Etiqueta: Asia-Pacific

(Reuters) – The leaders of the United States, Australia and Britain are unveiling plans on Monday to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines, a major step to counter China’s ambitions…

Beijing’s announcement of record defense budget comes at a time of geopolitical tensions in the region. Experts believe China wants to become a naval power. (DW) At the opening of…

In power since 2013, Xi Jinping was unsurprisingly re-elected for a second time to the presidency of China on Friday (10) with a unanimous vote by deputies. It will be…

(RFI) Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized on Tuesday (6) the Western “repression” against China, spurred, he said, by the United States. The leader called on China’s private sector for more…

(AFP) Taiwan will strengthen its military ties with the United States to contain “authoritarian expansionism,” President Tsai Ing-wen announced Tuesday (21), after meeting with U.S. lawmakers visiting the Southeast Asian…

Japan warned China on Wednesday (15) that any violation of its airspace by spy balloons is unacceptable. The Defense Ministry said a new analysis of unidentified flying objects in Japanese…

Nuclear-armed North Korea displayed its missile production capabilities during a nighttime military parade, state media reported on Thursday, showing more intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) than ever before and hinting at…

The United States and Japan agreed Wednesday (11) that their security and defense treaty applies to space, announcing the deployment of a more agile naval unit on allied soil amid…

Facing the growing ambitions of China in the Asia-Pacific region, the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Japan will sign on Wednesday (11), in London, a defense agreement "of…