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SINGAPORE -- High-ranking defense officials and government leaders from around the world made contrasting arguments in working toward regional peace and stability over the weekend in Singapore at the annual Shangri-La Dialogue security summit.
Xia Le is chief Asia economist for BBVA Research in Hong Kong.
SINGAPORE -- China's Defense Minister Dong Jun on Sunday warned that his country will take "resolute actions" to curb any move toward Taiwan independence, pushing Beijing's claim on the territory amid high tensions with the U.S. and the new government in Taipei.
TOKYO -- The global benchmark price for copper recently climbed to an all-time high, amid expectations for strong AI demand and a Chinese economic recovery, despite heavy production by Chinese refineries and weaker-than-expected demand from the world's largest copper consumer.
India, like many countries, is trying to manage China’s growing influence and “wouldn’t like to lose the Maldives completely”, said Harsh Pant, an international-relations professor at King’s College London.
Singapore’s Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen summed up the mood on Sunday, the final day of the three-day security forum, when he said the system of global governance in place since the end of World War II “guarantees the security and survival of large nations and small”.
A post on CCTV’s Frontline social media account on Sunday said the incident took place near the Second Thomas Shoal, which has been at the centre of numerous confrontations in recent months.
BEIJING – Chinese state media said on June 2 that personnel on a Philippine ship pointed guns at the country’s Coast Guard in disputed waters of the South China Sea in May.