DONALD TRUMP has moved ahead with plans to sell 34 surveillance drones to key allies as the US claims it will no longer “tiptoe” around Beijing in the ongoing South China Sea row. The drones will be sold to four allies in the region, with acting defence secretary Patrick Shanahan condemned China’s behaviour in Asia. […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has moved ahead with a surveillance drone sale to 4 US allies in the South China Sea region as acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Washington will no longer “tiptoe” around Chinese behavior in Asia. The drones would afford greater intelligence gathering capabilities potentially curbing Chinese activity in the region. […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines supports any United States action in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) that would maintain stability in the region amid the continued military buildup of China in the area, President Rodrigo Duterte’s spokesman said on Tuesday, June 4. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo was asked about the recent statement […]
Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe criticised the United States on Sunday for its support for self-ruled Taiwan and for naval operations in the disputed South China Sea, but said conflict or war between the two countries would be a disaster. Wei told the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Asia’s premier defence summit, that China would “fight […]
SINGAPORE — U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan on Saturday denounced China’s efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea as a “toolkit of coercion,” saying Beijing’s bad behavior must end. In his first major speech on the international stage, Shanahan mixed sharp criticism of China […]
The United States warned China on Saturday against threatening its neighbors’ sovereignty and said Washington is investing in new military technology to defend its Asian allies. Washington and Beijing have been vying for influence in the region, which hosts potential flashpoints such as the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait. Ties […]
BEIJING (AP) — China began two days of military training in the South China Sea yesterday, as its Defence Minister warned that China’s armed forces would “resolutely take action” to defend Beijing’s claims over the area. The China Maritime Safety Administration announced the drills were held all day yesterday and for half a day tomorrow […]
Three Chinese warships have arrived in Sydney Harbour amid increasingly strident rhetoric from Beijing over its territorial claims in the South China Sea. A People’s Liberation Army-Navy frigate, an auxiliary replenishment ship and an amphibious vessel are docking at Garden Island for a four-day stopover. The arrival, which was not publicly announced by the Australian […]
MANILA, Philippines — China has every right to deploy troops and build weapons on islands and reefs it claims in the South China Sea, two top-level leaders from Beijing said in response to criticisms of its aggressive militarization of the disputed area. Gen. Wei Fenghe, China’s minister of national defense, told an international security forum […]
At the Shangri-La Dialogue, the U.S. and China sparred over a range of issues from contested territory in the South China Sea to the ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies. Zhou Bo, a senior colonel of the People’s Liberation Army, said that “China does need to have necessary defense of these islands […]