China and Belarus conduct joint military exercises right next to NATO and EU’s border
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South China Sea: Manila sends vessel to Benham Rise. Is it just a symbolic show of force?
Abdul Rahman Yaacob, a research fellow with the Southeast Asia programme at Australian think tank Lowy Institute, said the Philippines had to do more than conduct symbolic deployments, noting a constant naval presence was needed across the economic zone and archipelago, especially in the contested area.
China fears a South Korea-US nuclear pact to rein in Pyongyang: ex-Obama adviser
Gary Samore, a nuclear arms control expert at Brandeis University, said during a seminar in Seoul on Tuesday that recent steps taken by Washington and Seoul showed such an arrangement could become a reality.
China develops new stealth aircraft likely to be deployed on carriers
BEIJING -- China is developing a new stealth combat aircraft to be deployed on an aircraft carrier, Nikkei has learned. It will be a fifth-generation fighter jet with a stealth function and is expected to be deployed on China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian.
Urgent need for much more stimulus from Beijing
The urgency for further, robust stimulus measures from Beijing has never been more pronounced.
South China Sea: is Beijing abusing Philippines talks to mask its ‘policy of aggression’?
The Philippine foreign ministry vowed to be “relentless in protecting its interests and upholding its sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea” – the local designation for the parts of the South China Sea claimed by Manila.
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case
HONG KONG (AP) — Prominent activist Joshua Wong asked for a lesser sentence in court Friday after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case.