Visuals released over the years in China are seen as inspiring the army to care more about fighting Taiwan, a rival since the 1940s.
A growing network of crisis-defusing telephone hotlines between China and other Asian countries shows Beijing’s intent to strengthen those relations but does not resolve the wider disputes that could spark conflict, analysts believe.
China is showing new interest in working with Southeast Asian countries in the disputed resource-rich South China Sea as its superpower rival, the United States, gains diplomatic momentum under President Joe Biden, analysts in Asia say.
Other countries have their own human rights issues and their organization, ASEAN, is not set up to tackle anyone’s domestic politics.
Manila had protested mooring of Chinese boats at disputed South China Sea reef.
This month alone China parked a rover on Mars and let debris from a rocket fall into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives; analysts say the People’s Liberation Army is keeping up with the nation’s space developments.
The state-run Xinhua News Agency in Beijing said Vietnam will never 'follow other countries in opposing China'.
The island had gone more than 200 days last year without a local coronavirus case, In the past week it has reported nearly 1,000.
A government-run Chinese maritime institute says 46,000 to 70,000 fishing personnel in Vietnam have been trained to do maritime military duties.
Updates to China’s Maritime Traffic Safety Law allows stopping foreign-registered vessels that enter Chinese-claimed waters, including seas claimed by other countries.
Health officials say 26 people have been infected in cluster that apparently began with inbound cargo aircraft pilots and spread into airport hotel.
The navy under the People’s Liberation Army deployed three battle warships last week, State media call the addition “unprecedented” and say it represents the rapid development of the navy.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations issues five-point consensus calling for ‘immediate cessation’ of violence in Myanmar and ‘utmost restraint’ by all parties
Officials from Japan and Thailand have contacted Lao prime minister since he took office March 22. Vietnam has a 10-year plan to help Laos.
The two countries with claims to the disputed sea intend to sign a memorandum of understanding on how to handle Vietnamese fishing boats that enter Malaysian waters.
A Chinese aircraft carrier group entered the South China Sea Saturday, one day after a U.S. carrier group reached the sea with an amphibious-ready mission.
Chinese officials allowed more than 200 fishing boats to moor near an unoccupied reef in the disputed South China Sea, raising fears in other countries that Beijing will take it.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held eight meetings year-to-date with counterparts in Southeast Asian countries.
Company founder Chang Yung-fa, a former ship captain who died in 2016, was known for rigorously enforcing rules to bolster his company, Evergreen Marine Corp.
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