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Asia
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2017, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping waves while addressing the media as he introduced new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. China's official news agency said Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018, the ruling Communist Party proposed removing a limit of two consecutive terms for the country's president and vice president. The move, if approved, appears to lay the groundwork for party leader Xi to rule as president beyond 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China to scrap term limits to keep Xi

THE Chinese Communist Party has proposed removing the limit of two terms for the country’s president, which could make Xi Jinping the most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.

World
A Chinese Type 052D guided missile destroyer tests its anti-missile gattling gun during a recent exercise. One of these potent warships is among Beijing's task force in the eastern Indian Ocean. Picture: Xinhua

Chinese navy’s bold move

CHINA is muscling its way into Australia’s backyard. With an island paradise deep in crisis, the superpower sees a chance.

NSW
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US ambassador to maintain ‘hard line on China’

THE appointment of a “China Hawk” as the newest US ambassador to Australia is good news for an Australia that could find itself under increasing pressure to align itself with the Chinese, a former Trump adviser has told Miranda Devine’s online radio show Miranda Live.

Innovation
This photo taken on February 5, 2018 shows a police officer wearing a pair of smartglasses with a facial recognition system at Zhengzhou East Railway Station in Zhengzhou in China's central Henan province. Chinese police are sporting high-tech sunglasses that can spot suspects in a crowded train station, the newest use of facial recognition that has drawn concerns among human rights groups. / AFP PHOTO / - / China OUT

These glasses know who you are

ORWELL had nothing on this: Chinese police are being issued sunglasses that come complete with facial-recognition features capable of picking a suspect out from a crowd.

World
Photos show Beijing’s militarisation of South China Sea in new detailChina accused of building ‘island fortresses’ as Philippine newspaper obtains aerial imagesInstallations on Johnson South Reef.Photograph: Inquirer.net/Philippine Daily Inquirer

Photos reveal China’s island victory

BEIJING’s takeover of the South China Sea is all but complete. New military intelligence photographs reveal just how advanced its artificial island fortresses have become.

Asia
The US Department of Defense has been forced to rectify a number of mistakes in its latest Nuclear Posture Review.

What’s wrong with this map?

THE Trump administration has been forced to amend a published report after someone noticed some controversial geographical errors. Can you spot them?

Space
Satellite In The Ray Of Light. 3D Scene. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

The new threat from China-Russia

A REPORT has raised renewed concerns around Beijing and Moscow’s space capabilities — and how they could have major ramifications for Australia.

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