Chinese nuclear sub slips into the Indian Ocean in a show of force
A Chinese nuclear powered attack submarine was spotted on June 25 in the waters of the narrow Strait of the Malacca near Indonesia. The Chinese sub is a Type (more…)
South Korea’s president announces much-delayed visit to Japan
For the first time since her ascendance to presidency, President Park Geun-Hye of South Korea will finally pay a visit to Japan later this year, confirmed South Korean presidential (more…)
U.S. warns Xi: Unless China reigns in Kim, Japan may go nuclear
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden has sternly warned Xi Jinping, China’s president, that Beijing’s continued failure to pressure Pyongyang to end its dangerous nuclear program would leave Japan no (more…)
Japan’s PM called emergency session after N. Korean missile tests
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan called a midnight emergency meeting on June 22, 2016 to discuss urgent anti-missile and interception plans in the aftermath of North Korea’s two (more…)
Polls boost new Taiwan leader’s bid for international recognition
An overwhelming majority, or 85 percent, of Taiwanese would like the island democracy to rejoin the United Nations. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Forced to host summit with its neighbors, Beijing loses face yet again
After the United States and Russia have hosted separate solidarity summits with the ASEAN leaders on the crisis in the South China Sea, the Chinese communist government has been (more…)
China spy ships aggressively shadow U.S.-Japan-India exercise
When an unprecedented trilateral naval drill involving the U.S., Japan and India began on June 10, the Chinese navy’s spy ships responded by aggressively shadowing the participating naval vessels (more…)
China warships near Senkakus, U.S. and Japan coordinate response
Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani met with Admiral Scott Swift, commander of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet which headquartered in Yokosuka, Japan, on June 14. (FULL STORY) (more…)
Pentagon gives China a red-line on militarizing the South China Sea
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told the Chinese defense delegation in Singapore that the U.S. will take appropriate action if China crosses the red line, i.e. further reclamation (more…)