China modernizing its military
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BEIJING China says it&#39;s modernizing its military because of &quot;new changes&quot; in the global balance of power. In a 100-page white paper, China says a key goal is to emphasize military technology, rather than manpower.
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China will host a landmark joint military exercise with Russia in the second half of 2005.
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MARK COLVIN: In China, President Hu Jintao has now assumed control of the military, marking his rise to full power after a leadership change that began in late 2002.
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BEIJING Sept. 20, 2004 - President Hu Jintao&#39;s new status as commander of China&#39;s military should strengthen efforts to fight corruption and control a surging economy, forcing resistant lower-level officials
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BEIJING, March 4 -- China announced Sunday it will increase military spending at a sharply higher rate this year, budgeting a rise of nearly 18 percent, and a senior U.S. official immediately called for more clarity on what the expenditures are for.
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[World News]: Beijing, Dec 28 : In a major move to enhance mutual trust, India today invited the Chinese military to join for the first time in a military exercise in non-traditional security.
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China has voiced concern over Japan&#39;s overhaul of defence policy that eased a decades-old ban on arms exports and suggested a shift from a defensive posture.
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Scientists have begun designing a new generation of weapons meant to be sturdier and more reliable.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (10/12/04) - In a major departure from the past, Japan has decided to overhaul its military policy taking into account threats from China and North Korea.
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The Chinese government said in an annual defense policy report issued Monday that relations with Taiwan were &quot;grim&quot; and vowed that it would accelerate military modernization.
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WASHINGTON -- China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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China is improving its capacity for launching surprise military attacks along its border areas, reflecting its view that preemption is necessary when confronting a more powerful enemy, the Pentagon said Friday.
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China holds a ceremony to inaugurate its first home-grown commercial aircraft, the ARJ-21
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The Pentagon said Wednesday that China is concealing its spending on weapons programs, including technology to disrupt U.S. space efforts. Testifying before a mostly supportive House Armed Services Committee, the deputy undersecretary of defense for Asia said, "What we see is a deliberate effort on the part of China's leaders to mask the nature of Chinese military capabilities."
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China continues to build up its cyber-warfare capabilities, according to a DOD report
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China must step up its awareness of security risks and improve strategies for protecting national security in the face of non-traditional threats, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.
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The United States urged China on Sunday to be more transparent about its military build-up, in response to Beijing's announcement it would boost defense spending by 17.8 percent this year.