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Desiree Sison | Apr 10, 2016 07:53 AM EDT
China and Pakistan's air forces jointly began training exercises on Saturday as the militaries of the two countries strengthen their operational ties, the Chinese defense ministry said on its website. read more
Desiree Sison | Apr 09, 2016 07:04 AM EDT
Asian countries are seeking military help from the United States to protect their interests in the region, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Friday. read more
Girish Shetti | Apr 08, 2016 06:17 PM EDT
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi revealed on Friday that Beijing wants the upcoming G20 Summit to focus on economic issues and not territorial disputes. Experts have intepreted this as a veiled warning to the international community not to raise the South China Sea issue at the high profile summit. read more
Girish Shetti | Apr 08, 2016 09:50 AM EDT
In a new development in the South China Sea dispute, Vietnam on Thursday demanded that China removes its oil exploration rig near the Paracel Islands until both countries negotiate on an agreeable demarcation line. read more
Desiree Sison | Apr 08, 2016 07:30 AM EDT
US President Barack Obama has issued a gag order on the military leadership over China's aggressive posturing in the South China Sea saying Washington's ongoing negotiations with Beijing on a wide range of issues are being hampered by heated rhetoric from military officials. read more
Girish Shetti | Apr 07, 2016 08:25 AM EDT
China has requested all nations taking part in this year's G20 summit to submit lists of suspected terrorist organizations as a measure to prevent possible terrorist attacks on the gathering. read more
Desiree Sison | Apr 06, 2016 06:51 AM EDT
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said that Beijing will seek to enhance and improve relations with Myanmar's new government as he paid a courtesy call to his counterpart, foreign minister Aung San Suu Kyi, on Tuesday in the nation's capital Naypyidaw. read more
Girish Shetti | Apr 06, 2016 06:57 AM EDT
China has started operation of a newly built lighthouse on Subi Reef, one of the many artificial islands constructed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea region. read more
Jenia Cane | Apr 05, 2016 11:51 PM EDT
The Chinese legal system is undergoing a streamlining process, a development that will make it easier to file cases against government agencies that do now follow the rule of law. read more
Anshu Shrivastava | Apr 05, 2016 03:33 PM EDT
China and the U.K. continue to engage with each other as they seek closer ties. Beijing believes that the British royal family can play a pivotal role in bringing the people of both the countries closer. read more
Desiree Sison | Apr 05, 2016 07:04 AM EDT
Representatives of Japan and China are set to meet on Tuesday in Tokyo to discuss ways to stop North Korea's development of missile systems and its nuclear programme, according to Japan's foreign ministry. read more
Desiree Sison | Apr 04, 2016 08:00 AM EDT
President Xi Jinping and US President Barack Obama met at the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Thursday. The meeting is believed to have somehow eased the growing tensions between the two countries over the disputed South China Sea. read more
Iesha javed | Apr 04, 2016 07:53 AM EDT
Quang is already a familiar face in the Vietnam political circle as he has served among Police top brass and has been the Minister of Public Security since 2011. His area of expertise being internal security and curbing uprisings against the regime to ensure national stability. read more
Desiree Sison | Mar 31, 2016 12:38 PM EDT
Amid raging disputes between China and the claimant states in the South China Sea, Washington has told Beijing that it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the disputed waters and it would view any attempts to create one as "destablizing." read more
Desiree Sison | Mar 30, 2016 08:07 AM EDT
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Czech Republic President Milos Zeman have signed multiple cooperation agreements, one of which is aimed at strengthening the strategic partnership between both nations by boosting economic ties and increasing investment. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
