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NIGHTWATCH Extract: China-Pakistan & Kashmir Terror, Regional Water…and Palestine

China-Pakistan: Chinese Major General Yang Hui, director general of the Intelligence Directorate, visited Chief of Army Staff General Kayani at General Headquarters on 28 October, Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The two discussed matters of professional interest, according to Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations. NIGHTWATCH Comment: A visit by a Chinese intelligence general to Pakistan …

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NIGHTWATCH Extract: China Using Rare Earth Elements (REE) to Test Economic & Technical Pressure Options

China and Rare Earth Elements: China’s new Five-Year Program will fail to bring any rapid change in export quotas for rare earth elements (REE), Chinese Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Sun Zhenyu said, Reuters reported. He also said China’s REE reserves were depleting quickly and that Beijing must conserve them. According to Sun, China’s …

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NIGHTWATCH Extract: China, World, Global Military Reach

China-The World: For the record. China’s armed forces are ready to expand communication and cooperation with their counterparts worldwide to promote global peace, a senior officer with the Chinese Defense Ministry said. International military exchanges enhance mutual understanding and peace awareness among all troops across the globe and advance world peace, the officer said. NIGHTWATCH …

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NIGHTWATCH Headlines: All About China

China-Taiwan: For the record. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration (CGA) will conduct a maritime rescue drill the week of 13 September with China’s Maritime Search and Rescue Center, Taiwanese Central News Agency reported 10 September. The drill will be held in waters off southeastern China, between Taiwan’s Kinmen Island and Xiamen, China. Taiwan’s CGA will send …

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NIGHTWATCH Extract: China-Iran Rail + China ReCap

China-Iran: China’s Railways Minister Liu Zhijun will visit Tehran on 12 September to sign a contract between Iran and a Chinese company to build a $2 billion rail link to Iran, according to Iranian Transport Minister Hamid Behbahani. Transport ministers from Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Iran are expected to gather in Dushanbe in October to firm …

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NIGHTWATCH Extracts: China Rising, African Food Riots

India-China: India conveyed its concerns to China on 3 September about an increase in the Chinese troop presence and activities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Embassy officials said Indian Ambassador to China S. Jaishankar met China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Zhang Zhijun in Beijing to discuss India’s concerns.  India news papers quoted government sources that 11,000 …

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