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US To Fund and Build a Fast Boat Base for the Philippines on the South China Sea

by Dave DeCamp | Jul 16, 2025

The US will fund and construct a base for fast boats for the Philippine military on the South China Sea amid heightened tensions between Manila and Beijing over disputed rocks and reefs in the area. The base will be built on the west coast of the Philippine island...

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US Pressing Japan and Australia on What They Would Do If the US Goes to War With China Over Taiwan

by Dave DeCamp | Jul 14, 2025

The Pentagon is pressing Japan and Australia to make clear what role they would play if the US goes to war with China over Taiwan, the Financial Times reported over the weekend. The report said that the Pentagon's policy chief, Elbridge Colby, has been pressing the...

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Trump Brags About Threatening To Bomb Moscow and Beijing in Recording From 2024

by Dave DeCamp | Jul 9, 2025

CNN has released audio of President Trump speaking to a private group of donors in 2024 and bragging that he threated to "bomb the Sh*t" out of Moscow and Beijing in conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping if they invaded...

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Hegseth Says US Ready to ‘Fight and Win’ a War With China Over Taiwan

by Dave DeCamp | Jun 1, 2025

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a "Cold War mentality" in response to his remarks about China at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, which included him warning that the US is ready to "fight and win" a war over...

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US Has 500 Troops in Taiwan in Major Challenge to China

by Dave DeCamp | May 26, 2025

A retired US Navy admiral recently revealed that the US has 500 troops in Taiwan, a major challenge to Beijing's red lines related to the island. Ret. Adm. Mark Montgomery made the disclosure at a House hearing on May 15, where he was arguing that the US should send...

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US Fires HIMARS Rockets Into the South China Sea in Drills With the Philippines

by Dave DeCamp | Apr 30, 2025

The US military fired munitions into the South China Sea this week using HIMARS rocket systems amid soaring tensions with China in the region. The live-fire drills occurred on the Philippine island province of Palawan as part of the annual US-Philippine Balikatan...

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Hegseth Orders Pentagon To Focus on Preparing for War With China Over Taiwan

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 30, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth distributed a memo in mid-March ordering the Pentagon to put its focus on preparing for a war with China, a nuclear-armed power, by "assuming risk" in Europe and other parts of the world, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The...

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US Releases $870 Million in Military Aid for Taiwan, Angering China

by Dave DeCamp | Mar 2, 2025

The US has quietly released $870 million in funding for military aid to Taiwan after it was briefly paused during the Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid. Reuters first reported on February 21 that the US released the military aid for Taiwan as part of $5.3...

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Trump Declines To Say Whether the US Would Defend Taiwan If China Attacked

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 27, 2025

President Trump on Wednesday declined to say whether or not the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked the island. The president was asked if he would make it his policy to ensure "China never takes Taiwan by force" and replied, "I never comment on that. I don’t...

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China Says Trump Admin’s Change To US Fact Sheet on Taiwan Damages Relations

by Dave DeCamp | Feb 17, 2025

On Monday, China reacted strongly to the US State Department removing a line from its fact sheet on Taiwan that said the US "does not support Taiwan independence," saying the move damages US-China relations. "History cannot be tampered with, facts cannot be denied,...

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