“No one and no force can ever stop China’s full reunification,” defence minister Wei Fenghe told a security forum earlier in the week, piquing interest around the world and particularly among China’s regional neighbours. Minister Wei made his comments specifically regarding Taiwan, claiming that separatist activities were “doomed to fail”, but it’s the overall […]

  A COMPLETE lack of trust between the US and China threatens a minor incident between the two power nations becoming a “nightmare”, according to military experts. Even a minor naval incident between Washington and Beijing in the hotly disputed South China Sea risk becoming “nightmarish”, military observers have warned. Analysts attending the Xiangshan Forum […]

  BEIJING: China’s defence minister made an uncompromising call Monday for the “reunification” of Taiwan with the mainland, telling a high level defence forum that the process was something “no force” could stop. Self-ruled Taiwan is viewed by China as a renegade province which will eventually be unified with the mainland, by force if necessary, […]

  KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Malaysia and Asean will continue to push for a peaceful resolution of the South China Sea dispute, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. He said the increase in China and the US’ military presence in the region could destabilise the vital shipping route. “In the Malacca Straits and […]

  BEIJING has taken swift action to surround a US ship travelling through the South China Sea, with the Asian super-power furiously accusing Washington of “flexing its muscles” in the disputed region. The waters have become a hotbed of activity after Beijing’s institution of the nine-dash line which sees its territorial claims invade areas controlled […]

  Malacañang is inclined to support any action by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) against an animated movie that showed China’s sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea. Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo maintained that the Palace would defer to the DFA to deal with the issue even in the face of a potential […]

STAUCH DEFENDER. Retiring Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio says the Philippine should spread out partners for oil exploration in the West Philippine Sea. Rappler Screenshot MANILA, Philippines – Retiring Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio welcomed the possibility of Russian participation to explore for oil and gas in Philippine waters being claimed by China. […]

  In 2018, the US conducted at least five so-called freedom of navigation operations in the sea and more than 1,000 military flights over it, Chen Yong, an assistant research fellow with the Institute of International Relations at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said in a recently published academic paper. On any given day, […]

  China will seek to expand its economic and diplomatic influence in the South Pacific at a forum this weekend, amid growing concern from the US and its allies over Beijing’s push in the strategically important region. Vice-Premier Hu Chunhua will lead the Chinese delegation at the third China-Pacific Island Countries Economic Development Cooperation Forum […]

  The US troop withdrawal from Syria, the betrayal of the west’s Kurdish allies, and subsequent advances by Russian, Iranian and Syrian regime forces have been widely interpreted as a dramatic “watershed moment” both for the Middle East and for American global influence. Excited analysts claimed that last week’s Syrian upheaval foreshadowed an end to […]