China
Taiwan says it will respect Honduras vote outcome, warns again on China
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will respect the outcome of the Honduras election but the country should be aware of getting sucked in by China's "false" promises, the foreign ministry said…
U.S. warship again transits sensitive Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI (Reuters) - A U.S. warship again sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, part of what the U.S. military calls routine activity but which always riles China whose…
African Nations Mend and Make Do as China Reduces Funding for BRI
Deep in Kenya's Great Rift Valley, members of the National Youth Service tirelessly swing machetes to clear dense shrubs obscuring railway tracks more than a century old. It's a distinctly…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Aging China outlines plan to improve elderly care services
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is urging some local governments to embark on pilot programmes next year to improve medical and care services for the elderly, with the goal of rolling…
Indonesia’s defence minister says ‘understands, respects’ AUKUS pact
By Kate Lamb (Reuters) - Indonesia's defence minister has said his country understands the reasons behind the United States, Australia and Britain establishing the AUKUS security agreement, though at a…
Philippines’ Duterte tells summit he ‘abhors’ maritime incident involving China
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday told a regional summit hosted by Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he "abhors" a recent altercation with Chinese ships in the…
Myanmar junta chief to be absent from China-ASEAN leader summit -sources
(Reuters) - Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing is not attending a virtual China-ASEAN leaders' summit on Monday, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting. The sources, from…
Philippines set to resume resupply mission to South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' defence chief said on Sunday a military resupply mission for the country's troops stationed on an atoll in the South China Sea will resume this…
Japan’s foreign minister says China invited him for visit
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Sunday he has been invited to visit China. Hayashi said in an interview on Fuji TV that…
Tackling Chinese Technological Advantage
"China has won the artificial intelligence battle with the United States and is heading towards global dominance because of its technological advances”. When the Pentagon’s former software chief Nick Chaillan…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)
UK considering diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics in Beijing: The Times
(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year in protest at China's record on human rights, the Times…
U.S. and Taiwan to hold second round of economic dialogue next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Taiwan next week will hold a second session of an economic dialogue launched last year in the face of increasing pressure on the…
