TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – China continues to expand and militarize across the South China Sea, contradicting numerous guarantees made to numerous countries, and also endangering the region’s natural habitat with excessive island-building. Taiwan’s Military News Agency (MNA) released a photo on Saturday (June 8) of the Gaven Reef (南薰礁) located in the Spratly Island […]

  US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday accused China of allowing the value of its currency to slide in a bid to offset the impact of Washington’s trade tariffs on the cost of its goods to American consumers. “It’s not coincidental in my mind that the currency has moved from approximately 6.30 [yuan to […]

  Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against a decoupling of the US and China as trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies continue. Speaking to businessmen and officials at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Xi, sitting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, said he believed disengagement would be dangerous and […]

  Both the Russian warship and US Carrier Strike Group 5 were reportedly heading in parallel directions when the incident took place. The United States Navy has released video footages of what it claims is “an unsafe manoeuvre” by a Russian anti-submarine destroyer, which came within 50 metres of its guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville near […]

In an interview with Sonshine Media Network International Saturday, Duterte said that he asked Xi why there were many ships in the disputed waters when he already assured them that the United States will not be able to set foot on islands controlled by the Philippines. “I was not angry but sinabi ko (but I […]

  MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte said early Saturday he assured Chinese President Xi Jinping that American troops would never set foot on Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea as he asked why China’s ships were surrounding the area. Recalling “the last time” he met with the Chinese leader, Duterte said he was […]

  China’s leaders have a grand strategy for the South China Sea. They want to control all of it, because they see it as China’s own property. And they are prepared to defend every speck of land—real or artificial — in it. That’s according to statements by the country’s high-ranking officials recently—vowing to defend every […]

Gregory Poling, director of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (ATMI), a Washington based think tank, has said the region is under threat from overfishing, dredging, island building and clam harvesting with China being a major culprit. 12 percent of the fish caught in the world comes from the South China Sea. As reported by The […]

MANILA, Philippines — With the looming collapse of marine life in the South China Sea, the Philippines has been urged to take the initiative and lead the efforts among claimants to address environmental concerns. “The Philippines need not wait for somebody else to protect Philippine waters. It’s time for the Philippines to move,” said South […]

A naval mission to the region would be a low-risk way for Germany to show that it’s committed to alliances – and that it still has a navy. Politico has reported that high-level discussions are underway in Berlin about sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait, following similar U.S. and French excursions that challenged China’s […]