Indonesia's President Joko Widodo took over the chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday and vowed not to let the region turn into a proxy between two powers, referencing the growing tensions between the US and China. "ASEAN...
They are expected to discuss Taiwan
Chinese warplane activity near Taiwan hit a three-month high on Monday as a British minister visited the island, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Monday that 62 of China's People's Liberation Army's warplanes were detected in the...
The US and Taiwan kicked off two days of talks in New York on Tuesday aimed at reaching a new pact to deepen trade and economic cooperation despite strong objections from Beijing. The initiative was first agreed on in June, and the planned talks were announced back in...
The commander that oversees US nuclear forces delivered an ominous warning at a naval conference last week by calling the war in Ukraine a "warmup" for the "big one" that is to come. "This Ukraine crisis that we're in right now, this is just the warmup," said Navy...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on other claimants to the South China Sea to "jointly resist" US pressure in the region, The South China Morning Post reported on Thursday. China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, and Malaysia all have overlapping...
Australia's ABC News has reported that the US is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Australia in a provocative move aimed at China. The US will build facilities for the B-52 bombers at the Tindal air base, which is just south of the northern...
The Pentagon on Thursday released its 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS), which names China as the "most comprehensive and serious challenge to US national security strategy" even as the US is spending tens of billions on a proxy war with Russia. The NDS was first...
China on Thursday responded to a US call for the resumption of military communication channels that Beijing suspended in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visiting Taiwan in August. Tan Kefei, a spokesman for the Chinese Defense Ministry, said that the US...
Navy has a ‘fight tonight’ posture
