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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged closer high-tech cooperation with China as she opened major IT business fair CeBIT, for which China is the official partner country.
"German business...
Germany is such a role model for other troublemakers of the past. This is why Germany deserves sympathy for their mistake.
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Merkel: Facing WW II atrocity key to German reconciliation
By MARI YAMAGUCHI36 minutes ago
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TOKYO (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said...
Hanoi traffic teems with scooters, buses, compact cars -- and now the occasional Rolls-Royce. (Hoang Dinh Nam / AFP/Getty Images)
By SCOTT DUKE HARRIS
Two blocks from the new Rolls-Royce showroom with its mind-boggling prices, two street peddlers say they don't pay attention to the luxurious...
China Has a New Navy -- and It's Making the Neighbors Nervous
By Rich Smith | More Articles
January 17, 2015 | Comments (6)
"China has an aircraft carrier."
That headline alone was enough to send chills down the spines of American military strategists -- and of China's immediate neighbors...
The Diplomat
Image Credit: UAV image via Shutterstock
China and the Lethal Drone Option
As China continues to refine drone technology, lethal strikes (at home and abroad) are a very real option.
By Shannon Tiezzi
January 15, 2015
Jane’s Defense Weekly has a piece on China’s drones this...
By Fran Wang1 hour ago
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Beijing (AFP) - China's trade surplus soared by almost half last year to a record $382 billion, the government announced Tuesday, but the world's second-largest economy again missed its trade growth target due to weakness overseas.
Exports increased 6.1 percent to...
Japan's ATD-X first flight delayed by software glitch
James Simpson, Tokyo - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
08 January 2015
The ATD-X will not fly until at least late 2015 due to issues with the software that controls automatic engine restarts. Source: TRDI
Japan's Advanced Technology...
2 hours ago
MANILA (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. Pacific Command has stopped two of its warships from leaving the Philippines after a U.S. Marine was named as a suspect in the murder of a transgender Filipino he met in a bar, a Philippine official said on Monday.
Admiral Samuel Locklear...
China exports up 9.4 percent, imports shrink again
5 hours ago
HONG KONG (AP) — China's exports grew more than forecast in August while imports shrank unexpectedly for the second month in a row, a reminder of the fragile recovery in the world's No. 2 economy, customs data showed Monday...
Iran Looks East, China Pivots West
The two countries need each other, in a relationship that seems unlikely to be derailed soon.
By Lauren Dickey and Helia Ighani
August 25, 2014
China’s behind-the-scenes support for Iran is what keeps the latter afloat. Despite sanctions that have limited...
Japan's Kamikaze pilots say war horrors lost on young
By Shingo ITOAugust 13, 2014 1:06 AM
Tokyo (AFP) - Kamikaze pilot Yutaka Kanbe should have died nearly seven decades ago.
It was only Tokyo's surrender on August 15, 1945, that saved him from the fate of thousands whose suicide missions...
A US-Vietnam Alliance? Not So Fast.
Expectations that Hanoi will enter Washington’s embrace appear unrealistic as the pro-Chinese camp prevails in Vietnam.
By Teddy Pham
August 04, 2014
The recent tactical withdrawal of a giant Chinese oil rigfrom waters claimed by both Beijing and Hanoi...
Considering a cooperative fighter program, Japan ground-tests its demonstrator
Jul 24, 2014
Bradley Perrett | Aviation Week & Space Technology
Japan has rolled out its ATD-X Shinshin fighter technology demonstrator, is considering buying more Lockheed Martin F-35s and will decide within four...
UNESCO lists Nanjing Massacre and 'comfort women,' China says
By Zoe Li, CNN
June 18, 2014 -- Updated 0230 GMT (1030 HKT)
Documents concerning the 1937 Nanjing Massacre at the archives office in Nanjing.
Memory of the World program has been collecting important world documents since 1992...
In the last twenty years, China has quickly ascended from a regional to global military power. A generation ago, the People’s Liberation Army was armed with antiquated weapons and oriented towards a manpower-intensive “People’s War”. In the intervening period China has gone from a green to blue...
US, China Vow to Improve Cooperation
BEIJING — Jul 9, 2014, 1:23 AM ET
By BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press
The United States and China vowed Wednesday to improve their economic and security cooperation, saying they wouldn't let persistent differences over maritime claims, cyberhacking and...
Points our leader made:
-China commits to peaceful development, mutual benefit, and win-win relationship with Korea.
-Fear of China rise is unfounded and not based on real concrete evidence. Words from others should not be taken serious.
-China supports peaceful and reunification of Korea and...
Agent Orange Legacy Scourges Vietnam | The Diplomat
Agent Orange Legacy Scourges Vietnam
Decades after the Vietnam War, victims wither away with scant efforts being made to tackle the deadly chemicals.
By Sean Kimmons
July 04, 2014
DA NANG, Vietnam – The frail bodies of Toan La and his...