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Clashes over South China Sea, Taiwan and trade have plunged Trump and Xi into the diplomatic deep freeze.
China’s expanding efforts to impose its will on neighbours through diplomatic, commercial and military pressure – the so-called Xi doctrine – have drawn the sharpest riposte to date from the (...)
Mattis Accuses Beijing of ‘Intimidation and Coercion’ in South China Sea
SINGAPORE — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis harshly criticized the Chinese government on Saturday for its continuing militarization of a string of islands in the South China Sea, calling the new presence of advanced military (...)
Khury Petersen-Smith analyzes the outcome of Donald Trump’s visit to Asia.
TOWARD THE end of his 11-day tour of Asia and the Pacific, Donald Trump took to Twitter to insult North Korean premier Kim Jong-Un . Aside from that moment, one could almost hear the sighs of relief—among planners of the (...)
North Korea looms large as Donald Trump embarks on Asia trip
US president reiterates his threats to Pyongyang as he visits five nations in 11 days on regional tour.
Donald Trump’s five-nation trip to Asia may take him away from his battles with opponents and prosecutors in Washington, but it (...)
The United States has gone back on the offensive in East Asia during the Korean crisis; as for China, it has temporarily lost the initiative. US imperialism is far from winning the game, but it has scored significant points whose scope affects the entire region – and beyond, especially because (...)
What is the US military’s presence near North Korea?
The US has nearly 40,000 personnel in Japan and 35,000 in South Korea, and uses Guam as a ‘permanent aircraft carrier’.
The US military has a huge footprint across south-east Asia and the Pacific, particularly in Japan and South Korea. With (...)
The USS Dewey came close to Mischief reef in a so-called ‘freedom of navigation operation’.
A US navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea, US officials have said, the first such challenge to Beijing in the strategic waterway (...)
The Korean crisis has gone from chronic to acute since the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. Against a backdrop of general instability, it is being played out on three levels: the world relationship of forces between powers; the strong tensions at work throughout (...)
China urges US and North Korea to avoid irreversible route to war
Pyongyang feared to be preparing sixth nuclear test as foreign minister says country is ready to go to war with ’aggressive’ US.
China has warned that conflict could break out “at any moment” over North Korea amid fears Pyongyang (...)
South Korea’s former president, Park Geun-hye, has been arrested on charges including extortion, bribery and abuse of power over an influence-peddling scandal that led to her impeachment by the National Assembly in December 2016. That decision was upheld by the Constitutional Court in March.
An (...)
Park Geun-hye’s historic impeachment as South Korea’s president, upheld by the Constitutional Court on Friday, has complicated Japan’s path to reconciling grievances between the two Asian giants — including on the “comfort women” issue — and could also impact their response to the escalating North (...)
The Trump administration appears set on a confrontation with China sooner rather than later, and the Turnbull government has given every indication that it will be riding shotgun with the US when that happens. These are dangerous times.
Even before Trump was elected, he had made clear his (...)
Beijing reacts to defence secretary James Mattis saying that the US would defend Japan in a conflict with China over disputed Senkaku islands.
China has accused the US of putting the stability of the Asia-Pacific at risk after Donald Trump’s defence secretary said Washington would come to (...)
Trump’s victory magnifies geopolitical uncertainty in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Asia-Pacific region is in for another challenging year, with a number of long-standing tripwires ripening during a period of great geopolitical uncertainty.
The stunning victory of United States president-elect (...)
Washington-based thinktank says Beijing has installed anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems and guns on artificial reefs
A satellite image shows what the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be anti-aircraft guns and close-in weapons systems (CIWS) on the artificial island (...)
Amid the increasing tensions in the South China Sea the United States has called for its regional allies to more actively support its freedom of navigation (FON) operations. But despite their political support for the operations, it seems that neither Tokyo nor Canberra are willing to put their (...)
On October 27, 2015 China hawks got what they had long demanded: a US Navy Freedom of Navigation operation (aka FONOP) within 12 nautical miles of Subi Reef, one of China’s manmade islands in the South China Sea.
But it turns out that wasn’t enough!
China hawk joy was transformed into (...)
MANILA, Philippines - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday demanded China end artificial island building in the hotly contested South China Sea, upping the pressure on Beijing at a regional leaders’ summit.
The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) gathering is meant to forge unity (...)
China raps Abe over remarks on air defense zone
BEIJING (Kyodo) — Beijing has voiced its objection to remarks made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a Japan-ASEAN summit concerning China’s newly established air defense identification zone.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei “expressed (...)
62% of South Koreans regard Japan as a military threat: think tank poll
SEOUL — Over 60 percent of South Koreans regard Japan as a military threat, according to a recent survey by Seoul-based think tank Asan Institute for Policy Studies.
In the public opinion poll on foreign relations (...)
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