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China’s nuclear arsenal triples, reshaping global strategic balance
BEIJING (Realist English). Since 2020, China has tripled its nuclear warhead stockpile to an estimated 600, a dramatic departure from...
Cosco moves to reshape $23bn global ports deal with demand for major stake
HONG KONG (Realist English). Cosco, China’s state-owned shipping giant, is seeking a 20–30% stake in a proposed $23bn ports acquisition,...
China to drop Tibetan as core subject in university entrance exam
BEIJING (Realist English). China will remove the Tibetan language as a core subject in the national college entrance exam (gaokao)...
China-Europe Railway Middle Corridor surpasses 20,000-train milestone since 2013 launch
BEIJING (Realist English). The Middle Corridor of the China-Europe Railway Express has reached a key milestone, surpassing 20,000 cumulative train...
China urges South Korea to reject ‘decoupling’ in first call with new foreign minister
BEIJING/SEOUL (Realist English). Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on South Korea to resist economic "decoupling" and pursue a...
China showcases AI ambitions at WAIC, positioning itself as global tech partner over U.S. dominance
SHANGHAI (Realist English). China has used its largest artificial intelligence event since the rise of homegrown champion DeepSeek to signal...
Job anxiety drives Chinese students to choose practical majors over elite universities
HUNAN (Realist English). After falling short on China’s notoriously difficult national college entrance exam in June, Lu Jie secured a...
China shuts over 40,000 kindergartens as birth rates collapse
BEIJING (Realist English). China has closed more than 40,000 kindergartens over the past four years as a steep drop in...
Taiwan’s military trains in metro stations and city streets as Han Kuang drills enter urban phase
TAIPEI (Realist English). In a dramatic shift in military readiness, Taiwan’s armed forces brought the country’s annual Han Kuang exercise...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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