The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday said Beijing will resist growing international pressure to join discussions with the United States and Russia for a trilateral nuclear arms pact to replace the expiring New START treaty.
“If you want peace, prepare for war” is a Latin credo attributed to Roman writer Vegetius. Japan has heeded that advice, announcing Friday it has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year.
The governments of both Japan and China claimed on Tuesday to have menaced each other’s ships out of the waters surrounding the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, accusing each other of violating their respective sovereign territory.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday signed an “upgraded” free trade agreement with China.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said President Trump should get the Nobel Peace Prize if he convinces China to renounce the use of force against Taiwan.
The Chinese Coast Guard said on Tuesday that it fired water cannons at Filipino ships near the Scarborough Shoal, a feature China is attempting to seize by force in defiance of international law.
The Chinese Communist government announced on Wednesday that it will create a “national nature reserve” in the disputed Scarborough Shoal, using Filipino land the Chinese have occupied by force. The announcement was clearly an effort to consolidate Beijing’s grip on the shoal despite international tribunal rulings against China’s expansive territorial claims.
China’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait threaten international security, Germany’s FM said.
The latest dangerous incident involving Chinese ships in the South China Sea took place on Monday, when two Chinese ships collided while trying to chase a Philippine patrol boat away from the disputed Scarborough Shoal.
Record recruitment into the Australian armed forces has delivered the biggest single-year military personnel increase Down Under in 15 years, figures released Wednesday show.
Five ships from the Indian and Philippine navies conducted a two-day “joint sail” on Sunday and Monday, marking the first time naval forces from the two countries have patrolled together in the South China Sea.
Australia is spending billions of dollars upgrading its navy with 11 new-build Mogami-class frigates from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Tuesday.
A Chinese Coast Guard ship attacked a Philippine government vessel near the Scarborough Shoal on Friday, using a water cannon to drive the Philippine ship out of waters claimed by China.
The Chinese Defense Ministry published an incensed screed condemning Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Monday for a state visit whose top priority appears to be ensuring Hanoi’s support as Beijing faces soaring tariff rates meant to limit its influence on the American economy.
An aircraft contracted by the Department of Defense (DOD) crashed in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, killing an American service member and three defense contractors.
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte was impeached by the House of Representatives on Wednesday on charges including corruption, dereliction of duty, misuse of public funds, and plotting to assassinate President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
The government of Malaysia announced on Friday that it had tentatively agreed to a deal with an American research organization to launch a new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), which vanished in March 2014 and has not been found.
The California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies published research this week that showed China has constructed a prototype nuclear reactor that could fit aboard a large surface vessel – a sign that China is making progress toward building a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday rebuffed efforts by China to bully Malaysia away from oil and gas exploration in the South China Sea. Anwar’s government is investigating a leaked Chinese diplomatic note that accused Malaysia of violating Chinese sovereignty by working near the oil-rich Luconia Shoals.
The governments of the Philippines and Vietnam announced on Friday that they would sign a defense agreement that would expand their cooperation out of trade and into military and security projects, including “maritime” defense operations.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, had nothing to say about China during the first press interview of their 2024 campaign.
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan arrived in Beijing, China, on Tuesday for in-depth conversations with top Chinese diplomats that communist state media have hinted would focus on strong-arming Sullivan into accepting a “correct understanding” of his host’s interests – and helping advancing.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condemned the Chinese air force for conducting “unjustified, illegal, and reckless” maneuvers.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who ambushed a stunned U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during an early encounter in 2021 with allegations that America has a worse human rights record than China, gave Blinken one more political lecture on Saturday.
China and the Philippines announced on Sunday they have reached a “provisional arrangement” to allow resupply missions to reach the BRP Sierra Madre, the beached ship that functions as a Filipino outpost on the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.
China sent troops to Belarus for training for the first time, conducting an exercise called “Eagle Assault” near the Polish border.
The State Department announced on Tuesday that a landmark nuclear cooperation agreement has gone into effect, allowing the U.S. to export peaceful nuclear technology to the Philippines.
The Chinese state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times mocked the ongoing NATO summit in Washington on Tuesday as a display of a “brittle” alliance, claiming that the fact that most member states hold free and fair elections – and thus routinely change their rules – weakens them.
A group of 17 Philippine business organizations issued a rare statement denouncing China’s attack on Filipino naval personnel.
The Chinese Communist regime admits it used force to board Filipino ships and force them out of the Philippines’ territorial waters.
The Philippine military said on Monday that one of its sailors suffered a “serious injury” when a Chinese Coast Guard vessel conducted an “intentional high-speed ramming” attack against a Philippine supply ship in the South China Sea.
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun rebuffed U.S. concerns about China’s “provocative” behavior toward Taiwan, and told the U.S. to stop sending “wrong signals” to “separatist forces,” at a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Singapore on Friday.
During an interview with Bloomberg on Thursday, National Security Agency Director and U.S. Cyber Command Director Gen. Timothy Haugh stated that “increasingly, we see China’s actions to be threatening” and not just in Taiwan, but also in the South China
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is scheduled to meet with Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun in Singapore this weekend, holding the first face-to-face bilateral defense meeting in 18 months.
China took an increasingly aggressive stance towards the Philippines this week, threatening to use force to repel civilian activists who are bringing supplies to Filipino fishermen in the Scarborough Shoal.
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gave an interview to China’s state-run Global Times on Friday in which the erratic leader trashed the United States as “antagonistic and hostile” and advised his successor, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., to adopt a more conciliatory posture toward China.
President Joe Biden held a summit with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.
Protesters in Manila marched against Chinese “aggression” in the South China Sea on Tuesday, gathering outside the Chinese consulate to wave banners and march across a giant replica of Chinese dictator Xi Jinping’s face.
The Philippines joined the U.S., Japan, and Australia on Sunday for a large-scale joint air and naval exercise in the South China Sea.
