The Americans are certainly right to keep a close eye on what China is up to in space especially when it comes to military programmes.

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Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam complain that China neither consults nor informs them about what it is up to.

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What better time to review the apparently successful bit of financial diplomacy by which China is slowly freeing up the yuan than at an IMF meeting?

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