BEIJING — China will tout the successes of 60 years of communist rule on Thursday, but the world’s most populous nation faces an array of serious challenges as it seeks to sustain fast-paced economic growth.
(The Intelligence Daily) — The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s 2009 Year Book documented that international military expenditures for 2008 reached $1.464 trillion. The denomination in dollars is germane as the United States accounted for 41.5 percent of the world total.
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THE Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held a five-day counter-terrorist exercise from July 22 to July 26 in Jilin, northeastern China, using primarily Chinese and Russian troops. The Peace Mission 2009 exercise also involved the participation of the four SCO member states – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – with the SCO Secretariat sending military observers.
BEIJING, Aug. 23, 2009 (Reuters) — China is likely to begin trials this week over deadly riots in the restive far-west region of Xinjiang last month, with hundreds facing murder, arson and other charges, the official China Daily said on Monday.