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Chinese warplanes make Mid East debut in Turkey and Iran

Sysop — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:02:45 +0000

The arrival of a new Middle East player startled Washington and Jerusalem: debkafile’s military sources disclose that when Turkish Prime Minister Tayyep Erdogan met Syrian president Bashar Assad in Damascus Monday, Oct. 11, they talked less about the Kurdish question and more about the role China is willing to play in the military-intelligence alliance binding Syria, Iran and Turkey.

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U.S.-South Korea drills anger North, worry China

Sysop — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:48:04 +0000

(Reuters) – The U.S. and South Korean militaries will stage their second joint exercise in less than a month from Monday, fuelling tensions with the prickly North and angering regional power China.

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Chinese missile could shift Pacific power balance

Sysop — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:44:32 +0000

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON – Nothing projects U.S. global air and sea power more vividly than supercarriers. Bristling with fighter jets that can reach deep into even landlocked trouble zones, America’s virtually invincible carrier fleet has long enforced its dominance of the high seas.

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Woman beaten to death at China Wal-Mart: police

Sysop — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:36:55 +0000

BEIJING — A woman in eastern China was allegedly beaten to death by five employees of a Wal-Mart store who accused her of shoplifting, a police report and state media said Tuesday.

Police have arrested two employees from the store in Jiangxi province, while three others are being investigated, Jingdezhen city police said in a report on their website.

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China alarmed by US money printing

Sysop — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:36:09 +0000

The US Federal Reserve’s policy of printing money to buy Treasury debt threatens to set off a serious decline of the dollar and compel China to redesign its foreign reserve policy, according to a top member of the Communist hierarchy.

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Powerful earthquake kills 34 in Indonesia, dozens feared buried

Sysop — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:56:26 +0000

CIANJUR, Indonesia (CNN) – Rescue workers late Wednesday are trying to clear the road into this Indonesian town after a major earthquake triggered a landslide, trapping residents inside their homes.

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China eagerly prepares for a rare total solar eclipse

Brian — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:02:49 +0000

Reporting from Beijing — In a popular Chinese legend, a giant named Kua Fu chased the fiery sun across the sky, hoping to bring about the end of a catastrophic drought. Though the hero dies in impassioned pursuit, the gods take notice of his inspired effort and punish the sun, forcing it farther from the Earth and drawing the calamitous weather to a close.

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100,000 Protest Detention Chinese Christian Lawyer

Brian — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:39:40 +0000

BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Worthy News)– A petition calling for the release of a prominent Christian human rights lawyer, which was signed by some 100,000 people around the world, has been delivered to the Chinese embassy in Washington and the U.S. State Department, organizers said Friday, July 17.

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Hu Says China Will Deal Harshly With Instigators

Sysop — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:43:42 +0000

URUMQI, China, July 9 — Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top leaders of the Communist Party vowed Thursday to severely punish those responsible for the bloody, ethnically charged clashes this week in the far western region of Xinjiang.

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Chinese troops flood streets after riots

Sysop — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:47:23 +0000

URUMQI, China (AP) – Thousands of Chinese troops flooded into this city Wednesday to separate feuding ethnic groups after three days of communal violence left 156 people dead, and a senior Communist Party official vowed to execute those guilty of murder in the rioting in western China.

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