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have charged former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang with bribery, abuse of power and intentional disclosure of state secrets, state news agency Xinhua said...
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Toyota will build new plants in China and Mexico as part of a $1.3 billion...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Toyota Motor Corp will spend about 150 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to build two new car plants in Mexico and China, two people familiar with plans said, ending a three-year...
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