Hand-held lasers are increasingly being used against Australian Defence Force assets, with military insiders blaming small Chinese maritime militia vessels for the dangerous tactic. Earlier this year, the Defence Department confirmed military helicopters were targeted on a night-time flight in the hotly contested South China Sea. The pilots were temporarily forced to return to […]

  Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 5) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor says it has no jurisdiction over a complaint filed by former Philippine officials against Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials who are accused of crimes against humanity for their “atrocious actions” in the South China Sea. The ICC prosecutor […]

Over the last four months, Vietnam has faced a serious challenge to its sovereignty in the South China Sea. Strategic circles in Hanoi are stirred by China’s repeated intrusions into Vietnam’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off its central and southern coastlines. Between 4 July and 24 October 2019, China sent survey ship Haiyang Dizhi 8 […]

  CHINESE fishing vessels have been accused of directing hand-held lasers at overhead Australian aircrafts as they fly across the contested waters of the South China Sea. Australian Defence Forces have been increasingly targeted by hand-held lasers and military insiders blame the attacks on small Chinese fishing vessels sailing in the seas below. Earlier this […]

  MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Wednesday that the presence of China’s aerostat radar in one of their artificially built islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) is “not a big concern” to the Philippines. He said the deployable radar, which was spotted through a satellite image on Panganiban Reef […]

  WATFORD, England (Reuters) – Seventy years since its Cold War-era founding as a transatlantic alliance focused on Moscow, NATO is expanding its gaze toward the increasingly muscular challenge posed by China. But it is unclear, even to diplomats within the 29-member military alliance, whether NATO is up to the task – especially at a […]

  CHINA and Russia have become two huge opponents to Western allies inside and outside of the NATO alliance – and their latest plans for cooperation indicate that a fearsome new alliance could be forming with the aim of replacing the US as the major power. This week, a new gas pipeline running 1800km between […]

JAPAN has waded into a bitter ongoing dispute involving its superpower neighbour China by purchasing an uninhabited island in the East China Sea, in an apparent attempt to shore up its defences. In a move which is certain to enrage Beijing, the Japanese Government is spending £113million (16 billion yen) on Mageshima island in the […]

  SOUTH CHINA SEA contests between China and the US have seen tensions spiral amid frequent navy patrols in the region as both look to assert a foothold – but Beijing’s strategy could be on the brink of falling apart as its grip on valuable regions comes under threat. Chinese President Xi Jinping has been […]

  RELATIONS between the Philippines and China have entered a “Golden Age,” newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said upon his arrival in Manila on Tuesday. Mr. Huang, who served as Chinese ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, will take the place of Zhao Jianhua. Philippine-China relations under President Rodrigo […]