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As the world's two greatest powers jostle for economic influence, what does the future have in store for Asia?
New survey shows Asean member states neither want China to threaten their security, nor the US to undermine their hard-won prosperity.
- Chinese think tank calls for strong response, ‘countermeasures’ after Balikatan exercise sent ‘increasingly dangerous’ signal on Taiwan
- Annual US-Philippines joint combat drill, which ended last week, shifted focus northward towards Taiwan Strait, according to analysis
For the first time in nearly two years, the foreign ministers of China and South Korea have held talks in the shadow of closer Seoul-Washington ties.
Singapore’s incoming prime minister is bracing himself for years of geopolitical unpredictability, as experts warn that heightened US-China tensions don’t leave much room for manoeuvre.
China told Asean officials that the weapons system, which can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles, is a serious threat to regional security and stability,
‘Taiwan Allies Fund’ would encourage nations that ‘lack the economic or political capability to effectively respond’ to retaliation from China.
Singapore’s unwavering stance that is neither “pro-China” nor “pro-US” is a way of insulating itself from internal and external pressures, analysts say.
Manuel Mamba said Chinese minister Sun Weidong conveyed the warning to him in a meeting last year in Beijing.
Emerging alliance expected to undertake more maritime exercises and provide greater security help to the Philippines in its South China Sea claims.
A US law to safeguard its market from products linked to forced labour has not necessarily been effective, a new study using isotope testing suggests.
An island-retaking exercise in the far north of the Philippines appears to be in preparation for hostilities breaking out over Taiwan, observers say.
US defence chief Lloyd Austin said the grouping would look at undertaking more maritime drills, as well as providing greater security assistance to Manila.
Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.
Mohamad Hasan takes a veiled swipe at US-Philippines military cooperation during a meeting with China’s foreign minister in Beijing.
While Philippines was absent from forum, members passed updated Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea, a non-binding multilateral agreement.
Wang Yi vows China will continue to invest more in Cambodian infrastructure and promote production capacity cooperation: foreign ministry.
Next week’s iteration of the annual joint exercise will be the biggest and a clear signal to Beijing, observers say.
Mid-range launcher now in the Philippines is a ‘powerful weapon’ capable of retaliatory strikes on mainland China, analysts say.
Six vessels would participate in the Balikatan exercise that involves a simulation of an armed recapture of an island near the South China Sea.
The Philippine president said the cooperation agreement signed in Washington will change the dynamic in Asean and around the contested waterway.
The relationship between the two Asian giants is already ‘complex and delicate’, despite their intertwined economies.
The US urged greater transparency from Cambodia over the US$1.7 billion project that analysts say could be used to boost China’s military presence in Phnom Penh.
Central to recent run-ins between the two sides are the Scarborough and Second Thomas shoals located inside Manila’s EEZ, but which Beijing claims as its own.
Chinese foreign ministry says China does not compete with other nations in military power and ‘firmly pursues a defensive national defence policy’.
US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the move is not meant ‘for just one contingency,’ but ‘it’s built around the security in the Indo-Pacific’.
