Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 | 2 comments

A Chinese naval frigate steams through the swell as it approaches Sydney Harbour …
Chinese President Hu Jintao Tuesday urged the navy to prepare for military combat amid growing regional tensions over maritime disputes and a US campaign to assert itself as a Pacific power.
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011 | 4 comments

Georgetown University’s Professor Phillip A. Karber spent the Cold War as a top strategist reporting directly to the secretary of defense and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (The Washington Post
The Chinese have called it their “Underground Great Wall” — a vast network of tunnels designed to hide their country’s increasingly sophisticated missile and nuclear arsenal.
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Friday, November 11th, 2011 | Post a comment

Protesters came with signs depicting Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong’s richest man, to vent their anger about skyrocketing property prices and government policies on July 1, the 14th anniversary of the former British colony’s return to Chinese rule. (Associated Press)
HONG KONG — Chinese political and business leaders are increasingly triumphant after two decades of rapid economic growth that lifted unprecedented millions of people out of poverty and turned the nation into an economic superpower, saying their success proves its political and economic system is superior to the Western model.
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Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 | Post a comment

The defining geopolitical drama of the next century will be the battle for power and influence between China and America. That emerging struggle is already posing awkward choices for Asian countries, caught between the two global giants. Continue reading »