Within the past fortnight, China has taken two steps that undermine the ability of the incoming Biden administration to build a western alliance to contain China’s growing and increasingly aggressive global assertiveness. On the final day of 2020, China signed an investment pact with the European Union despite pleas from Biden advisers to hold off […]

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Multiple aircraft spotters on Wednesday (Jan. 13) detected a U.S. Navy surveillance drone flying just off the coast of southwestern Taiwan, well within the country’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) and possibly over the city of Kaohsiung. At 12:12 a.m. on Wednesday, aircraft spotter CANUK78 reported that a U.S. Navy MQ-4C […]

China on Wednesday said the Indo-Pacific strategy advocated by the outgoing Trump admin is aimed to “contain” Beijing, sabotage regional peace and stability and maintain US hegemony in the region China on Wednesday said the Indo-Pacific strategy advocated by the outgoing Trump administration is aimed to “contain” Beijing, sabotage regional peace and stability and maintain […]

MANILA, Philippines — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will make a two-day official visit to the Philippines starting Friday upon the invitation of Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced. Wang’s visit from Jan. 15 to 16 reciprocates Locsin’s visit to China in October last year. […]

China’s worsening relationship with Australia and Japan is an obstacle to its foreign policy goal of building stronger ties with Asean and the Asia-Pacific (Apac) region, an adviser to its Cabinet said yesterday. The “lack in one major dimension… (of) China’s relationship with the most major of United States allies in the Apac region – […]

The entire world is aware of China’s rising aggression and unilateral claims in the South China Sea region. While all countries are busy tackling the Covid-19 problem, China is continuing its military aggression in the disputed territory. What Was The Russian Angle In Former Indian PM Lal Bahadur Shastri’s ‘Mysterious’ Death In Tashkent And it’s […]

According to a lengthy essay published in China Review News in December 2020, “in the event of an all-out confrontation between China and the United States, the United States would find itself at a great strategic disadvantage. It will be bound to pay a high economic, political, and security cost which could lead to a […]

The Royal Australian Navy warship HMAS Parramatta has conducted exercises with three US Navy ships in the South China Sea. The show of force comes at a time when China has been criticized for boosting its presence in disputed waters while surrounding nations are busy dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. On Saturday, China announced that […]

Based on what it calls the nine-dash line, China claims nearly 90 percent of the South China Sea which has been fiercely challenged by its neighbours. The United States is planning to integrate its Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard over the next decade to counter China’s growing influence in the South China Sea. According […]

Fresh off a hard-fought Brexit deal with Brussels, the United Kingdom has immediately plunged itself into the center of Asian geopolitics and on a maritime collision course with China. Touting itself as “a global power with truly global interest”, the UK has announced the successful initial test of the newly-launched aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, […]