Beijing has built new missile shelters, communications facilities and a radar on disputed islands in the South China Sea, according to a US think tank. Satellite images appear to show new facilities on the Fiery…
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Beijing’s South China Sea outposts nearly set for missile deployment: report
Three of Beijing’s outposts on contested South China Sea reefs are close to being ready for the deployment of military assets including mobile missile launchers, a US think tank reported Thursday. Analysing satellite photographs, the…
China Liu Xiaobo: Ill laureate ‘wants treatment abroad’
His wife has formally requested to leave China but it is not clear if the authorities will approve it, they add. Mr Liu, 61, has been in hospital after gaining medical parole. He was jailed…
China’s leader in Hong Kong as activists plan protests
Xi’s Air China plane touched down at midday for the three-day visit. The trip culminates Saturday with Xi overseeing an inauguration ceremony for the Asian financial hub’s new leader, Carrie Lam. Pro-democracy activists staged protests…
China bails activists at shoe factories linked to Ivanka Trump
New York-based China Labor Watch (CLW) said its investigators would be put on trial at a later date. The group says it has uncovered evidence of pay violations and physical violence at the Huajian group.…
China defends prison care of ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu
In the midst of a growing outcry, China appears to be responding to criticism that prison … The video spread after the popular dissident news site Boxun.com posted it on its YouTube account with a…
U.S. envoy: China should allow Nobel laureate treatment abroad
“As we have said, one of the major duties of the U.S. ambassador in China is to cement friendship between the two countries and especially the two peoples, and enhance mutual understanding and political mutual…
China launches new class of naval destroyer
BEIJING China’s military on Wednesday launched a new type of domestically … The 10,000-tonne warship was launched at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, the official Xinhua news agency said, making it the first of the…
China’s navy launches latest-generation destroyer
China’s increasingly powerful navy launched its most advanced domestically produced destroyer on Wednesday, at a time of rising competition with other naval powers such as the United States, Japan and India. The first 10,000-ton Type…
China launches new warship type to boost military strength
The warship “is equipped with new air defence, anti-missile, anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons,” China’s official news agency Xinhua said. According to the state-run Global Times, the vessel type is thought to be the first type…
China should allow Nobel laureate to seek treatment abroad: U.S. envoy
News of Liu’s illness drew questions from his supporters and human rights advocates on whether China’s government provided him with adequate care while incarcerated. Chinese prisons are notorious for their harsh conditions, and it’s common…
US envoy: China should allow Nobel laureate treatment abroad
News of Liu’s illness drew questions from his supporters and human rights advocates on whether China’s government provided him with adequate care while incarcerated. Chinese prisons are notorious for their harsh conditions, and it’s common…
China hits back at U.S. on human trafficking downgrade
BEIJING — China has pre-emptively hit back at the United States for speaking “irresponsibly” ahead of an expected Trump administration move to name China among the world’s worst human trafficking offenders. Foreign ministry spokesman Lu…