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Pentagon seeks $715B budget with a plan to counter China
May 29, 2021 03:27The Pentagon has asked for a $715 billion budget saying it is geared to counter China in the Indo-Pacific region by shedding older weapons systems and investing in new technologies.
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Iran, Russia, China congratulate Syria’s Assad on decisive victory in reelection
May 28, 2021 10:14Iran, Russia and China have separately congratulated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for achieving a landslide victory and winning his fourth seven-year term in the 2021 presidential election.
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China slams latest deceptive US push to wage new COVID-19 probe
May 26, 2021 12:58China has slammed the US for “spreading conspiracy theories and disinformation” following Washington’s latest push to wage a new probe into the origins of the coronavirus, even after a recent World Health Organization (WHO) mission to China proved inconclusive.
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Iran urges cooperation with China against US’ cold war
May 24, 2021 10:00President Hassan Rouhani called for close cooperation between Tehran and Beijing in confrontation with the American “cold war” and with US coalitions.
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21 runners dead as extreme weather hits China ultramarathon
May 23, 2021 04:13Twenty-one people were killed after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a 100-kilometer cross-country mountain race in China, state media said Sunday.
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China seizes vaccine diplomacy lead over US
May 21, 2021 11:13China contends that it is selflessly coming to the aid of the pandemic-stricken developing world by exporting nearly as much Covid-19 vaccine as it uses domestically.
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China calls US ‘out-and-out risk creator' in South China Sea
May 20, 2021 09:41China has called the United States a “risk creator” in the South China Sea, after an American warship sailed through Chinese territorial waters near the disputed Spratly Islands.
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Japan must ‘radically’ speed up upgrading of military to counter China: Japanese defense min.
May 20, 2021 02:44Japan’s defense minister says the country must strengthen its military might at a “radically different pace” compared to the past in an attempt to counter China’s increasing power.
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Iran, China sign document to expand customs ties
May 19, 2021 13:47Iran and China have signed a document to expand their cooperation in the field of customs as the two countries eye increased trade ties under a 25-year economic partnership deal.
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In ignoring Israel’s savagery, US draws serious criticism from China, Turkey
May 19, 2021 12:18China and Turkey have censured Washington’s behavior in implicitly supporting the Israeli regime war on the besieged Gaza Strip as well as blocking statements to stop the devastating campaign at the United Nations Security Council.