For all its strengths, the rifle carries one infamous compromise: precision. The AK-47 was never designed to be an American ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Type 81 borrowed from the AK-47, but it proved China’s ability to design its own weapons from scratch. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to ...

In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to the United States and Russia. The PLA was mostly armed with the Type 56 assault rifle, a clone of the original AK-47, and the Type 56 carbine, ...

In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are ...

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China sent 47 aircraft across the median line of the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, its largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defense zone in recent months, as Beijing steps-up efforts to normalize aggressive ...

Export restrictions China has imposed on its rare earth element exports to the U.S. include resources critical for avionics which could deal blow to American plans for a sixth-generation jet. Beijing ...