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November 22, 2013

China blasts US panel for 'Cold War' thinking
Beijing (AFP) Nov 21, 2013
China hit back at the US Thursday over a document that called Beijing's growing military a threat to Washington's armed dominance in Asia, accusing its authors of a "Cold War mentality". China's military spending is soaring and the modernisation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) "is altering the security balance in the Asia-Pacific, challenging decades of US military preeminence in the region", the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said in its annual report Wednesday. Beijing' ... read more

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