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China warns off US warship sailing close to Spratly islands
Sep 08, 2021 07:13China’s army forces have "warned off" a US guided-missile destroyer from the South China Sea, describing Washington as the “biggest destroyer of peace” in the region.
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Russia begins military drills on Kuril Islands
Sep 08, 2021 07:12Russia has begun military maneuvers on its eastern territory of Kuril Islands that will include live firing drills and involve more than 500 military personnel, the defense ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Beijing concerned about NATO's ‘China nuclear threat theory’
Sep 08, 2021 03:44China has expressed concern about NATO’s assertions about an alleged nuclear threat from Beijing, stressing that the country is not involved in any arms race and its nuclear activities are for national security purposes.
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China’s Sinopharm to develop second-generation mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 07, 2021 05:57China National Pharmaceutical Group Sinopharm is working to produce its own mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in an effort to more effectively fight the new variants of the coronavirus.
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Iran: Peace in Afghanistan only possible through broad-based, inclusive government
Sep 05, 2021 14:15Iran says establishment of peace and stability in Afghanistan is only possible through the formation of a broad-based government in the war-ravaged country.
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Iran to accelerate COVID vaccinations with ramp up in import from China
Sep 05, 2021 01:43Iran is to ramp up vaccinations against the coronavirus as the country is taking delivery of large batches of Sinopharm shots from China.
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Russia's Gazprom Neft abandons dollar in favor of yuan in fueling planes in China
Sep 04, 2021 12:16The oil arm of Russia’s major gas corporation Gazprom – Gazprom Neft – has begun to abandon the US dollar in favor of the Chinese yuan in settling payments for fueling planes throughout China, the company’s CEO announced.
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China tells US to stop imposing its norms on world after Afghanistan debacle
Sep 03, 2021 10:15China has called on the US to ponder on the recent advice of Russian President Vladimir Putin to quit imposing American norms on other nations after the Afghanistan fiasco.
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The $150mn machine that will change the world
Sep 03, 2021 04:26Amid the recent chip shortage, Dutch company ASML's products have become central to a geopolitical struggle between the US and China, with Washington making it a high priority to block China’s access to the machines. So far, the US government has pressured the Dutch not to grant the export licenses needed to send the extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines to China.
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China bans children from online gaming for more than three hours a week
Aug 31, 2021 01:50China has announced a drastic cut to children's online gaming time to just three hours a week during term time, the latest move in a broad crackdown on tech giants in the world's biggest gaming market.