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The currency of trading nations/blocs naturally become reserves due to the demand of importers/exporters for the currency, as with Japan and Britiain which inherited its reserve status from early last century. The only reason why the Chinese currency isn't is because of government control.

The Soviet Republics bordering XingJiang are extremely impoverished. Not much can happen except energy imports from Kazakh and Central Russia.

The popularity of Buddhism has been declining drastically in China as Christianity thrives. I think it's because Israeli products are better than those made in India.

The Chinese captured the Paracels from your motherland during the last war 30 years ago... Gambit old man, even now, China and Taiwan have control over the largest islands of the Spratlys while the Philippines control the longest chains. Your communist Vietnam home has huge claims but minimal...

He might as well ask for the J-20 for the sake of getting rejected. You guys will be paying the bills regardless.

The Philippine president urged Chinese companies on Wednesday to invest more in his country despite a territorial spat and pledged they would receive open and equal access. President Benigno Aquino III, starting a weeklong visit to China, said the economic climate is ideal for Chinese companies...

AS stealth fighters don't engage in dog fights. There's a reason why the US is ordering F-35s.

Chinese leaders sold out their country for centuries and continue to do so. From Ming (Opening of The Great Wall), to Qing (BeiYang/Japanese collaborators), to ROC (May4th) and now to communist China (Vladivostok/Mongolia). It is due to the lack of culture akin to the Japanese "Honor" or the...

You shouldn't debate a Vietnamese on SCS. Gambit will continue to defend the sovereignty of Vietnam through American flags. (ironically you're doing the same)

String of pearl...

I don't think the Japanese would be as much of a burn to the Chinese as Brits are to India. The prior occupied and raped 1/5 of China for 8 years while the latter enslaved and raped India for 2 centuries. What would burn them more is stating that Taiwanese are not Chinese. In any case, these...

My thoughts exactly.

I doubt that China cares about the Dalai Lama or Tibet. They've ruled it for over 500 years and vasalized it for 200 more. And the PLA is continuing the imperial rule. The issue is hyped.

GE Healthcare, a maker of diagnostic imaging equipment, said Monday it is moving its X-ray global headquarters from the United States to Beijing as it seeks to tap China and other emerging markets. The General Electric Co. unit is the first business of the industrial and financial giant to...

I hope the troops don't die in another high-speed derailment.

All forms of foreign aid constitutes 0.3% of American GDP. They are broke on entitlements. Helping Vietnam is a drop in the buck.

This a defense forum...

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How in the world then did tanlixiang28776 conclude that these radars are for J-10B...? My English and Arabic numeral skills are not as bad as to miss two alphabets and two digits. Phew, and here I thought I had to recoordinate my trolling towards the ChInEsE here regarding J-10B's AESA.

India can produce turbofans that China cannot.