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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
In a show of muscle, China tested its new J-20 stealth fighter while the U.S. defense secretary was in the country. It's not clear who authorized the test flight of China's new J-20 "stealth" fighter during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' visit to...
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The Scotsman
| over 2 years ago
Beijing confirmed the first test flight of the J-20 jet during a visit by the US defence secretary Robert Gates, which was supposedly aimed at reducing tensions. Mr Gates said he had been told the test had nothing to do with his presence.
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Reuters
| over 2 years ago
An aircraft that is reported to be a Chinese stealth fighter is seen in Chengdu, Sichuan province, in this picture taken January 7, 2011, and released by Kyodo news agency January 8, 2011. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' call for China's military to...
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United Press International
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he is concerned about increased threats from North Korea and the modernization of China's military. Gates, speaking at Keio University in Tokyo Friday, said he wants to strengthen the U.S. alliance with Japan and...
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Daily Mail & Guardian
| over 2 years ago
A United States military presence in the Pacific is essential to restrain Chinese assertiveness, Washington's defence chief said on Friday, describing China's technology advances as a challenge to US forces in the region. US Defence Secretary Robert...
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Asia Times
| over 2 years ago
United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' visit to China earlier this week marked the beginning of a long process of restoring US-China military ties, but the road remains bumpy. After almost a year since the suspension of bilateral military...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 2 years ago
Story continues below When Gates met Hu and other top officials on Tuesday, Chinese state media published photos that were said to show the debut flight of the J-20, the country's first radar-evading combat aircraft. The timing of the stealth fighter'...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 2 years ago
The US defence chief has held out the possibility that six-party talks involving North Korea could resume, but only if the reclusive dictatorship ceases its "dangerous provocations" and takes "concrete steps" to show it is serious about negotiations.
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 2 years ago
The United States has no doubt China's President Hu Jintao is in control of his country's military, US defence secretary Robert Gates said on Friday, after a test flight of a stealth fighter jet apparently caught the nation's civilian leaders unaware.
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Robert Gates warns of North Korean threat US defence secretary Robert Gates is in South Korea after talks in China and Japan North Korea poses an increasingly potent threat to the region and the world, the US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.
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International Herald Tribune
| over 2 years ago
Gates Sees Disconnect Between Military Leaders Published: January 13, 2011 Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday in Tokyo that the United States had seen signs of a disconnect between China 's civilian and military leadership in episodes over...
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Washington Post
| over 2 years ago
Gates invoked on Friday threats from North Korea and China's modernizing military as reasons to strengthen the U.S. alliance with Japan and to keep U.S. forces strong in Pacific. Speaking at Keio University, Gates also said he was worried about a "...
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International Business Times
| over 2 years ago
Articles Related Topics Subscribe to The Economic Monitor Subscribe to The Economic Monitor to get the day's most relevant news, data and anlaysis . Sample Gates was speaking to university students in Tokyo just days after meetings in China meant to...
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Taiwan News
| over 2 years ago
US can sail in waters China says restricted Associated Press 2011-01-14 07:47 AM U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says even as the U.S. military relationship with China improves there is at least one area of continued disagreement. Gates says the...
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Xtra News
| over 2 years ago
Advances by China's military in cyber and anti-satellite warfare technology could challenge the ability of U.S. forces to operate in the Pacific, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday during a visit to Japan. Just days after meetings in...
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AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says even as the U.S. military relationship with China improves there is at least one area of continued disagreement.
Gates says the U.S. won't back off its insistence on "freedom of navigation." That's a...
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Financial Times
| over 2 years ago
Mr Gates was welcomed to China this week with the first test flight of its military's J-20 stealth fighter. That can only be seen as a deliberate snub and show of force to the US defence secretary, who had questioned China's ability to build a...
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KTUV
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says North Korea is less able to invade South Korea now than it was a decade or more ago. But the Pentagon chief says that the erratic government in the North has still become a greater danger to its neighbor and the...
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United Press International
| over 2 years ago
China confirmed the first test flight of its highly controversial stealth fighter, ending speculation that the secretive aircraft had taken to the air...Defense Secretary Robert Gates about the flight of the prototype J-20 shortly before Gates left...
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Asia Times Online
| over 2 years ago
Jan 14, 2011 China tries to steal a march Former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping once advised his future successors to bide their time and hide their capabilities, but China's military leadership has this month done precisely the opposite, appearing...
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Asia Times Online
| over 2 years ago
Robert Gates looked the picture of a man at ease as he posed for the press at the Great Wall of China. United States Defense Secretary's visit had improved strategic trust, while China Daily, the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, claimed that "...
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The Australian
| over 2 years ago
At least, that's if you believe the internets, of which four of their 255 million websites are fairly crackling with the news that China's not taking the US domination of space lying down. And good luck finding those websites, because, according to...
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Newyork Times
| over 2 years ago
But there was no response to the clearly nettled Pentagon's take on the flight: that the Chinese military had staged the test without informing President Hu Jintao , embarrassing him as he met with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in an effort to...
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International Herald Tribune
| over 2 years ago
One day after China staged a public first flight of its new stealth jet fighter , a pointed coda to a crucial visit by the American defense secretary, Robert M. Gates , this nation's state-run media insisted forcefully that the two events were little...
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Zaman.com
| over 2 years ago
China confirmed it held its first test-flight of the J-20 stealth fighter jet on Tuesday, a show of muscle during a visit by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates that sought to defuse military tensions between the two powers. The flight came against a...
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The Salt Lake City Tribune
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates talks while visiting the Great Wall in Mutianyu, China Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool) First published 1 minute ago Updated 1 minute ago Mutianyu, China China invited U.S. Defense Secretary...
