Did you know China already has the largest navy in the Pacific? The most active submarines? And that often published images of its old Cold War weaponry are way out of date? Miscalculating China’s capabilities may well be the West’s greatest mistake. And strategic analysts are beginning to warn that a whole raft of generally […]
WASHINGTON – This week marked the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, in which hundreds or perhaps thousands of students and prodemocracy dissidents were killed by the Chinese military. It was an event that profoundly shaped not only modern China but also the U.S.-China relationship. It is the odd anniversary that will pass virtually […]
The US Department of Defence has held talks with Malawi’s Mkango Resources and other rare earth miners across the globe about their supplies of strategic minerals, part of a plan to find diversified reserves outside China, a department official said on Wednesday. The push comes as China threatens to curb exports to the United States […]
In 1910, British writer Norman Angell published a book titled “The Great Illusion,” which was destined to go down as one of the most mocked volumes in history. The book’s thesis was that countries had grown so economically interdependent that they could no longer afford to engage in long, destructive wars. Angell’s timing was […]
MANILA, Philippines — China has started to pull out its militia vessels near Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea, Philippine special envoy to China Ramon Tulfo said. “Some 100 Chinese fishing boats have been withdrawn from the waters off the Philippine-administered Pag-asa Island in the South China Sea, an emissary from the Chinese government […]
A powerful blast-off in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday afternoon has shot China into the same elite league as the US and Russia – countries capable of catapulting rockets and payloads offshore into space. A Long March 11 rocket lifted off from a mobile launch pad floating in the Yellow Sea off eastern Shandong […]
The vast majority of Chinese citizens believe the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could seize islands in the East and South China Seas, even if the U.S. military were to intervene in the conflicts. No less than 87 percent of respondents said that the Chinese military already possessed the capability to take back the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands […]
In the 1990s, political theorists, historians and more than a few political leaders debated this question: Had “transnational forces” associated with globalization made the sovereign nation-state a dysfunctional and potentially dangerous political structure? The 21st-century’s revival of Great Power competition — competition between powerful states that value their sovereignty — indicates borders still matter. The […]
VIETNAM HAS URGED ALL SIDES INVOLVED IN SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES TO DISCHARGE THEIR LEGAL DUTIES AND CONTRIBUTE TO MARITIME SECURITY. Countries need to strictly fulfill their responsibilities under international laws, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said Thursday. All sides […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that the administration of President Donald Trump is working on an Indo-Pacific strategy to guarantee the free passage of ships and cargo in the South China Sea. In a recent interview on Fox News, Pompeo indicated that the US was determined to protect its interests and […]