South China Sea region where China has created artificial islands violating international law is once again in the spotlight ahead of the next edition of the Shangrila Dialogue one of region’s key geopolitical dialogue in Singapore between May 31-June 2. The Chinese foreign ministry shot back last Thursday at a US Senate proposal to […]

  The United States has called on China to curb the development of its state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a demand that China sees as an “invasion” on its economic sovereignty, Chinese state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday. Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated sharply earlier this month after the Trump administration accused China of […]

United States Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim on Thursday, May 23, said maintaining the good relationship between U.S. and Philippine forces is essential for the stability of the region. Though the United States is not directly involved in the claims, Kim told reporters that the country has a “very serious interest” in the area. […]

  From the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean and the African Continent, China is rising fast, challenging America’s long dominance. That’s something investors should watch closely, as rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies raise geopolitical risks that begin to spread beyond trade. China’s rise didn’t happen by accident. It occurred systematically, […]

The early 20th century Italian thinker Antonio Gramsci observed that a “common error” among historians was their “inability to find the correct relation between what is organic and what is conjunctural”. Seeing his home country transformed overnight after the second world war, Gramsci cautioned against mistaking fundamental shifts for historical accidents or ephemeral change. Under […]

MANILA—The Philippine Navy said it is set to acquire 25 to 30 warships in the next decade in a bid to strengthen maritime security. Navy chief Vice Adm. Robert Empedrad on Thursday said the government plans to purchase offshore patrol vessels and submarines, according to a Philippine News Agency report posted Saturday. “I think there […]

  Asian seas are far from tranquil as Beijing asserts control and builds its military presence in the South China Sea. The strategic waterway is now one of the world’s most volatile geopolitical fault lines, and smaller countries in the region are faced with the thorny problem of how to respond.For the Association of Southeast […]

  Greg Poling, of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, explained the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia rely on fishing and fishing-related industries. He said the decreasing fish stocks would “accelerate the disputes”, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) reported. His warning comes after Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte accused China of fishing within their Exclusive Economic Zone […]

CHINA has responded angrily to plans by a group in US Congress to impose new sanctions over Beijing’s building work in the disputed South China Sea. A group of Republicans and Democrats, led by Marco Rubio, are demanding sanctions on Chinese firms involved in the construction. Beijing’s territorial claim in the South China Sea overlaps […]

  The Pearl Harbor destroyer USS Preble and its crew of more than 300 have angered China twice this week with a transit of the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday and a South China Sea passage Monday close to Scarborough Shoal — a feature controlled by China but also claimed by Taiwan and the Philippines. Preble’s […]