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China's 2017 defense budget rise to slow again
BEIJING China's defense budget will rise about 7 percent this year, the spokeswoman for China's parliament said on Saturday, its slowest pace since 2010 and the second year in a row it will not log a double-digit percentage increase.
China's anti-corruption overhaul paves way for Xi to retain key ally
BEIJING China's sweeping overhaul of its anti-corruption architecture could enable President Xi Jinping to justify retaining his key ally and top graft buster Wang Qishan beyond retirement age, sources with ties to the leadership say.
U.S. secretary of state to visit Japan, South Korea, China: Kyodo
TOKYO U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Japan, South Korea and China this month to discuss North Korea on his first trip to the region since he took up his post, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
Fears of Chinese backlash over missile defence hit South Korean firms
SEOUL/SHANGHAI South Korean companies on Friday bore the brunt of a perceived backlash from China over the deployment of a U.S. missile system outside Seoul, with shares tumbling on media reports of Beijing telling tour operators to stop selling trips to the country.
India to host Dalai Lama in disputed territory, defying China
NEW DELHI Indian federal government representatives will meet the Dalai Lama when he visits a sensitive border region controlled by India but claimed by China, officials said, despite a warning from Beijing that it would damage ties.
Pipe dream? China faces daunting task to suck in gas and wean itself off coal
BEIJING China has set itself a staggering task to cure its smothering pollution: switching coal-fired boilers and heating systems in at least 1.2 million households in 28 of its smoggiest northern cities to run on gas or electricity. By October.
China expresses concern about U.S.-South Korea drill
BEIJING China's Foreign Ministry on Friday said it had expressed concern about a large-scale joint military exercise between South Korean and U.S. troops that began this week.
China to target young of Taiwan, Hong Kong to boost loyalty
BEIJING China wants to boost the loyalty of young people from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau by organizing "study trips" and exchanges for them to visit the mainland, a top Chinese official said on Friday.
China hints at trade war strategy in South Korea standoff
SHANGHAI South Korean firms are being squeezed in China, in suspected retaliation for Seoul's deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, highlighting the tools China can deploy to hit back at the corporate interests of trade partners it disagrees with.
Uighur IS fighters vow blood will 'flow in rivers' in China
BEIJING Vowing to plant their flag in China and that blood will "flow in rivers", a video released this week purportedly by the Islamic State group shows ethnic Uighur fighters training in Iraq, underscoring what Beijing sees as a serious threat.