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• Senior U.S. Congressional delegation makes rare Tibet trip

  China allowed a senior U.S. Congressional delegation to visit Tibet, including Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, a long time critic of China's human rights record, a Chinese politician said on Thursday.

• China military stresses Party control in face of 'liberal' enemies

  China's military said on Sunday it must be governed by the ruling Communist Party and not succumb to "liberal" voices who wish to challenge the party's control.

• China investigates three senior army officers suspected of graft

  China's military has confirmed that three more senior officers are under investigation for suspected corruption, as the world's largest army deepens its probe into deep-seated graft.

• China military official booted from parliament in anti-graft drive

  China has booted a senior military official who is embroiled in a corruption scandal from its parliament, state media reported on Saturday.

• In 'Umbrella Revolution,' China confronts limits of its power

  In the heart of Mong Kok, one of the most densely populated districts on earth, an abandoned Hong Kong police van is enveloped in the student-led demonstrations paralyzing swathes of the city. Along with yellow ribbons and flowers, symbols of the city’s pro-democracy movement, protesters have taped a hand-written placard in Chinese and English to the side of the locked and undamaged vehicle.

• India says to defend China border after standoff ahead of Xi visit

  India said on Tuesday it would firmly defend its 3,500-km- (2,200-mile-) long border with China after domestic media reported a new face-off on the disputed frontier, just days ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping.

• Security researchers charge another Chinese military unit with economic espionage

  Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying for China shot down allegations made by US security firm Crowdstrike that a unit of the People's Liberation Army has launched cyber-attacks against defense, satellite and aerospace firms based in Europe, Japan and the US.