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2013-06-07 – As part of its efforts to appear transparent about its intentions, to dispel its image as a reclusive regime shrouded in secrecy, and to foster confidence among its neighbours, the Chinese government has been issuing White Papers on national ...

2013-04-03 — Home-video consoles, that were growing in popularity through the 1990s, were officially banned in 2000 for fear that they were corrupting Chinese youth. It was a kind of King Canute communism – an attempt to hold back the ...

2012-11-05 – Recently, there have been a lot of discussions in overseas media about the successful first test flight of China’s second kind of fifth generation stealth fighter, the J-31. If the reports are correct, it means that China is developing ...

2012-10-09 — (from China-defense-mashup.com and by Xu Guangyu) Chinese dictionaries and encyclopedia define active defense as an umbrella term for “offensive defense” and “decisive battle defense” waged before a counterattack and assault. In my opinion, from the military perspective, active ...

2012-09-10 — During the meeting of annual security forum of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Hanoi in July 2010, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi faced volleys of complaints about his country’s behavior in the region. Making ...

2012-06-30 — China will lead talks among the five original nuclear-armed states to define arms control terms, the group said on Friday, a first for Beijing and a step that could ultimately bring greater clarity about its nuclear arsenal and ...