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One of China's most cynical strategies in its all-encompassing struggle against the United States is to cast itself as a peacemaker while claiming that America fuels conflict. Beijing propagates this false narrative even as it ignites bonfires.This Chinese doublespeak was on display at the BRICS virtual summit last week, ...

China is set to host Russia for mass drills together involving counterterrorism training next month just as the last of the U.S. soldiers are set to exit Afghanistan.The Chinese Defense Ministry and Russian Defense Ministry issued a joint statement Thursday stating that the Western Theater Command of the Chinese ...

China has appointed a new delegate to handle a potentially disastrous situation in neighboring Afghanistan, where Beijing has drawn up a three-point plan to prevent civil war as instability grows following the withdrawal of the U.S. military from the country.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced during a press ...

China and India have been moving tens of thousands troops to their disputed border as military tensions continue to rise since the skirmish between the two nuclear-armed neighbors last June.China's People's Liberation Army has gradually increased numbers to at least 50,000, up from about 15,000 in June last year, ...

China has accused the United States of using claims of genocide against minorities in Xinjiang as a pretext to destabilize the northwestern region that has become a central issue in frayed bilateral relations between the two nations.Asked by Newsweek if Chinese authorities had identified a U.S. effort to incite ...

China has reiterated its willingness to provide India with support and the United States has said it was also in talks with the South Asian country as it undergoes a steep rise in COVID-19 cases exacerbated by a critical shortage in medical oxygen.The number of daily COVID-19 cases in ...

Officials from China and Russia, the top two strategic competitors of the U.S., have said they seek clear-headed policies and stable relations from the winner of Tuesday's presidential election.But neither declared a preference for President Donald Trump or his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden.COVID-19 marked the beginning of ...

China has warned that the United States is pursuing another Cold War in its talks with India, which Pakistan also protested as a result of a longstanding territorial and human rights dispute.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper "reiterated their commitment to further strengthening the ...

China has warned it would take new measures in response to a planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, a self-ruling island claimed by Beijing, which also called out Washington partners India and Japan over territorial disputes across Asia.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian decried the sale of three advanced ...

A frontline regional command of the Chinese armed forces has released a video advertising what its military response would be if war broke out in the Taiwan Strait, where tensions are running high with the United States.The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command released a cinematic clip on social ...