BEIJING, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- China marked the 60th anniversary of the assumption of power by the Communist Party with a huge parade that show-cased its military might.

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, March 18 (UPI) -- A member of the Dutch parliament apologized Wednesday for a slur against Chinese people that he sent out on Twitter.

HANGZHOU, China, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The remains of former U.S. Ambassador to China John Leighton Stuart have been interred in China as he requested in his will 42 years ago, officials said.

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Former Chinese Communist Party leader and Premier Hua Guofeng, who died Aug. 20 at age 87, was cremated Sunday at Beijing's Babaoshan cemetery.

BEIJING, July 3 (UPI) -- Shao Hua, who served as a major general in the People's Liberation Army of China, has died at the age of 69, state-run media said.

WASHINGTON, March 14 (UPI) -- The abrupt resignation of Middle Eastern commander Adm. William J. "Fox" Fallon over a controversial interview and profile in Esquire magazine was a carefully choreographed exit for the 63-year-old Navy aviator. The first Navy man appointed to head the Central Command, which stretches from the Middle East to South Asia and includes Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, he is now one of three former Centcom commanders who are opposed to bombing Iran's nuclear facilities if the mullahs keep on trucking their nuclear weapon ambitions.

HONG KONG, March 7 (UPI) -- China is not prepared to handle a large-scale external crisis -- particularly in the Taiwan Strait -- it can be concluded after assessing the nation's hardware, including ammunition supplies and fuel reserves, as well as the quality of its military personnel.

OSLO, Norway, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- A survey of Norwegian high school students has found a majority of those polled could not define Gulag or identify Pol Pot.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008.