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Weapons are on the way, U.S. lawmakers tell Taiwan during visit
Weapons that Taiwan has ordered from the U.S. are coming, a senior U.S. lawmaker said Monday, as a bipartisan House delegation met with the Beijing-claimed island's new president.
Business-First Hong Kong Now Comes With a Catch: Beijing Politics
Doing business in Hong Kong increasingly comes with a new risk: the political cost of upsetting Beijing.
US lawmakers vow more arms for Taiwan’s Lai
A bipartisan group of United States lawmakers met with the new Taiwanese President in Taipei on Monday after the People’s Liberation Army held large-scale joint exercises near Taiwan last week.
In the South China Sea, Beijing can ill afford to be seen as a bully
Raising tensions in the South China Sea is “the last thing we would like”, said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr recently, when pressed on whether Manila would adopt more aggressive tactics, such as the water cannons used by the Chinese. “And that [using water cannons] will certainly do that,” he said, dismissing the idea.
China-Russia ties expose a Republican foreign policy blind spot
How does one proceed in portraying China as the most pressing threat facing the US, which has been a political imperative for both American political parties in recent years, when Russia continues to integrate its economy with China’s while trying to bombard its neighbour into submission?
Can Japan, China resolve ‘deeply politicised’ Fukushima water issue? Experts say neither side able to back down
The bickering between Japan and China over the release of treated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant has continued on the sidelines of the three-way summit in Seoul with South Korea, with analysts suggesting that neither government is able to back down.
North Korea condemns China, South Korea, Japan over denuclearisation talks at summit: ‘grave political provocation’
North Korea condemned China, Japan and South Korea on Monday for committing to denuclearise the Korean peninsula, describing their joint declaration after a rare summit in Seoul as a “grave political provocation” that violates its sovereignty.