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BEIJING (Reuters) — China’s air force said on Sunday it had flown more than 40 bombers and other fighter planes through a strait between Japanese islands on their way to drills in the Western Pacific. Regular long range drills in the Western Pacific and patrols over the East China Sea air defense identification zone were for the Air Force to protect China’s sovereignty and national security, China’s air force spokesman Shen Jinke said, according to […]
The newly established theater commands of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army undertake the mission of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, safeguard regional stability and world peace, said Yang Yujun, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of National Defense at a press conference on Monday in Beijing. He told reporters that the five theater commands are: the Eastern Theater Command, the Southern Theater Command, the Western Theater Command, the Northern Theater Command and the Central […]
China’s parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday (December 27) that requires technology firms to hand over sensitive information such as encryption keys to the government and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations. Chinese officials say their country faces a growing threat from militants and separatists, especially in its unruly Western region of Xinjiang, where hundreds have died in violence in the past few years. Speaking after China’s largely rubber-stamp […]
