10 h. ago China's Xi flexes diplomatic clout with Putin, Kim at Beijing parade | Daily Sabah

China's Xi flexes diplomatic clout with Putin, Kim at Beijing parade | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

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24 h. ago Navy cartel strike / China power flex / global order : Sources & Methods

Navy cartel strike / China power flex / global order : Sources & Methods  NPR

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31 h. ago How Chinese view US rivalry, Beijing’s deterrence muscle: SCMP daily highlights

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. What do ordinary Chinese think of US rivalry and Russian, North Korean allies? Americans tend to believe that China wants to create a new world order to knock the United States off its perch, but the results of a survey released this week suggest Chinese people are far more nuanced and flexible in this view, providing avenues to reduce US-China tension,...

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39 h. ago Thursday briefing: China flexes its muscle in the tussle for global dominance

Thursday briefing: China flexes its muscle in the tussle for global dominance  The Guardian

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40 h. ago Chinese hold nuanced views of US rivalry and Russia, North Korea friendships

Americans tend to believe that China wants to create a new world order to knock the United States off its perch, but the results of a survey released this week suggest Chinese people are far more nuanced and flexible in this view, providing avenues to reduce US-China tension, experts said on Wednesday. The survey of ordinary Chinese, by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Centre, depicts a public that is optimistic about their nation’s future, economy, military and culture. They...

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40 h. ago What do ordinary Chinese think of US rivalry and Russian, North Korean allies?

Americans tend to believe that China wants to create a new world order to knock the United States off its perch, but the results of a survey released this week suggest Chinese people are far more nuanced and flexible in this view, providing avenues to reduce US-China tension, experts said on Wednesday. The survey of ordinary Chinese, by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Centre, depicts a public that is optimistic about their nation’s future, economy, military and culture. They...

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67 h. ago China flexes military muscle with parade of ‘new generation’ weapons

China flexes military muscle with parade of ‘new generation’ weapons  The Washington Post

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2 d. ago China to flex military muscle with parade of ‘new generation’ weapons

China to flex military muscle with parade of ‘new generation’ weapons  The Washington Post

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3 d. ago Honour guards in China’s military parade to carry PLA’s latest QBZ

Beijing’s massive military parade on Wednesday will feature China’s next-generation QBZ-191 rifles, described by state broadcaster CCTV as the “Transformers of the rifle world”. The guards of honour in the parade will carry the new rifle, which made its first public appearance at the 70th National Day parade in 2019, and marked China’s departure from the bullpup-configured QBZ-95 that had been standard since 1997. The QBZ-191, part of the Type 20 weapons family with variants for different combat...

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3 d. ago Xi, Putin Meet in Beijing as China Flexes Diplomatic Clout | Insight with Haslinda Amin 9/2/2025

Xi, Putin Meet in Beijing as China Flexes Diplomatic Clout | Insight with Haslinda Amin 9/2/2025  Bloomberg.com

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5 d. ago Putin and other world leaders meet in China as Beijing flexes its diplomatic muscle

Putin and other world leaders meet in China as Beijing flexes its diplomatic muscle  LiveNOW from FOX

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9 d. ago Seoul reluctant on Trump’s push for more flexible US Forces Korea

South Korea’s new president has signalled reluctance to give ground to US President Donald Trump on the role of US forces in Korea in relation to Taiwan, but experts say he may be continually pushed to take a clearer stance in the future. On Sunday, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told reporters on his flight to Washington for an inaugural summit with Trump that it was difficult to agree to an American demand for strategic flexibility of US Forces Korea (USFK). Lee, who became president in...

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9 d. ago Seoul balks at Taiwan role for US troops stationed in South Korea

Seoul may be reluctant to support the White House’s call for South Korea-based US troops to shift their focus from the North to a Taiwan conflict but it might be forced to get behind the strategy, according to analysts. On his way to meet his US counterpart in Washington on Sunday, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said it would be difficult to agree to an American demand for US Forces Korea (USFK) to have “strategic flexibility”. “This is not an issue we can easily agree with,” said Lee, who...

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