In this photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Communications Office, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (right) greets the crowd during his visit at Cebu city, central Philippines on February 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP The Philippine President said the main mission of his country’s military has changed to ensure the protection of its territory … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. review the honour guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on January 4, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has cited stable ties with China during a visit to Beijing in which he … Read more
The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., November 1, 2021. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. military says a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to an Air Force plane over the South China Sea, forcing the American pilot to maneuver to … Read more
Taiwan’s National Security Bureau (NSB) has confirmed that a Chinese military aircraft crashed into the South China Sea earlier this month. NSB Director-General Chen Ming-tong on March 10 confirmed that a People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) plane had crashed into the South China Sea on March 1, according to Taiwan News. Earlier there were … Read more
Indonesia’s foreign minister said on Thursday her nation had entered a “new era of bilateral relations” with the United States, as the countries’ armed forces launched their biggest ever joint training exercise this week involving 3,000 troops. Speaking from Washington after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other officials, Retno Marsudi welcomed more … Read more
China’s increasingly assertive approach to international diplomacy is manifested not just in South China Sea or Taiwan Strait but also in India‘s neighbourhood through settlements on Bhutanese territory, a report in the Washington Post has said. “China’s latest move in the Himalayas is unusually provocative: It is carrying out full-scale settlement in another country’s territory. … Read more
The European Union resolved on Monday to step up its influence in the Indo-Pacific region, using areas from security to health to protect its interests and counter China‘s rising power, although the bloc insists its strategy is not against Beijing. Led by France, Germany and the Netherlands, which first set out ways to deepen ties … Read more
China’s effort to expand its growing influence represents one of the largest threats to the United States, according to a major annual intelligence report released Tuesday, which also warned of the broad national security challenges posed by Moscow and Beijing. The report does not predict a military confrontation with either Russia or China, but it … Read more
Taiwan launched an amphibious transport ship Tuesday that’s the first from its new naval shipbuilding program begun as China escalates its threats to use military force to annex the island it claims is its territory. President Tsai Ing-wen presided over the launching ceremony at a shipyard in the southern port city of Kaohsiung for the … Read more
Philippine and U.S. defence chiefs on Sunday expressed hopes to resume the joint “Balikatan” military exercise that was cancelled last year, as they discussed the situation in the South China Sea. Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin III also discussed in a telephone conference recent developments in regional security, according … Read more