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US approves $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan amid tensions with China
Jul 09, 2019 01:40The US has approved sale of $2.2 billion worth of arms to Taiwan, including 108 M1A2T Abrams tanks, in the wake of Washington- Beijing trade tensions.
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Iran must sort out China’s role in South Pars gas field: Minister
Jul 08, 2019 10:21Oil Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said that the country is seeking to put an end to ambiguities surrounding China’s presence in a major investment project in South Pars gas field.
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Australia says Chinese warship 'collect information' on US-Ausralia drills
Jul 08, 2019 06:45Australia says China has sent a high-tech surveillance ship toward its waters in an effort to “collect information” on an underway US-Australia war game, from outside the territorial waters.
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Fresh clashes in Hong Kong between protesters and riot police baton
Jul 08, 2019 03:50Fresh political violence breaks out in Hong Kong as riot police baton charges anti-government protesters, in the district of Mongkok, seeking to keep the pressure up on the city's pro-Beijing leaders, after a mass rally outside a train station linking the finance hub to mainland China.
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Beijing rejects US claims of missile tests in South China Sea
Jul 06, 2019 06:42China has dismissed US claims that Beijing conducted missile tests in the disputed South China Sea, saying the country’s military only held routine drills that posed no threat to any country.
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Existing US tariffs must be removed if Washington wants trade deal with Beijing: China
Jul 04, 2019 08:31China says the existing US tariffs against the country must first be removed if Washington wants any trade deal with Beijing.
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Chinese-American electrical engineer faces 219 years in jail for stealing US missile chips
Jul 04, 2019 03:49A Chinese-American professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been found guilty of trying to steal sensitive US military secrets and sending them back to China, charges that might bring him a two-decade prison term.
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US weighing extension of Iran oil waiver after China's defiance
Jul 04, 2019 02:44The US State Department is seriously considering using an Obama-era loophole to allow China to import oil from Iran, violating the Trump administration’s earlier pledge to bring Iranian oil exports down to zero, a report said.
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China protests to UK over ‘fantasizing’ about Hong Kong
Jul 03, 2019 07:06China has protested to Britain after London warned Beijing of “serious consequences” if it breached an agreement over the handover of Hong Kong from the British Empire to China.
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China: US pressure root cause of Iran nuclear reaction
Jul 02, 2019 10:33China says it considers US President Donald Trump’s trademark policy of “maximum pressure” to be the underlying reason for Iran’s retaliatory decision to reduce more of its commitments under a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, which Washington abandoned last year.