34 h. ago Chinese Military Parade Highlights Naval Drones And Missiles

Chinese Military Parade Highlights Naval Drones And Missiles  navalnews.com

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39 h. ago Xi meets Kim a day after unprecedented show of unity with Putin at Chinese military parade

Xi meets Kim a day after unprecedented show of unity with Putin at Chinese military parade  CNN

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39 h. ago Xi and Kim pledge deeper ties a day after unprecedented show of unity with Putin at Chinese military parade

Xi and Kim pledge deeper ties a day after unprecedented show of unity with Putin at Chinese military parade  CNN

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41 h. ago Pentagon pizza orders spike at time of Beijing military parade: Chinese outlet

Chinese state media has mocked an apparent spike in pizza orders near the Pentagon during Beijing’s Victory Day parade, suggesting that in the US close attention was paid to the event, which American President Donald Trump called “very, very impressive”. On Wednesday afternoon, Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with China’s state broadcaster CCTV, released a video saying customer traffic data from Domino’s near the Pentagon was more than four times its usual level around 9pm, and...

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41 h. ago Pizza, the Pentagon and connecting the pepperoni dots to China’s military parade

What insight does a flood of pizza orders to chains near the Pentagon give China about official American interest in its military parade? More than a slice, according to a Chinese social media account following the scent of melted cheese near the Department of Defence in Washington. Yuyuan Tantian, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV noted an apparent spike in pizza orders near the Pentagon during Beijing’s Victory Day parade. It released a video saying customer...

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61 h. ago China’s allies give top marks for parade but the West is not won over

Brilliant. Pivotal. Very well held. That is how some countries described the massive military parade in the heart of the Chinese capital on Wednesday. But these countries are either some of China’s closest neighbours or part of the developing world – a group that Beijing has long sought to influence. Elsewhere, particularly in the West, the reaction was more muted. The parade had a dual effect – it marked 80 years since the end of World War II and showcased China’s growing military might and...

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2 d. ago Live news — Xi hosts Putin and Kim at Chinese military parade

Live news — Xi hosts Putin and Kim at Chinese military parade  Financial Times

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3 d. ago Kim Jong Un visits Beijing with daughter to attend Chinese military parade

Kim Jong Un visits Beijing with daughter to attend Chinese military parade  India Today

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3 d. ago Chinese missile destroyer seen passing Japanese island in East China Sea: Tokyo

A Chinese missile destroyer was seen passing by a Japanese island in the East China Sea, having nearly circled the country’s archipelago in a month-long sailing, Japan’s defence ministry said. According to the ministry, the Chinese navy’s Type 052D guided missile destroyer, also known as the Luyang-III class, bearing hull number 134, and its replenishment ship were spotted about 120km (75 miles) east of Miyako island of Okinawa prefecture by Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force on Sunday. “It was...

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3 d. ago False claim of 'protests in Beijing' spreads ahead of Chinese military parade

False claim of 'protests in Beijing' spreads ahead of Chinese military parade  Yahoo News UK

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4 d. ago Chinese state media hints at variants of hypersonic missile in parade

State broadcaster CCTV has hinted that the Victory Day parade in Beijing this week could feature improved versions of two of its hypersonic missiles, the YJ-21 and DF-17, both with enhanced penetration capabilities. China is set to hold a large-scale military parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II, and new weaponry is expected to be showcased. One anticipated highlight is the air-launched variant of the YJ-21, originally a sea-based hypersonic missile. In a...

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5 d. ago How China could turn Paracels into a submarine kill zone in South China Sea

Four years after the USS Connecticut, one of the most advanced nuclear submarines in the US Navy, slammed into an uncharted seamount in the South China Sea, the site of that near-catastrophic grounding may now become a deadly minefield for future naval battles. Chinese military scientists are proposing to transform the dangerous underwater terrain where the Connecticut crashed into a strategically engineered kill zone, packed with powerful mines designed to exploit the very same acoustic blind...

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7 d. ago Chinese sole woman trainer for military parade mixes DJ music with marching

The only female coach for a formation of troops set to take part in China’s coming Victory Day military parade has adopted an unusually musical and psychological approach to warm-up training. The training strategy of Wang Shuang, who coaches the army’s equipment formation, has trended on mainland social media because it includes psychological consultations for soldiers and lively music to accompany exercises. Wang has built up rich experience in preparing for the country’s military drills over...

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8 d. ago Russian and Chinese submarines join forces in Pacific patrol first

Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted their first joint patrol in the Pacific, the latest in a series of efforts to expand military cooperation between the two countries. The Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet said on Wednesday that the patrol began in early August after five days of joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan – also known as the East Sea – from August 1. “The diesel-electric submarine Volkhov of the Pacific Fleet and a submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy took...

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8 d. ago Kim Jong Un to attend major Chinese military parade in early September

Kim Jong Un to attend major Chinese military parade in early September  NK News

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8 d. ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend military parade in Beijing next week, North Korean and Chinese state media say

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend military parade in Beijing next week, North Korean and Chinese state media say  WINK News

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8 d. ago ‘Inappropriate’: Japan urges China to curb AI videos on wartime emperor

Japan has called on the Chinese government to take steps against a surge of artificial-intelligence videos on Chinese social media mocking Emperor Hirohito, the wartime monarch, warning that the clips risk further straining already fraught bilateral ties. There has been a sharp increase in video clips released on Chinese social media in the run-up to a military parade scheduled for September 3 to mark 80 years since Japan’s surrender ended World War II. In one video, the wartime emperor...

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9 d. ago Philippines warns China not to cross ‘red line’ over grounded warship

The Philippines has warned China that any attempt to board or tow away its grounded warship at the Second Thomas Shoal would be crossing a “red line” after Manila detected a sharp rise in Chinese maritime activity around the disputed feature in the South China Sea. Philippine Navy Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad told reporters on Tuesday that the military was closely monitoring a surge in Chinese maritime activity near the shoal, including the deployment of a navy tugboat for the first...

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1 week ago Taiwan warns celebrities to be wary of supporting Beijing’s military parade

Taiwan on Tuesday cautioned its entertainers against echoing mainland Chinese propaganda, singling out Beijing’s military parade next week, as it reiterated that government employees and senior retired officers were forbidden from attending. The warning was issued by the island’s Mainland Affairs Council ahead of the Victory Day parade in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II. “Taiwanese entertainers developing careers in...

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1 week ago 'Have Cards That Can Destroy China': Trump Warns Beijing Amid Ongoing Trade Dispute

'Have Cards That Can Destroy China': Trump Warns Beijing Amid Ongoing Trade Dispute  News18

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