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An American aircraft carrier continued to patrol the South China Sea, and a Chinese "flattop" concluded a sea trial.

The US President-elect has made a number of territorial claims, against 2 military allies, and a Central American nation, the leaders of which have their own responses to this.

A top Civil Affairs Ministry official stressed new reforms must be rolled out over the next decade to be effective.

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Brazzaville, have formulated "a timetable and road map" for how President Xi Jinping's US$50 billion funding commitment will ...

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

In addition to his bumper sticker promises to put America first and make it great again, soon-to-be President Donald Trump ...

Some have accused China of shackling developing nations with debt and using that debt to extract political concessions.

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In August 2023, China unveiled an updated version of its standard geographical map. This release has triggered concerns ...

Red areas of the maps indicate that regions further south will face torrential rain. "What happens is that as that low moves across the country it looks like it will open the floodgates to a cold ...