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Virginian-Pilot Online
| over 2 years ago
The top U.S. military officer says China's test this week of a new stealth fighter jet wasn't a surprise to the Pentagon...Mike Mullen says China has long been developing "very high end, very high tech capabilities," including the J-20 fighter.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 2 years ago
January 13, 2011 IN THE usually subtle games of diplomacy, China often seems to prefer to wield a sledgehammer. The shrill reaction from Beijing to the awarding of a Nobel prize to a Chinese dissident last year was one such example. Then there are...
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Newyork Times
| over 2 years ago
Gates arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday night for talks with Prime Minister Naoto Kan and foreign and defense officials. North Korea's nuclear program will be a main focus of the meetings as well as Mr. Gates's new assessment that Pyongyang would develop...
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Voice of America
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has wrapped up his four-day trip to China saying he found both civilian and military leaders ready to carry the U.S.-China relationship to the next level. Gates spent Wednesday touring the nation's nuclear command...
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B92
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has toured China's nuclear command center on the last day of his visit to China, RFE/RL reports. Gates got a rare look at the Second Artillery Corps headquarters outside Beijing. Gates is at the end of a four-day visit...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Robert Gates tours China nuclear warfare headquarters China and the US have pronounced the visit by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates a success US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has visited China's nuclear warfare headquarters, at the end of a four-...
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Washington Post
| over 2 years ago
The commander of China's nuclear rocket forces has accepted an invitation to visit the United States, in a small but significant breakthrough for U.S. efforts to improve military relations with China...Jing Zhiyuan, commander of China's 2nd Artillery...
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The New York Times
| over 2 years ago
Staging the test flight of the long-secret J-20 while Mr. Gates was in Beijing amounted to an unusually bold show of force by China. But the demonstration also raised questions about the degree of civilian control of the Chinese military, as...
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The Economic Times
| over 2 years ago
China would welcome assurance about the security of its financial assets in the United States, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday ahead of President Hu Jintao's visit next week, while playing down rifts between the two powers. Chinese Vice Foreign...
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Rediff
| over 2 years ago
China tests world's most advanced fighter aircraft China tests world's most advanced fighter aircraft Last updated on: January 12, 2011 10:10 IST Share this Ask Users Write a Comment C hina's massive military lead over India has never been starker.
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CNN
| over 2 years ago
China took its latest powerful toy, a new stealth fighter jet, out for its first test spin Tuesday, leading U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to wonder whether the flight was scheduled to coincide with his visit. "I asked President Hu (Jintao)...
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Reuters
| over 2 years ago
Analysis & Opinion Combination photo shows what is reported to be a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter (top) in Chengdu, Sichuan province, dated January 7, 2011 and a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighter performing a flyby over Daytona Beach, Florida...
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Times of India
| over 2 years ago
At a time India is bragging about the induction of its Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, some two decades in the making, into its arsenal, China has unveiled a new stealth fighter jet that is causing much heartburn and anxiety in US. Such is the disquiet...
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The Mercury News
| over 2 years ago
China's military conducted a test flight of a new stealth fighter jet Tuesday, overshadowing a visit by Defense Secretary Robert Gates aimed at improving defense ties -- and apparently catching China's civilian leadership off guard. Staging the test...
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China News
| over 2 years ago
China staged a test flight of its first stealth fighter jet on Tuesday, according to online news sites and Internet blogs. Although the government and the military have yet to formally confirm the news, an official with the Ministry of National...
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CNN
| over 2 years ago
China took its latest powerful toy, a new stealth fighter jet, out for its first test spin Tuesday, leading U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to wonder whether the flight was scheduled to coincide with his visit. "I asked President Hu (Jintao)...
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Canada.com
| over 2 years ago
China test flew its secretive stealth fighter jet Tuesday in what analysts said was either a snub to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates or a sign of the rising might of the military in the country. A number of unofficial Chinese defence websites...
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The Scotsman
| over 2 years ago
Asked whether he believed that, Mr Gates said: "I take President Hu at his word." A Pentagon official said Mr Hu and other civilian leaders at the meeting with Mr Gates did not appear aware that the J-20 test flight had taken place before the US side...
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Russia Today
| over 2 years ago
Mass production of fifth generation fighter jets in China unlikely Published: 11 January, 2011, 23:12 China has confirmed it has conducted a successful test flight of its new stealth fighter. Following on the heels of the US and Russia, it is now the...
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The Guardian
| over 2 years ago
Photoshot Leading experts on China today expressed surprise at the speed with which the country's J20 stealth aircraft was developed , but said the country's military prowess was still relatively backward and way behind that of the US. The J20 was...
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International Business Times
| over 2 years ago
China confirmed it held its first test-flight of a stealth fighter jet on Tuesday, a show of muscle during a visit by U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates aimed at defusing military tensions between the two big powers. An aircraft that is reported to...
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USA Today
| over 2 years ago
Defense Secretary Robert Gates will complete his China visit with a trip Wednesday to the nation's most famous defense system, the 5,500-mile long Great Wall. But it's the latest, less conspicuous addition to China's armory that grabbed headlines...
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Newyork Times
| over 2 years ago
A Hong Kong-based expert on the Chinese military, Andrei Chang, said in a telephone interview that the laser-evading plane, the J-20, flew for about 15 minutes over an airfield in the southwestern city of Chengdu. Photos of the jet in flight were...
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AP Online
| over 2 years ago
China's prototype stealth fighter made its first-known test flight Tuesday, marking dramatic progress in the country's efforts to develop cutting-edge military technologies.
The plane dubbed the J-20 flew for about 15 minutes over an...
