A Chinese spy has defected to Australia with a trove of intelligence on China’s political interference operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and elsewhere, according to media reports. The Nine network newspapers said the defector, named as Wang “William” Liqiang, had given Australia’s counter-espionage agency the identities of China’s senior military intelligence officers in Hong […]

  Hong Kong has been crippled by widespread anti-government demonstrations since June. Both chambers of Congress recently passed a pro-Hong Kong rights bill amid crackdowns on the protests. President Trump said on Friday that the long-negotiated trade deal is potentially very close, despite reports that an agreement may not be reached until next year. Trump […]

  A United States defence official has rebuffed online reports by a far-right American radio host and blogger of an explosion involving a US submarine in the South China Sea. “We have seen no indication that the reports were credible,” the official told the South China Morning Post in response to claims by the Hal […]

  Key point: China is rushing ahead with preparations to ensure it would gain the upper hand in any armed conflict over its territorial claims. Last year China’s defense minister, General Chang Wanquan, implored the nation to ready itself for a “people’s war at sea.” The purpose of such a campaign? To “safeguard sovereignty” after […]

  TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Senators in the Philippines have expressed concern that China could turn off the power in the country due to their territorial disputes in the South China Sea. At a Senate hearing, the National Transmission Corporation said the power might be switched off remotely but could be turned back on within […]

  HONG KONG, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Chinese shares extended falls on Friday, hitting their lowest in nearly three months, as worries mounted that relations with the United States could worsen further after two U.S. Navy warships sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea. ** Lingering doubts over the status of […]

  MANILA, Philippines — China should strictly implement a ban on giant clams trade in order to save the reefs in the South China Sea from further degradation. This was the call of American environmentalist and marine biologist Dr. Kent Carpenter on Friday since harvesting and selling of giant clams have caused massive destruction in […]

  China’s military warned the United States on Friday to stop what it called provocation over the South China Sea, after the US Navy deployed a littoral combat ship for a freedom of navigation operation in the disputed waters for the first time. The use of USS Gabrielle Giffords was seen as a way to […]

  A Proposal to the Philippines Department of Energy has been sent by the PXP Energy Corporation to upgrade the natural facilities of gas in the South China Sea called Malampaya to integrate the gas Hubs. This project became operational in 2001. The Project has a capacity of even more than three thousand megawatts. And […]

  It’s been three years since the Philippines’ landmark victory over China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague. Much of the discussion has been focused on the territorial dispute. But perhaps even more alarming is the extent of damage on the marine environment in the area caused mainly by Beijing’s island-building and […]