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Bo's Wife Reportedly Dressed As Chinese Army General

Reuters | Chris Buckley | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Zhang Xiaojun, Tiananmen Square Crackdown, Gu Kailai, Wang Lijun, People's Liberation Army, Bo Xilai, Neil Heywood, World News

A woman at the centre of China's biggest political scandal in two decades, wife of deposed political leader Bo Xilai, had once dressed as a military c...

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The Interwoven Era: The US, China and its New Aircraft Carrier

Peter Winter | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Taiwan, Defense, Military, People's Republic of China, South China Sea, Economy, Interdependence, Vietnam, United States, Navy, Philippines, People's Liberation Army, Aircraft Carrier, China, World News
Peter Winter

What do a rusting Russian aircraft carrier, two top-ranking military officers, mounting trade deficits and half a trillion dollars in potential oil and gas in the South China Sea have to do with world peace?

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China Sizing Up Against U.S. Cyberwar Threat?

Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Google, Internet, US Military, China Cyberwar, People's Liberation Army, China Defense, China, China Cyber War, World News

(Reuters) - China must boost its cyber-warfare strength to counter a Pentagon push, the country's top military newspaper said on Thursday after we...

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China Reveals Details Of First Aircraft Carrier

Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Chinese Aircraft Carrier, China Military, People's Liberation Army, Ukraine, Varyag, China, World News

A top Chinese military official has confirmed that Beijing is building its first aircraft carrier, described as a "symbol of a great nation" which cou...

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China Spurs New Asia Arms Race

The Wall Street Journal | AMOL SHARMA in New Delhi, JEREMY PAGE in Beijing, JAMES HOOKWAY in Hanoi and RACHEL PANNETT in Canberra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Asia's Arms Race, China Arms Race, China India, Japan Military, South Korea Military, India Arms Race, China India Relations, People's Liberation Army, China Military, Asia Arms Race, China, China Japan, World News

At Mazagon Dock near the southern tip of Mumbai, hidden behind high concrete walls, hundreds of Indian workers are putting the finishing touches on th...

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Standing Up to China, the Obama Way

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, Western Capital Markets, Hu Jintao, Darfur, South China Sea, United Nations, Chinese Currency Appreciation, Chinese Expansionism, Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Diplomacy, China, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Chinese Intransigence, Pla, Chinese Unemployment, Chinese Pragmatism, Incrementalism, G8, State-Owned Enterprise, Gradualism, Chinese Anxiety, China's Territorial Unity, Xi Jinping, Exports, China Social Cohesion, China Territorial Cohesion, People's Liberation Army, Liu Xiaobo, Capital Markets, Harmony, Macro-Economic Policy, Inflation, Communist Party, Security Council, g20, Chinese Middle Class, India, Hillary Clinton, Sudan, Currency Appreciation, Buddhism, Peaceful Rise, China's Economic Rebalancing, North Korea, World News
Tom Doctoroff

As the senior leader of one Chinese state-owned enterprise said to me, "I used to think [Obama] was nice. Then I realized he was intelligent. Now I know he's shrewd, just like Hu Jintao. Your leader is a strategist."

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What to Expect from President Obama's Visit to China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China-U.S. Military Ties, U.S. Foreign Policy Toward China, Obama November Visit to China, Hu Jintao, Beijing, China Censorship, People's Liberation Army, China Human Rights, Barack Obama, Climate Change, China Rule of Law, Bilateral Agreement Between China and the U.S. On Climate Change, Robert Gates, Xu Zhiyong, China Currency Manipulation, Xu Caihou, Peking University, World News
Elizabeth Lynch

While the White House has yet to release President Obama's schedule, expect President Obama and President Hu Jintao to discuss military ties, global economic health, climate change and human rights.

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