The US is upgrading its fighter fleets in Japan, boosting its Pacific airpower with the newest jets

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A US Air Force F-35A fighter jet flies across a blue key with some smoke surrounding the edges of the plane.
The US is sending F-35 stealth fighters and upgraded F-15EX strike fighters to its forward-bases n Japan.

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Russia's frenemy China is quietly trying to dampen Putin's influence

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Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xian, Shaanxi province in May, 2023.

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It took a messy school bus stabbing for China to finally do something about extreme nationalism on social media

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The flag of the People's Republic of China is flying in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin on May 15, 2024.
The flag of the People's Republic of China is flying in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin on May 15, 2024.

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China can end the Ukraine war with a single phone call to Putin, says NATO member

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Russian leader Vladimir Putin (left) and Chinese leader Xi Jinping (right).
Finland President Alexander Stubb told Bloomberg on Tuesday that Russia's dependence on China meant that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could end the Ukraine war if he wanted to.

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Suspected Chinese spy bases in Cuba are growing, including one near a US naval base: report

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Cuban border guards standing in a watch tower at the border between Cuba and the US in Caimanera, Cuba
Cuban border guards in a watch tower at the border between Cuba and the US in Caimanera, Cuba, in 2018.

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Apple finally gets some good news in China as iPhone shipments surge

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An Apple store in Shanghai.

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A Chinese firm's answer to SpaceX's Falcon 9 blew up in a giant fireball after it accidentally launched during a test

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A Long March-4C rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-23 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 12, 2024.
A Long March-4C rocket carrying the satellite Shiyan-23 blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, May 12, 2024.

Putin getting tight with Kim Jong Un could be as big of a problem for China as it is for the US

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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toast during a reception at the Mongnangwan Reception House in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024.

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Warren Buffett once went to China with Bill Gates — and lived on burgers, fries, and Cherry Coke

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Warren Buffett skipped local cuisine in favor of fast food during his China trip in 1995.

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A prominent think tank says China could take control of Taiwan without even launching an invasion — here's how

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A screen grab captured from a video shows the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command launching large-scale joint military exercises around Taiwan with naval vessels and military aircraft in China on May 24, 2024.
Chinese military exercises off Taiwan.

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