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US warship drills embolden regional instability
Two US aircraft carriers - The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups on Sunday carried out military drills in the Philippine Sea, The Japan Times reported. The…
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Indian nationalism may sink trade with China over 30%
Illustration: Tang Tengfei/GT By Dai Yonghong India's recently accelerating nationalism toward China has spilled to economic areas. That, coupled with the fallout of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, could cause…
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National Security Law for Hong Kong: Bane to Subversives, Boon for Citizens
A Hong Kong association gathers at Chater Garden, Central Hong Kong, in support of the national security legislation in the city. Dozens of participants marched to the US Consulate General…
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China’s defense expenditure is reasonable, appropriate, truthful and transparent
Lieutenant General He Lei Photo: Courtesy of He Lei By He Lei The Chinese government's defense budget for 2020 is set at 1.268 trillion yuan ($178.2 billion), up 6.6 percent…
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Outsiders inflaming South China Sea squabbles hurts all parties
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (C) attends a press conference of the 36th ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, June 26, 2020. Photo: Xinhua The 36th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)…
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Partnership falls prey to McCarthyism in Oz
Illustration: Liu Rui/GT By Chen Hong On June 26 the home of Shaoquett Moselmane, member of the Legislative Council of the New South Wales Parliament of Australia, was raided by…
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Ultra-nationalism leads India’s relations with neighboring countries astray
File photo: Xinhua By Xie Chao Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might never have expected that his statement "China did not enter our territory, no posts taken" could trigger a…
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Outsiders inflaming South China Sea squabbles hurts all parties
The 36th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on Friday was held via teleconference. In regard to the South China Sea issue, the ASEAN statement said, "We reaffirmed that…
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China’s defense expenditure is reasonable, appropriate, truthful and transparent
The Chinese government's defense budget for 2020 is set at 1.268 trillion yuan ($178.2 billion), up 6.6 percent from last year. The growth is 0.9 percentage points lower than that…
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Will coronavirus bring world to dark age?
When the novel coronavirus broke out about five months ago, people thought the virus would be something like SARS - a terrifying infectious disease that hit them hard in 2003.…