China plans to boost its official defence budget by 11.2 per cent this year as Beijing is balancing the modernisation of its armed forces against the need to keep military spending in line with economic development.
The U.S. top military officer said that, should China's military be found to be behind hacks into the U.S. infrastructure, it would not necessarily be a hostile act.
A fighter jet crashed Friday morning at an air show in northwest China, leaving one pilot injured and another missing, a local official said.
Nanhao Group is, in many ways, an ordinary technology company. Its staff make online scoring systems, exam-mark scanners and other educational hardware and software.
China remained quiet Tuesday as a recently leaked video of a Chinese general's candid remarks -- apparently made at a corporate event in March -- on sensitive spying cases continued to draw international attention.
A leaked video of a Chinese general offers an intriguing look into alleged spying cases in China. CNN's Eunice Yoon reports.
CNN's cameras get a rare glimpse of the Chinese military, as top U.S. brass visit the Asian country.
When it comes to China's military relationship with the United States, U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen is not one to mince his words.
One day after the top American military officer declared that China "has arrived as a world power," his Chinese counterpart Monday played down the capabilities of the 3 million strong People's Liberation Army while criticizing the role of U.S. armed forces in the Asia Pacific region.
The top U.S. military officer declared Sunday that China "has arrived as a world power," and that previous U.S. descriptions of China as a "rising power" are now a thing of the past.
"Aircraft carriers are tools of imperialism, and they're like sitting ducks waiting to be shot," a senior Beijing official told a group of overseas visitors. "China will never build an aircraft carrier."
The Tibetan government-in-exile this week announced that Lobsang Sangay has been elected "Kalon Tripa," or Tibetan Prime Minister, but the very office Sangay will hold appears set to change dramatically.
China's military-controlled nuclear facilities are "in safe condition," a senior military official said Thursday as the country announced the results of a defense review.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping was appointed vice chairman of the Central Military Commission on Monday -- a move that is important symbolically and practically.
CNN's Stan Grant profiles the man expected to lead China into the next decade, China's Vice President Xi Jinping.
China's top leadership on Friday kicked off a meeting to focus on the country's handover of power in 2012 and the nation's next five-year plan.
There were homes here once, but Yueyuan village is now a sweeping mud plain. Residents dig through the sludge where they think their bedroom once was.
CNN's Emily Chang shares the trauma of families searching for loved ones buried beneath mud during a Chinese landslide.
It was the first sign of life after hours of searching.
Millions of Chinese are struggling to stave off the country's worst floods in years, as heavy summer rains pour relentlessly across southern and central parts of the country.
Torrential rains continue to be problematic in parts of China. CNN's John Vause reports.
Military commanders of one of the world's largest military forces may soon be receiving new orders: Matchmake your soldiers.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accused the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) of being behind recent cooling of relations between China and American military leaders.
Fighting in southern Darfur killed dozens of people over the weekend as soldiers from Sudan's People's Liberation Army clashed with armed members of an Arab tribe, state media reported Sunday.
More than 200 former fighters and other members of the Maoist People's Liberation Army -- including minors -- were discharged from a Maoist camp Thursday in line with Nepal's ongoing peace process, officials said.
We asked the Sports Illustrated writers who covered the Beijing Olympics to leave us with their indelible memory of the Games.
China on Monday began withdrawing the first batch of 40,000 troops from three provinces hit by the massive May 12 earthquake, as authorities shift their focus away from rescue and toward reconstruction
His eyes nearly in tears from the crush of fellow travelers at Guangzhou's train station, Hong Tao said things were much better on Sunday, after days of waiting for a train to his home in Hubei province.
The first joint army exercise between neighbors whose relationship is traditionally tense signals the redrawing of Asia's geopolitical map. Still, many sources of tension remain
Get ready for the possibility of a sequel to the Dubai Ports fracas. Only this time, the outcome of the deal under consideration will have implications for U.S.-China economic relations.
The Chinese government called allegations that its military hacked the Pentagon's computer network over the summer "groundless", the state-run Xinhua news agency reported late Tuesday.
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Shaun Horrocks, features designer for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, had heard about the highway planned on Mt. Everest and decided it may be his last chance to see landscapes that may change within a year. The Chinese government has been planning the $19.7 million project, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua, to facilitate the journey of the Olympic torch to the world's highest peak ahead of the Games. The project would turn the 108-kilometer (67-mile) rough road linking Tingri County at the foot of Everest to the Everest base camp into a blacktop highway, Xinhua has reported.
China will open its borders to a host of international visitors next year for the Olympic Games, but it may be strife within the country that causes the greatest security worries, human rights groups say.
China's modernizing military will make it a more muscular player in world events, a U.S. Defense Department report says.
As China economic strength grows so does its military, prompting some to fear the nation's leaders are putting guns before food and may be sparking a new international arms race.
An intriguing calm has settled on the Taiwan Strait as the Chinese Communist Party administration focuses on united-front tactics to woo non-separatist elements in the "breakaway province" of Taiwan.
At least 65 people are missing after a landslide hit China's southern Guizhou province, according to state-run media.
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is undergoing a radical restructuring and modernization to better prepare itself for a "military option" against Taiwan -- and in particular, the possibility of taking on the mighty U.S. forces.
China's generals have stepped up efforts to seek approval from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership for more funds and "faster war preparation" in response to moves by Taipei to secure sophisticated weapons from the United States.
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China's premier has vowed to rein in the country's booming economy and lift millions of farmers out of poverty at the opening of the nation's annual session of parliament.
Chinese generals have joined the campaign to vilify Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, a signal that Beijing is mobilizing more resources, including military means, to thwart Chen's alleged "creeping independence" crusade.
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