China’s defense ministry announced Thursday that it will hold an international maritime parade on April 23 in waters off Qingdao city, east China’s Shandong Province, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy. This information was released by the Chinese Ministry of National Defense at a regular briefing in […]
MANILA – The Philippines is open to Chinese aid and investment to spur its economy despite limited public support for letting Beijing’s checkbook diplomacy dictate the future of the Southeast Asian country, a senior Filipino government official says. “China has promised more funding for more projects,” Socioeconomic Planning secretary Ernesto Pernia told NNA in Osaka […]
“What the United States fears the most is taking casualties,” said Lou. “We’ll see how frightened America is.” Sinking an American carrier would be an act of war, period. If Chinese like Admiral Lou are right, then America is finished as a major power. If 10,000 dead American sailors aren’t worth fighting over, then neither […]
US NAVY chiefs sailed two warships through the Taiwan Strait as the Pentagon stepped up the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China. The deployment risks stoking tensions in the volatile region but will be viewed by self-ruled Taiwan as a sign of support from the Trump administration amid growing friction […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte might discuss the country’s mutual defense cooperation with the United States as well as freedom of navigation issues with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tonight in Manila. This was according to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon who expressed optimism that the brief meeting would boost further the long-time defense […]
In direct defiance to China’s claims of sovereignty in the South China Sea, the U.S Navy (USN) and British Royal Marines Commandos conducted joint training close to the disputed island chain. A Royal Marine Boarding Team from 42 Commando’s Juliet Company boarded and searched the USNS Guadalupe, a replenishment ship assigned to the 7th Fleet. […]
China is equipping itself with several new “assassin’s maces” as two world powers brace for impact in the South China Sea. If you look at the South China Sea on a map, then it might seem inevitable that this 1.4 million square miles of water would become a territorial quagmire. Bordered by China, Vietnam, Malaysia, […]
After Panelo bared China’s tit-for-tat deportation plan if undocumented Chinese workers are kicked out of PH Labor groups and a lawmaker on Wednesday lambasted the Duterte administration for “kowtowing” to China after its ambassador “bullied” the government into not taking action against Chinese illegally working in the Philippines. The Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong […]
WASHINGTON – As Chinese and American trade negotiators met in Washington through the weekend, observers were largely focused on the countries’ economic disagreements, such as over China’s subsidies to its state-owned enterprises. But to think that an agreement on trade would protect the world from a Sino-American cold war would be as premature as it […]
Deng Xiaoping once said that “the China-U.S. relationship can never be too good or too bad” because it is too important. In other words, meaning the leaders and people of both countries should be realistic about how close their bilateral relationship can be at any given point in time, and they should never let their […]