China says its new hypersonic missile, the DF-17, can sink U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. The claim, which ran in several media outlets controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, came just hours after U.S. and British Royal Navy warships sailed through the South China Sea together. Yes, China almost certainly has such missiles. Whether the country […]

Andrew K.P. Leung says the US is confronting China in multiple arenas, ranging from technology to Taiwan to the South China Sea. While the world anxiously watches the US-China trade talks unfold, there has been all-out resistance against the perceived “China threat”, albeit with uncertain results. Following a series of national security and defence reviews, […]

Taiwan’s defense ministry says the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) flew “various military aircraft” close to the island on Tuesday, one week after Taiwan held its first large-scale military drills of 2019 to deter a potential Chinese invasion. China flew a Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet and a Shaanxi Y-8 surveillance plane, along with other aircraft, […]

Taiwan rushed to dispatch planes of its own “to ensure the safety of national airspace”, with Taipei urging its people “not to panic”. A statement issued by Taiwan’s defence ministry said “various military aircraft” including a Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet and a Shaanxi Y-8 transport plane, had been spotted flying over the Bashi Channel, a […]

If Taipei fell to Beijing control tomorrow, then Xi Jinping could use the country’s bases to launch new wars. TAIPEI — Those focusing on whether China can sink a U.S. aircraft carrier or lob missiles at Guam are missing the larger problem. And it is not about the tragic loss of a democratic friend in […]

China has promised four billion yuan ($588 million) in aid to Cambodia, the Southeast Asian country’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday on a visit to Beijing. The largest investor in Cambodia, China has pumped billions of yuan into the economy and has written off debt while sweeping aside questions over Phnom Penh’s abysmal rights […]

For the first time, the Philippine Navy will send one of its vessels to the international fleet review hosted by China. Navy chief Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad told Inquirer.net on Monday that they are already in the planning stage of sending a ship to China for the event scheduled in April. This would be the […]

Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario on Tuesday likened China to a modern day Goliath who is pursuing a strategy of 3-B’s – “bribery, brawn and bluster” – to achieve its wrongful objective on the South China Sea. In a speech at the launching of the book, South China Sea Arbitration for Understanding the […]

MANILA — The Philippines’ landmark victory against China in the South China Sea in 2016 is recalled in a new book launched Tuesday. “The South China Sea Arbitration: Understanding the Awards and Debating with China” is written by international relations scholar Dr. Alfredo C. Robles Jr., jointly published by De La Salle University Publishing House […]

TOKYO — The United States and Britain have conducted their first joint naval drills in the disputed South China Sea since China built island bases there, the two navies said on Wednesday, as Washington seeks help from allies to keep pressure on Beijing. A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer the USS McCampbell, which is based […]