Japan, India issue a joint statement on South China Sea tensions
Feeling common threats from China, leaders of the two major free nations in Asia, India and Japan, issued a first-ever joint statement. (FULL STORY) (more…)
U.S. sends Taiwan more Black Hawks on eve of new weapons sale
With President Barack Obama’s announcement of another major sale of U.S. weapons to Taiwan, more pre-ordered U.S. Black Hawk military helicopters have been delivered to the Taiwanese government. (FULL (more…)
The U.S. pressured Taiwan’s Ma on visit to South China Sea island
Fearful of offending China, the Obama administration pressed Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou to scrap his announced plan to visit the island of Itu Aba, also known as the Taiping (more…)
In first, ROK Navy fires warning shots at intruding Chinese vessel
The increasingly cozy bilateral relationship between China and South Korea only added shock value to an unusually hostile incident on the high seas involving the South Korean Navy and (more…)
Singapore allows U.S. to deploy P-8s to patrol South China Sea
To beef up America’s military deployment in the South China Sea, the Pentagon announced on Dec. 7 that the U.S. Navy will deploy within the week the P-8 Poseidon (more…)
Manila imports fighter jets first time in 4 decades
For the first time in nearly four decades, the Philippine Air Force received fighter jets from a foreign country, as two South Korean-made planes were delivered to Manila on (more…)
China, Taiwan swap captured spies signaling leaders’ close ties
To further illustrate the warming relationship between Supreme Leader Xi Jinping of China and President Ma Ying-jeou of Taiwan, who held a historic meeting in Singapore last month, Beijing (more…)
UN Sec. Gen. Ban’s plans for trip to North Korea remain a mystery
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been planning to visit North Korea, and various international news organizations have been mystified by the on-again-off-again reports of a visit. (FULL (more…)
China’s PLA ordered to cease profit-seeking projects – again
China’s Communist Party has decided that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army is too involved in commercial activities and has ordered all military units to stop all profit-seeking projects. (FULL (more…)