A Pentagon report says that while Beijing speaks of peaceful unification, its continuous military upgrade shows that it is not willing to renounce the use of force.
A Pentagon report says that while Beijing speaks of peaceful unification, its continuous military upgrade shows that it is not willing to renounce the use of force.
Relations between the United States and China have grown testy after China reacted to an U.S. military report questioned the intent of China's growing military power.
An Australian analysis of China's latest defence white paper says China believes it should have the military capability to confront the United States in the Asian region if necessary.
The United States' defence department says China is developing "disruptive" technologies for nuclear, space and cyber warfare.
China is seeking technology and weapons to disrupt the traditional advantages of American forces, and secrecy surrounding its military creates the potential for miscalculation on both sides, according to a Pentagon study released Wednesday.
This month, the European Union (EU) parliament passed a resolution on the Tibet issue, urging the Chinese government to resume dialogue with the Tibetan spiritual leader in exile, the Dalai Lama, for "real autonomy for Tibet".
AS THE G20 group of nations prepares to meet next week to discuss the world economy, a grand bargain with geostrategic significance is implicitly being crafted between Washington and Beijing.
In China, reports about a strange animal, said to live in the Gobi Desert, are sweeping the internet and causing red faces in high places.
Turkey's state-run television and radio broadcaster TRT launched on Saturday a new TV channel that would reach Turkic republics at a ceremony held in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Beijing has reacted angrily to a Pentagon report on China's military power, which claimed it was altering the military balance in Asia.