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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks at the State Library of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo escalated his criticism of China during a visit to Australia on Sunday, drawing a direct link between what he called one-sided trade deals and China’s ability to strengthen its military. Mr. Pompeo, speaking in the commercial capital Sydney, said, “We were asleep at the switch” as China began to steal data, launch military exercises…
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Prepare for a More Authoritarian China China may be getting richer, but that’s not making it freer.
With the onset of China’s economic reforms in the late 1970s, a widespread belief took hold in the United States and throughout the Western world that establishing robust economic relations with the “new China” would lead to gradual political liberalization. That belief persisted even after the communist government’s June 1989 bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square. Most…
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BREAKING: Duterte to visit China in August for 5th time
President also plans to watch Gilas match for Fiba MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte will once again visit China this August, his fifth trip to the Asian superpower since he assumed office in 2016. “Visit is confirmed [this August] but no exact dates yet,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo told INQUIRER.net in a text message on Sunday. The President, he…
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Sight of warships in South China Sea ‘cause for alarm’
BANGKOK: Asean countries have expressed their concern on the rising tensions caused by the presence of warships in the South China Sea, says Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah. “We should lessen the presence of warships in the disputed waters to ensure peace and stability, safety and freedom of navigation in the South China Sea. “It is a free…
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South China Sea: Worries about bloodbath intensifies as Malaysia confronts Beijing
FEARS tensions in the South China Sea could spill into open war surged after a coalition of Beijing was confronted by a coalition of its neighbours, with the Malaysian Foreign Minister admitting “we are worried”. The warning was delivered the 52nd Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which finished yesterday. Asean is an economic and security partnership involving ten south-east Asian states,…
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South China sea news: Fears of total war ERUPT as Beijing increases water control
SOUTH CHINA SEA have erupted boosting fears of open conflict after Beijing cut a secret deal with Cambodia which could extend their control in the contentious waters. Reports that China cut a deal with Cambodia to use part of a naval base is raising concerns that Beijing could extend its territory in the South China Sea which includes the Malacca…
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Reports of a secret base deal are raising fears that Beijing is boxing in the South China Sea
Reports of a deal between China and Cambodia over a naval base have stoked concerns about Beijing’s ambitions in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean. China and Cambodia have denied the reports, but the news has the US and other countries reevaluating their relationships in the region. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. A report that China…
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DND: China ‘squatting’ in West Philippine Sea
RUNWAY ON ZAMORA REEF Stepping up its militarization of the South China Sea, Beijing has built a 3.1-kilometer runway on Zamora Reef in the Spratly archipelago. Similar runways have also been constructed on two other artificial islands. MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has “position” and “possession” of the West Philippine Sea, and China is merely “squatting” in those waters, the…
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Lorenzana blasts China’s ‘bullying’
Chinese warships were continuing to pass through the Sibutu Strait in Mindanao off the coast of Tawi-Tawi with inactive Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed Tuesday, despite raising his objections to the move through Philippine territory with Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua. Earlier in the day, Lorenzana called Chinese actions in the West Philippine Sea, in particular the…
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Locsin says PHL ‘fired off’ diplomatic protest vs. China ‘swarming’ in West PHL Sea
Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro “Teddy Boy” Locsin Jr. on Wednesday said the Philippines has already filed a diplomatic protest over China’s recent “swarming” activity in the disputed waters. Locsin made the confirmation on his Twitter account, where he retweeted a GMA News tweet about the Philippines’ plan to protest the swarming of 113 Chinese fishing vessels around Pag-asa Island.…
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Philippines protests ‘swarming’ of more than 100 Chinese vessels
President Rodrigo Duterte’s national security adviser reveals that 113 Chinese vessels were spotted near Pag-asa island. The Philippines has “fired off” a diplomatic protest against China, following reports that more than 100 Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in recent days about a Philippine-administered island in the South China Sea. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin made the announcement on social media…
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China’s South China Sea claims ‘younger than my parents’: expert
China’s nine-dash line and related claims are based on British mistakes and its own ignorance and confusion, an expert asserts. The nine-dash line is a relatively new claim based on a line drawn around nonexistent islands on a bad copy of a British-drawn map in 1936, according to Southeast Asia expert Bill Hayton. The infamous “nine-dash line” that China…