China naval power aims at parity with the USAChina is rapidly expanding its naval fleet, surpassing other nations in shipbuilding numbers. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is g...
06 Aug, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation, underscores threat from ChinaJapanese and U.S. defense officials agreed to enhance military cooperation, focusing on upgrading U.S. command and control in Japan and boo...
29 Jul, 2024, 07.35 AM IST
China's 'One Person, One File': Road to digital totalitarianismThe Shanghai authorities have proposed the "One Person, One File" (OPOF) mass surveillance program, which aims to triple the deployment of ...
28 May, 2024, 10.00 PM IST
Dozens of Chinese ships chase Philippine vessels as US renews warning it will defend its treaty allyAt the height of Friday's four-hour faceoff in the high seas, a Chinese coast guard ship blasted a water cannon toward a Philippine motorbo...
11 Nov, 2023, 08.18 PM IST
China to have 1500 nuclear warheads by 2035: Pentagon reportChina is likely to have a stockpile of about 1,500 warheads by 2035, up from the current estimated number of 400, the Pentagon has said. In...
30 Nov, 2022, 10.14 AM IST
US, Japan, S Korea vow unified response to North Korea threatUS President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea on Sunday vowed a unified, coordinated response to North Korea's threatenin...
13 Nov, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
Biden, Xi Jinping hold talks on Taiwan, trade disputeWhile this was Biden's fifth talk with Xi since becoming president a year and a half ago, it's getting hard to mask deepening mistrust betw...
28 Jul, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
Tension on Taiwan, trade hangs over new Biden-Xi phone callWhile this was Biden's fifth talk with Xi since becoming president a year and a half ago, it's getting hard to mask deepening mistrust betw...
28 Jul, 2022, 05.19 PM IST
China constructs mockups of US warships possibly for target practiceSatellite images from China's northwest Xinjiang region appear to show a full-scale outline of a "Ford-class" aircraft carrier currently be...
09 Nov, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
With eye on China, Pentagon chief heads to Southeast AsiaThe United States has put countering China at the heart of its national security policy for years and the Biden administration has called r...
26 Jul, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
Australia says WTO should punish Chinese economic coercionChina effectively ended imports of Australian barley in May 2020 by putting tariffs of more than 80% on the crop, accusing Australia of bre...
09 Jun, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Joe Biden speaks with China's Xi in their first call since U.S. electionIt was also the first call between Xi and a U.S. president since the Chinese leader spoke with former President Donald Trump in March last ...
11 Feb, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
'America is back' - Biden touts muscular foreign policy in first diplomatic speechBiden's speech on Thursday was a full-throated attempt to vanquish those doubts, and convince Americans of the value of a forceful internat...
05 Feb, 2021, 08.06 AM IST
Philippines won't support American directives, to do business with blacklisted Chinese firmsPresidential spokesman Harry Roque said Duterte told Cabinet officials that the US government can enforce its blacklists of Chinese compani...
01 Sep, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
China’s increasing belligerence in South China Sea threatens international peace and regional stabilityThe unilateral action by China to ban fishing in SCS and threat fisherman is bullying tactic, according to experts. The threat by China to ...
27 May, 2020, 02.59 PM IST
Vietnam justified in defending its rights in Vanguard Bank in South China SeaVanguard Bank, the westernmost reef in the resource-rich Spratlys, sits within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, but...
30 Sep, 2019, 10.32 AM IST
US' Asia policy not targeted at China: White HouseWhite House asserted that its Asia policy is not targeted towards China but underlined the need for "peaceful rise" of nations in the regio...
16 Nov, 2012, 02.14 PM IST