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China's coast guard holds National Day celebrations at disputed shoal claimed by Philippines

China's coast guard has raised the national flag near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025

All the new weapons unveiled by China at Xi Jinping’s massive military parade

From nuclear-capable ballistic missiles to space defence systems, China showcases its latest weapons and claims the ‘entire world’ is now in strike range. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

The Independent UK · Sep 3, 2025

China seeks stronger ties with Brazil to resist ‘bullying’ on world stage

China’s top diplomat tells Brazil’s FM Mauro Vieira that Beijing-Brazil ties are at their ‘best in history’.

Al Jazeera · Aug 29, 2025

China unveils ‘paralysing strikes’ poster as it shares code name of live-fire drills around Taiwan

Drills employ Shandong aircraft carrier task group to simulate strikes on targets east of Taiwan

The Independent UK · Apr 2, 2025

China's telco companies are gradually shifting to Chinese CPUs — telecom giants switch hundreds of thousands of their servers to homegrown CPU platforms

China's telco giants are increasing their procurement of G-series servers, which are based on CPUs carrying a Chinese badge yet are based on American and U.K. ISAs or even developed in the U.S.

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 13, 2024

China releases fourth list of 30 more names for places in Arunachal Pradesh

China releases fourth list of names for Arunachal Pradesh, India rejects claims, and U.S. recognises Indian territory.

The Hindu · Apr 1, 2024

France is world's second biggest arms exporter, just ahead of Russia: report

Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world's fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's second largest exporter behind the United…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 11, 2024

China warns COVID-19 cases may rise during spring festival: Report

A fresh warning has come in connection with the never-ending COVID waves. COVID, which is being spread through the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across countries worldwide, has become a menace for the public as new variants are being reported every few months.

The Times of India · Feb 5, 2024

Xi's Corruption Crackdown Targets Embattled Finance Sector

Since rising to power a decade ago, Xi has waged a constant campaign against deep-seated graft that has led to the punishment of at least 4.7 million officials, according to a 2022 report by the state-run Global Times.

International Business Times · Jan 23, 2024

Why did China’s state media make a sudden turn towards friendlier US ties?

Control over China’s media narrative seen in swift turn towards US friendship ahead of Biden-Xi meeting at APEC summit.

Al Jazeera · Dec 5, 2023