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China regularly points to the East Turkestan Islamic Movement to justify its crackdown in Muslim majority Xinjiang. The US removed it from the terror list, saying there's "no credible evidence" that it still exists...

AJ Impact / Tech savvy: China's big plan to overtake US in AI, wireless comms Beijing will invest $1.4 trillion over the next six years to become the global leader in technology. Bloomberg China's master plan calls on urban governments and tech giants like Huawei Technologies Co to lay...

Russia’s military activities, coupled with the Kremlin’s diplomatic solutions to the Syria crisis, are bringing Chinese views and actions into sharp relief. Moscow and Beijing are linked together through a number of channels, including the BRICS association, the Shanghai Cooperation...

After Getting Rebuffed By The Americans, China Now Making Its Own Council That Can Reject Foreign Investments Mamta Badkar | Feb. 14, 2011, 12:28 PM China is setting up a panel that will review acquisitions of local companies by foreign investors for potential security threats, according...

Vietnam in talks with Iran for $1.2B oil contract Source: Mehr News Agency, Tehran A domestic consortium and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) may sign a $1.2 billion worth of contract for developing the third phase of Darkhovin oilfield in southwest Iran, the managing director of...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam - As the old saying goes, "History is written by the winners." Nowhere is this more apparent than a museum dedicated to the Vietnam War in Ho Chi Minh City, the former capital of South Vietnam that was known as Saigon when it was America's military headquarters...

By TRAN VAN MINH, Associated Press Tran Van Minh, Associated Press – Fri Feb 11, 1:34 am ET HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam devalued its currency Friday by 8.5 percent as the Communist-ruled country grapples with double-digit inflation and a widening trade deficit. The State Bank of Vietnam said in...

Imperial Overkill and the Death of US Empire The oft-cited reference to Afghanistan as the "graveyard of empires" haunts the increasingly desperate military measures of the United States in that beleaguered country. However, beyond Afghanistan and the hydrocarbon-rich Caspian basin region...

Several news sources are reporting the successful test of the Chinese Space Plane. If true this explosive story would make the story about the J-20 (Black Eagle) as insignificant as that of a paper airplane. In April of 2009, the U.S. successfully tested the US Spacecraft. Also known as the...

China Takes Lead in Race for Clean Nuclear Power By Richard Martin February 1, 2011 | 5:44 pm | Categories: Energy China has officially announced it will launch a program to develop a thorium-fueled molten-salt nuclear reactor, taking a crucial step towards shifting to nuclear power as...