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Analysis: China to get SAMs from Russia
Hong Kong (UPI) May 2, 2008 Russia will deliver to China four battalions of 200-kilometer-range S-300PMU2 surface-to-air missiles this summer, the last batch in a series ordered by China. The first batch of four battalions of the same missiles was delivered in July 2007. Starting in 1993, China received 12 battalions of S-300 SAMs, four of them S-300PMUs and eight S-300PMU1s. This means there are a total of 20 ... more China has secret nuclear submarine base: Jane's 
London (AFP) May 2, 2008China is building a major underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of Hainan Island, defence group Jane's said Friday. Jane's Intelligence Review, a respected defence periodical, said satellite images of the base from imagery provider DigitalGlobe were the first confirmation of its existence. Although Beijing is displaying no overt aggression, the base could mean an increase ... more Outside View: China's obsolete fighters 
Moscow (UPI) May 2, 2008 Earlier this year reports appeared in the media that China had copied Russia's Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker fighter and that its J-11 version, now manufactured in China, would be sold to third countries, undermining Russia's positions on the global arms market. Although China has made some progress in adapting Russian designs and technology, it is still far from posing either a military or ... more Virus kills 25 in China, WHO says no cover-up 
Beijing (AFP) May 5, 2008The World Health Organisation on Sunday dismissed claims that local authorities in China had covered up the outbreak of an intestinal virus, as the death toll rose to 25. The virus, known as Enterovirus 71 or EV71, has already killed 22 children in the eastern province of Anhui and three others in southern Guangdong province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported late Sunday. ... more 'Time to blow whistle' on China: Clinton 
Gastonia, North Carolina (AFP) May 3, 2008Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton warned Saturday it was time to "blow the whistle" on China, accusing it of unfair trade practices. She stood close to a parade of closed shops and pawnbrokers in North Carolina as she vowed to turn the US economy around, despite fears of recession, and promised action to reverse a tide of industrial jobs moving abroad. "We do have to get to ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 1, 2008Chinese authorities inspected more than 3,600 businesses in a major export city at the centre of a child labour scandal, state press reported Thursday, after children were found working in factories. The children, aged from nine to 16, worked long hours in factories in the city of Dongguan for about 35 cents an hour, reports said on Wednesday, in echoes of a brick kiln slavery ring that ... more Patriot Power Key To ABM Successes To Date Part Two 
Washington, April 29, 2008 The latest Patriot missile purchases and upgrade deals by Taiwan and South Korea point to a widespread expectation of growing tensions and expectations of eventual war on Asia's Pacific Rim. Last week alone, Raytheon announced more than $320 million in combined sales of Patriot support and upgrade systems to both countries. Raytheon said April 23 that it had won a $79 million ... more Three Chinese banks in world's top four: study 
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2008Three Chinese institutions were among the world's top four banks at the end of 2007 at a time when the market capitalisation of Western banks was suffering from a global financial crisis, a study showed Wednesday. The number one spot in the rankings, compiled by the Boston Consulting Group, was occupied by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, with market capitalisation of nearly 340 ... more CIA chief says China's rapid military buildup troubling 
Washington (AFP) April 30, 2008CIA chief Michael Hayden charged Wednesday that China was beefing up its military with "remarkable speed and scope," calling the buildup "troubling." The Chinese, he said, had fully absorbed the lessons of both Gulf wars, developing and integrating advanced weaponry into a modern military force. Hayden said while Beijing's new capabilities could pose a risk to US forces and interests in ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 30, 2008The United States said Wednesday it was "concerned" about reports that China has sentenced 30 people to between three years and life in prison for their role over last month's Tibetan unrest. "We have seen the reports. We are concerned. We don't think that anyone should break the law, but we also believe in freedom of expression and assembly," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. ... more Washington to keep supplying arms to Taiwan: US envoy 
Taipei (AFP) April 29, 2008Washington will continue to back Taiwan militarily while it pushes for peace talks with China, the de facto US envoy here assured incoming president Ma Ying-jeou Tuesday. Stephen Young, director of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), said the United States would continue to supply weapons to Taipei. "We also expect our traditional close security cooperation to continue, as we are ... more Outside View: Iran nuke deadlock -- Part 2 
Moscow, April 29, 2008 The Russian Foreign Ministry said before the six-nation meeting in Shanghai on the Iranian nuclear issue between Russia, China, the United States, Britain, Germany and France that the talks should focus on developing new "positive" proposals for Iran this time. Moscow must have remembered that the latest U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran was accompanied by a statement of the six ... more Defense Focus: C21 sub threat -- Part 2 
Washington, April 28, 2008 Anyone who has watched any World War II movies or History Channel documentaries knows what a wolf pack was: It was the massed attack carried out by Nazi submarines against British and American convoys of merchant ships in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. China is looking at a modern, 21st century of wolf pack tactics for any future war it might have to fight against the United ... more
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