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Taiwan parties, groups lodge protest against potential McCarthy visit

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More than 20 pro-unification parties and groups from Taiwan protested a possible trip to Taiwan by United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, saying it might arouse another military crisis across the Taiwan Straits. McCarthy is reportedly preparing to visit Taiwan in April after his predecessor Nancy Pelosi's trip to the island last August, which was followed by severe countermeasures from Beijing, including military drills around Taiwan. The Cross-Straits Peaceful Development Forum, a platf...

WWII sex slavery victims in Philippines urge Japan to recognize war crimes

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MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Surviving Filipino women sexually enslaved by Japan's World War II military on Tuesday urged the Japanese government to acknowledge its war crimes, resolve the "comfort women" issue, and stop "warmongering." "It is very unjust on the part of the Japanese government to continue ignoring the issue of Filipino comfort women who have suffered long enough, more than half a century in silence," Sharon Cabusao-Silva, the executive director of Lila Pilipina, told reporters...

China's Y-20 large transport aircraft sees a magnificent decade in sky

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view of China's homegrown Y-20 large military transport aircraft. /China Media Group With its maiden flight on January 26, 2013, China's homegrown Y-20 large military transport aircraft embraced its 10th anniversary in the sky on Thursday, marking a milestone in the country's aviation history. Increasing the maximum takeoff weight of domestically-developed military aircraft from 60 to 200 tonnes, the Y-20 plays a major role in enhancing China's strategic military deployment capacity. High-...

26th Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to DRC passes UN operational effectiveness inspection

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By Gao Shahui, Guo Qiang, and Su Zhenglin BEIJING, Jan.30 -- Recently, the 26th Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) passed the UN operational effectiveness inspection with high standards. This was the first inspection of its type that the contingent has undergone since its deployment to the mission area. The UN team carried out inspections on combat-readiness training, epidemic prevention and control, medical service support, and others. Besi...

Chinese peacekeepers to Mali receive new-type MRAP vehicles

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The 10th Chinese peacekeeping defense unit to Mali received new-type mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles in the mission area of Gao. (Video screenshot/CCTV news) BEIJING, Jan. 29 -- Recently, the 10th Chinese peacekeeping defense unit to Mali received new-type mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles in the mission area of Gao, marking the first deployment of the MRAP vehicles to China's overseas peacekeeping force. The MRAP vehicle has been modified to meet the task ne...

China's overseas mission troops hold activities to celebrate Chinese New Year

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Lieutenant General Marcos De Sá Affonso Da Costa (1st, R), Force Commander of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), visits the overseas Chinese peacekeepers on duty on January 21, the Chinese New Year's Eve. (Photo by Zhou Jiaxiang) BEIJING, Jan. 28 -- Chinese Spring Festival holiday, from January 21 to 27, 2023, marks the Chinese New Year, being the most important traditional festival for all Chinese across the world. During...

Work to have soldiers admitted to military academies for 2023 kicked off

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By Xu Xiaogang and Wu Xu BEIJING, Jan. 28-- A notice about the cadets recruitment from enlisted members into military academies for 2023 is recently issued by the Chinese military. Soldiers who pass corresponding examinations will become officer cadets, or non-commissioned officer cadets. The officer cadets are to be enrolled for 4-year undergraduate education, and the non-commissioned officers will get the 3-year junior college education for professional training. It is learned that studen...

Xi inspects combat readiness of armed forces

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This combo photo shows Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, speaking with soldiers at a border defense station in Khunjerab under the Xinjiang military command, soldiers from a patrolling Chinese navy formation, soldiers in an air force aviation brigade and soldiers from the Falcon Commando Unit under the armed police force via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 2...

Beijing, Moscow drill for potential missile warfare

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China and Russia kicked off their second joint computer-assisted anti-missile drill on Monday, a move experts said could deter potential missile threats amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Beijing, Moscow drill for potential missile warfare

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China and Russia kicked off their second joint computer-assisted anti-missile drill on Monday, a move experts said could deter potential missile threats amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

Xi-style diplomacy brings China closer to world

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Xi-style diplomacy brings China closer to world

China Daily |

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Xi-style diplomacy brings China closer to world

China Daily |

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