The Chinese navy is holding military exercises in the disputed South China Sea as US President Joe Biden begins South Korea and Japan trips largely focused on countering the perceived threat from Beijing. Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3178556/chinese-navy-launches-south-china-sea-drills-biden-visits-asia
United States President Joe Biden said on Saturday he hoped to strengthen cooperation in Asia beyond treaty allies South Korea and Japan, as he repeated his now common expression that democratic nations needed to gird themselves against rising autocracy. Read more: https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3178638/biden-touts-wider-regional-cooperation-meeting-south-koreas-yoon
WASHINGTON – “What is ours is ours.” Thus, said Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. on the Philippines’ claim of the South China Sea that was ruled overwhelmingly in its favor by the Permanent Court of Arbitration on July 12, 2016 – determining that major elements of China’s claim – including its nine-dash line, […]
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