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President Xi Jinping urged the Chinese military on Thursday to continue improving its combat capability and readiness.
China should sanction the United States and Taiwan entities involved in the recent proposed arms deals and maintain its strategic pressure on Taiwan secessionists, with the sale damaging to Sino-U.S. ties, officials said.
China's envoy to the United Nations reiterated his country's position Thursday on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, saying it is "unacceptable to use China as an excuse for leaving the treaty, and China rejects the baseless accusation by the United States".
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) twice fired unidentified projectiles into the eastern waters on Saturday, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
A major power outside the region is trying to turn the South China Sea into an arena for major-power wrestling, which is the source of tensions in the region, said the head of Chinese mission to the European Union (EU) Thursday.
Iran unveiled on Thursday a homemade defense missile system, Press TV reported.
United Nations Security Council will brief Russia and China, at their request, on U.S. plans to deploy land-based medium-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region, Russia said Thursday.
China's first military maritime medical aid simulation training system has made its public debut.
A Chinese envoy said Thursday that it is unacceptable to use China as an excuse for the United States to leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, which ended on Aug. 2 after the United States formally withdrew from it.
China has again urged the United States to immediately stop acts supporting the separatist forces of "Taiwan independence", Ma Xiaoguang, the spokesman for the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office, said on Thursday.
Beijing on Wednesday urged the U.S. to stop arms sales to, and end military contact with Taiwan, vowing to impose sanctions on U.S. firms involved in the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan as part of necessary measures to safeguard its interests.
For more than six decades, members of the People's Liberation Army Navy stationed at a radar garrison in the East China Sea have guarded the nation's territorial waters while battling inclement weather and isolation.
Military contingents from China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan will take part alongside Russian servicemen in the major Tsentr-2019 (Center-2019) drills to be held on Sept. 16-21 in Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
Washington's latest test of a missile previously banned by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty proves that it started preparing to pull out of the arms control treaty long in advance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Speaking at a news conference in Beijing on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said he was aware of the reports, and repeated China's firm opposition to the planned sale.
Chinese missile destroyer "Xi'an" of the 32nd Chinese naval escort fleet arrived at the port of Alexandria Naval Base of Egypt on Friday for a four-day technical stop.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has launched two "unidentified projectiles" into the East Sea on Friday morning, according to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Friday local time, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
The Pakistani army said on Thursday that three soldiers were killed in Indian forces' firing along the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.
China's plan to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) for drones would make fighter drones possible, allowing them to fly on their own, identify targets and make decisions to enhance their combat capability, Chinese military experts said on Wednesday.
Experts said requests for port visits in Hong Kong by the U.S. Navy are untimely and inconvenient given the massive protests plaguing the special administrative region as violent radicals have intensified their attacks on police.
The People's Armed Police have been assembling in Shenzhen, a city bordering Hong Kong, in advance of apparent large-scale exercises.
Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has guided the test-fire of another new weapon, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Sunday.
Iranian Defense Minister Reza Hatami announced Wednesday that Iran will unveil a homemade missile defense system later this month.
The China-Kyrgyzstan "Cooperation-2019" joint counterterrorism exercise was launched on Tuesday at a training base in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Pakistan has decided to suspend bilateral trade and downgrade diplomatic relations with India after a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday as a response to India's move to revoke the special status to the Indian-controlled Kashmir, according to the Pakistan Prime Minister Office
The U.S. Pentagon chief Mark Esper met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday for the first time since taking office last month, and the two discussed Japan-U.S. alliance and the recent missile launches by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The China-Kyrgyzstan "Cooperation-2019" joint counter-terrorism exercise was launched Tuesday at a training base in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
China will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in Asia, said Fu Cong, director general of the Department of Arms Control and Disarmament at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, at a press conference on Tuesday.
The United States' intention to deploy new missiles in the Asia-Pacific region has raised concerns, and China will take countermeasures if necessary, the Foreign Ministry and experts said.
