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China's Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on April 16, 2023.

Chinese defense minister to visit Russia, Belarus in show of support

Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu is visiting Russia and Belarus in a show of support for those nations.

21 months ago

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Col. Gen. Vladimir Zarudnitsky, left, escorts China's Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu during a visit to Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 17, 2023.

Chinese minister’s tour underscores closer ties with Russia

China’s defense minister has toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the Russian capital.

2 years ago

China pushing code of conduct for South China Sea

US leaders remain skeptical about Beijing's sincerity in negotiating the rules.

6 years ago

With Trump gone, ASEAN charts path for trade bloc led by China

Officials said there were still final issues to be resolved by the 16 countries involved in the trade deal, which has been under negotiation for seven years.

6 years ago

Q&A: What’s the China-India summit all about?

Chinese President Xi Jinping went to India to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.

6 years ago

CIA’s black warfare and the Navy’s Operation Passage to Freedom

Col. Edward Lansdale, chief of the CIA's Saigon Military Mission, was the genius cowboy who skirted the rules to achieve just goals; for others, he was the embodiment of an arrogant foreign policy gone dangerously wrong.

By Marc D. Bernstein, HistoryNet

6 years ago