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Taiwan coast guard, military drill to better face China's 'grey zone' threat
Taiwan's coast guard held drills with the military on Sunday to better practice joint operations in the face of what the ...
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Beijing proposes easing export of rare earths to EU
BEIJING - China has proposed establishing a "green channel" to ease the export of rare earths to the European Union, the ...
North Korean spy drama in China may signal Beijing’s unease over growing Pyongyang-Moscow ties
China has traditionally viewed North Korea as a security buffer and an ideologically aligned neighbor it can dominate.
China-appointed Panchen Lama vows to make religion more Chinese in meeting with Xi Jinping
A young Tibetan appointed by China’s atheist Communist Party as the second-highest leader of Tibetan Buddhism has pledged to ...
China clears rare earths export applications, not clear if Indian companies included
China’s decision in April to halt exports of a wide range of rare earths and related magnets disrupted global supply chains, ...
Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China
Secret Russian Intelligence Document: Russia’s domestic security agency says that China is spying on the Russian military’s ...
Trump says Xi agreed to restart flow of crucial minerals, but analysts say China won’t give up its ‘rare earth card’
US President Donald Trump said Chinese leader Xi Jinping has agreed to restart the flow of crucial rare earth materials, ...
China Takes Another Step Toward Global Political Power
The newly minted International Organization for Mediation aims to resolve hotspot disputes with a "Chinese touch," Beijing's ...
Japan Flexes Its Military Muscle at China, and Trump
A highly visible missile base on Okinawa is part of a Japanese defense buildup made amid fears of Beijing’s growing power and ...
China’s rare earth weapon changes contours of trade war battlefield
China has signalled for more than 15 years that it was looking to weaponise areas of the global supply chain, a strategy ...