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China Defense Budget Rises At Slowest Pace In Decades

China's defence budget will rise seven percent to $151 billion this year, the slowest annual percentage increase since...

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China To Strengthen Defenses, No Word On Budget

China pledged more support for its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses as it takes...

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China Trims GDP Target, Citing ‘grave Challenges’

China's premier warned Sunday that the world's second-largest economy faces "grave challenges", signalling a further...

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Key Points On China’s Annual Parliamentary Meeting

Thousands of politicians from across China have converged on Beijing for the country's annual legislative meetings...

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China To Outline National Priorities As Congress Opens

China's rubber-stamp legislature opens its annual session on Sunday with Premier Li Keqiang due to announce the...

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Philippine Defence Chief Visits US Carrier In S. China Sea

The Philippines' defence secretary on Saturday visited a US aircraft carrier patrolling the South China Sea, hailing...

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China To Increase Military Spending By 7% In 2017

China says it will increase military spending by about 7% this year, just days after Donald Trump outlined a boost to...

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N. Korea To Top Agenda On Tillerson Asia Visit

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson plans to visit Japan, China and South Korea later this month to discuss Pyongyang's...

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China Defence Spending To Rise ‘around 7%’

China will raise defence spending by "around seven percent" this year as it guards against "outside meddling" in its...

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Financial Risks Hang Over China Legislature Meeting

China's rubber-stamp legislature convenes this weekend with the script focused on containing worrisome economic risks...

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Pictures of China’s Fearsome New Tanks Leaked Online

A leaked picture of two fearsome Chinese tanks has sparked speculation that China is developing new military vehicles....

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Trump Says He’s Boosting Defense Spending By $54 Billion; the Real Number Is $18 Billion

In the days before President Donald Trump’s high-profile address to Congress Tuesday night, White House aides...

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China Continues ‘steady Pattern’ of S.China Sea Militarization

Recent satellite imagery appears to show China is completing structures intended to house surface-to-air missiles...

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South China Sea: US Navy Begins Patrols

US aircraft carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, has started what it calls “routine operations” in the South China Sea,...

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US Carrier Group Begins ‘routine’ Patrols

The USS Carl Vinson is no stranger to the region US aircraft carrier the USS Carl Vinson has started what it calls...

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US Deploys Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea Despite Tension

The US has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group to patrol the South China Sea, days after Beijing told Washington...

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US Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Patrolling S. China Sea

A US aircraft carrier strike group is patrolling in the South China Sea, the US Navy said Saturday, days after Beijing...

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Chinese, US Aircraft In ‘unsafe’ Encounter Over South China Sea

A Chinese military aircraft had an "unsafe" encounter with a US Navy surveillance aircraft near a contested reef in the...

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US, Japan Say Defense Pact Covers Disputed Senkaku Islands

US President Donald Trump offered Japan assurances Friday that mutual defense agreements cover the disputed Senkaku...