Military pumps up China's influence, Pentagon says
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China's modernizing military will make it a more muscular player in world events, a U.S. Defense Department report says.
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By STEPHANIE HOO     JIUQUAN, China  -- Rising space power China provided a rare peek into its top-secret launch center Wednesday, capitalizing on its recent success in orbit to promote the military-funded project as a lure for foreign investment and a key to growing prosperity.    A police car with flashing lights led busloads of international journalists across northwestern China's vast Gobi Desert to the Jiuquan space center, past armored patrol vehicles and a sign, in English: "Foreigners are not allowed to enter without permission."    It was the first time China let foreigners enter, though officials forbade photographs of the command-and-control center with its rows of computer screens or the mammoth assembly hall where workers built the spacecraft that lifted China's first astronaut into orbit last October...
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The commander of the US Pacific Fleet said Thursday he was confident he had improved communication channels with China's top military officials, as he tried to defuse tensions between the two powers.
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A new special report by China on its defence forces shows the countryâs military modernisation is targeted at rival Taiwan, the Taiwanese Defence Ministry claimed today.
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Taipei, Dec. 28 (CNA) Taiwan is the prime motivator behind the military buildup in mainland China, an official of the Ministry of National Defense maintained Tuesday.
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The pace and scope of China&#039;s modernization of its strategic forces and other surprising military developments could pose a credible long-term threat to the United States, the Pentagon warned.
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The US is concerned over China&#39;s military build-up, including deployment of long range ballistic nuclear missiles, via a ballooning and non-transparent budget, an annual Pentagon report said Friday.
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XIAMEN, China  - Just over a decade ago, China lobbed missiles into waters near Taiwan in an attempt to influence the island's presidential election. Troops were mobilized and fighter jets readied.
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China and the United States plan to  set up a defense hotline, one of Beijing&#39;s top generals said on  Saturday, a move aimed at improving military relations as  Washington grows increasingly wary of China&#39;s military buildup.
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WASHINGTON -- China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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China's rapid military expansion appears to be partly aimed at increasing its ability to handle regional crises, like conflicts over resources or territory, the Pentagon said in a report released on Friday.
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The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific  pushed China on Tuesday for more transparency over its military  build-up and suggested its growing might was aimed at Taiwan,  the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its territory.
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Chinese state media on Sunday blasted a Pentagon report on Beijing's defense plans as misleading and insulting, and said China had to pursue military modernization to avoid falling further behind the United States.
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Chinese state media on Sunday blasted a Pentagon report on Beijing's defense plans as distorted and insulting, and said the gap between wealthy countries' military might and China's is growing, not shrinking.
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In a move that could further chill ties  between the two Asian powers, an advisory panel to Japan's  prime minister will say China should be described as a military  threat in a defense review, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported  on Wednesday.
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China's military budget will increase by 17.8% in 2007, a senior official in Beijing has announced.
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A year ago, relations between the Chinese military and the Pentagon seemed to be moving toward transparency. But now, with little warning, Beijing is pumping up its arms spending. What's happening?