By W.G. Dunlop US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun via video teleconference Tuesday, in the first substantive talks between the superpowers’ defense chiefs in nearly 18 months. The United States has been working to strengthen defense cooperation with its allies in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence […]
By Laurie Chen QINGDAO, China, April 21 (Reuters) – The Chinese Navy on Sunday kicked off a biennial meeting of top foreign naval officials in the port city of Qingdao, in a
Ferdinand Marcos Jr says building trilateral ties vital, after the three countries criticise China’s ‘dangerous and aggressive behaviour’ in the regionA cooperation agreement by the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, the Philippine president has said, while seeking to assure China it was not a target.“I think the trilateral agreement is extremely important,” Ferdinand Marcos Jr told a press conference in Washington on Friday, a...
Marcos says the trilateral summit was 'not against any country' but had focused on deepening economic and security relations among Manila, Washington, and Tokyo
By Philip Heijmans (Bloomberg) — This was supposed to be the year that Vietnam reaped the benefits from one of its largest natural gas discoveries. An estimated 150 billion cubic meters
President-elect Lai Ching-te says he is 'very much looking forward to China having the confidence to engage with the elected and legitimate government that the Taiwan people have entrusted. That is the right way for cross-strait exchange.'
In a meeting communiqué, G7 foreign ministers expressed their concerns about the situation in the South China Sea and stressed there is no legal basis for China’s expansive maritime claims in the strategic waterway.
A cooperation agreement among the Philippines, the United States and Japan will change the dynamic in the South China Sea and the region, President Marcos said on Friday, while seeking to assure China it was not a target.
The name of the ship has already been criticised in China because it shares its name with an imperial warship that bombed Shanghai in the 1930s.
Two senior American officials said on Friday that the country is in the process of deploying more forces to the Middle East to prepare for a potential Iranian attack on Israel or the West. These two senior American officials have expressed concerns about the possibility of an Iranian attack on US bases in Iraq and […]
Simmering tensions between Beijing and Washington remain the top worry for American companies operating in China, according to a report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China released Tuesday. The survey of U.S. companies said inconsistent and unclear policies and enforcement, rising labor costs and data security issues were other top concerns. It also []
Tensions between Beijing and Washington are the biggest worry for US companies in China, report says