Adm. John Aquilino, the commander of US Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress Tuesday that the US must be ready to "fight and win" a war against China over Taiwan. "I'm responsible [for finding a way] to prevent this conflict today and -- if deterrence were to fail --...
The House's new panel on China will be war gaming a Chinese invasion of Taiwan to explore ways the US can respond in the latest example of the US government preparing for a future conflict with Beijing. Axios reported that on Wednesday evening, members of the China...
The White House is preparing to take unprecedented action to limit US investments in China's tech sector, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. The action would come in the form of an executive order signed by President Biden that would require American companies to notify...
French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking China's help to figure out a way to bring Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The report cited unnamed people familiar with the plan who said Macron tasked his diplomatic advisor,...
On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of the G7 nations vowed to increase sanctions on Russia and issued a scathing statement against Beijing after three days of talks in Japan. The foreign ministers of the US, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan said in a...
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in China on Saturday that the US should stop "encouraging" the war in Ukraine and seek peace instead. "The United States needs to stop encouraging war and start talking about peace. The European Union needs to start...
The US sent a warship through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, a few days after China concluded live-fire exercises in the area in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the...
French President Emmanuel Macron is standing by his comments about how Europe shouldn't follow the US into a confrontation with China over Taiwan despite the backlash the remarks have drawn. "This is something the president stands by entirely," a French diplomat told...
A US Navy warship on Monday sailed within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese-controlled reef in the South China Sea, drawing protest from Beijing. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet said the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius sailed near Mischief Reef, a Chinese-controlled...
China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Monday declared an end to three days of major military exercises it held around Taiwan in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. The drills included live-fire...
