China’s defense budget shows Xi’s priorities as economy tightens

China’s defense budget shows Xi’s priorities as economy tightens

China’s defense budget shows Xi’s priorities as economy tightens

 

 

China’s defense budget shows Xi’s priorities as economy tightens. When China announced a 6.6% increase in its military budget last week while cutting substantially in other areas, analysts said it made one thing clear: Beijing senses an increasing security threat and is giving the People’s Liberation Army the military muscle to deal with it.

President Xi Jinping followed up the multibillion dollar increase with an instruction to the military to “think about worst-case scenarios,

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Chinese and Indian soldiers engage in ‘aggressive’ cross-border skirmish

Chinese and Indian soldiers engage in ‘aggressive’ cross-border skirmish

Chinese and Indian soldiers engage in ‘aggressive’ cross-border skirmish

 

 

An “aggressive” cross-border skirmish between Chinese and Indian forces Saturday resulted in minor injuries to troops, a spokesman for the Indian Ministry of Defense has confirmed.

The incident, which occurred at a remote, mountainous crossing close to Tibet, is the latest in a long line of border flare-ups between the two neighboring powers. “Aggressive behavior by the two sides resulted in minor injuries to troops,”
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Coronavirus quickly spread around the world starting late last year new genetic analysis shows

Coronavirus quickly spread around the world starting late last year new genetic analysis shows

Coronavirus quickly spread around the world starting late last year new genetic analysis shows

 

 

Coronavirus quickly spread around the world starting late last year new genetic analysis shows. A new genetic analysis of the virus that causes Covid-19 taken from more than 7,600 patients around the world shows it has been circulating in people since late last year, and must have spread extremely quickly after the first infection.

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Intel shared among US allies indicates virus outbreak more likely came from market not a Chinese lab

Intel shared among US allies indicates virus outbreak more likely came from market not a Chinese lab

Intel shared among US allies indicates virus outbreak more likely came from market not a Chinese lab

 

 

Intel shared among US allies indicates virus outbreak more likely came from market not a Chinese lab. Intelligence shared among Five Eyes nations indicates it is “highly unlikely” that the coronavirus outbreak was spread as a result of an accident in a laboratory but rather originated in a Chinese market,

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