Key point: The Philippines currently has a limited maritime patrol capability. In a move that won’t please China, the Philippines is planning to acquire U.S. P-3 long-range maritime patrol planes. “It will be good if we acquire even one P-3 Orion,” said Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. “Provided it has all its […]
THE CHINESE military released warships and warplanes to intercept two US vessels that entered the disputed waters of the South China Sea in the latest confrontation in the region. Chinese armed forces sent military personal to intercept two US Navy vessels after they entered the South China Sea. The confrontation was the latest in […]
BEIJING — A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple territorial disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons. The waters are a major shipping route for global commerce and are rich in fish and possible oil and gas reserves. CHINA ISSUES WARNING TO […]
United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper met with Philippine Secretary of Defense Delfin Lorenzana at Camp Aguinaldo last Tuesday. After their meeting, they both said there may be a need to revise the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951. American forces came to the Philippines in 1898 when, in the course of the global […]
A Chinese man claiming to be a Beijing-sponsored secret agent who defected to Australia is really a convicted fraudster and wanted criminal suspect, Shanghai police have claimed. The police statement was issued late on Saturday, hours after Australian media reported that William Wang Liqiang gave a sworn statement to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation […]
The US wants to ink a trade deal with China by the end of 2019, but can’t overlook violence in Hong Kong, the head of the National Security Agency has said. “We were hoping to have deal done by the end of the year. I still think that’s possible,” Robert O’Brien said during a […]
MANILA, Philippines — The United States military intends to further increase sea and air activities over the disputed South China Sea in keeping with its resolve to keep the vital sea lane free and open to maritime and air navigation. Admiral Philip Davidson, commander of the Hawaii-based US Indo-Pacific Command, declared this before the […]
VANCOUVER—It was 1979 and Beijing was in the midst of its first democracy movement, opening up after decades of isolation from the outside world. Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, then a civil servant in the Ontario government, took notice. The Xidan democracy wall, part of a peaceful public outburst against the Communist Party of China, was in full […]
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 […]