In mid-July, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told a news briefing: “Recently, certain people, talking about the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, have been exaggerating and giving prominence to the so-called ‘China responsibility theory.’” (…
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China, ASEAN Approve Draft South China Sea Code of Conduct
Xinhua news agency is reporting that China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries have approved a draft Code of Conduct common for the South China Sea. The code of conduct will replace…
The Latest: US tells China to fully execute NKorea sanctions
(all times local): 2:35 p.m. The United States says it will be watching China closely to ensure it fully and continuously implements new U.N. sanctions on North Korea. Susan Thornton is the top U.S. diplomat…
Asean, China adopt S.China Sea ‘code of conduct’ framework
But China, which claims virtually the entire South China Sea, is unlikely to allow the negotiations to move in that direction. A two-page document obtained by Kyodo News shows the framework contains a provision which…
US and China pressure North Korea after sanctions vote
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his North Korean counterpart … by President Donald Trump’s national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who told MSNBC news that the US leader was reviewing plans for a “preventive war”.…
Beijing reaches out to young Taiwanese with summertime sweeteners
Beijing is actively reaching out to younger Taiwanese this summer after giving up on top-level contacts with the island’s administration. With Taiwanese still enjoying freedom of movement despite strained cross-strait relations, local authorities on the…
ASEAN foreign ministers endorse framework of South China Sea code of conduct
A Chinese Coast Guard ship (R) using a water cannon to attack a Vietnamese Fisheries Surveillance boat near the site of a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters of the South China Sea in 2014.…
Full-scale India-China war likely soon, Washington will back New Delhi: Meghnad Desai
Desai’s comments came in an interview this week that he gave to news agency IANS’s Saket Sharma. “Even today, nobody is contemplating that the whole Doklam thing could break anytime. We could be in a…
China Could Launch Attack on India Within 2 Weeks
Beijing—China is planning a “small scale military operation … If you have noticed we haven’t put up a paywall unlike many news organisations, – as we want to keep our journalism open. We believe journalism…
May Carry Out ‘Small Scale Military Operation’ To Expel Indian Troops From Doklam: China’s Mouthpiece
An article published in China’s Global Times said, “PM Modi should be aware of the PLA’s overwhelming firepower and logistics. Indian border troops are no rival to PLA field forces. The Modi government’s hardline stance…
China’s and Russia’s stealth fighters don’t stand a chance against the F-35 and F-22
“As we see Russia bring on stealth fighters and we see China bring on stealth fighters, we have 40 years of learning how to do this,” retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Barrett told Defense…
When China’s Mao Zedong wanted to crush Jawaharlal Nehru alleging Indian interference in Tibet
Nikita Khrushchev: That the centre knew nothing about the incident is news to me. Like China is sounding obstinate today, in the ongoing Doklam standoff, it was the same behaviour on display even then. They…
Navy Identifies Stethem Sailor Missing in South China Sea
The Navy has identified Lt. Steven D. Hopkins as the USS Stethem sailor who was reported overboard from the guided-missile destroyer in the South China Sea on Aug. 1. On Friday, the Navy announced it…
