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US-China relations
China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general
America’s top space force official voices concern about Beijing’s growing capabilities, echoing previous warnings about ‘kill chain’.
26 Jun 2025 - 12:42PM
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Nato
Beijing’s ‘massive’ build-up raises threat of Taiwan Strait conflict: Nato chief
24 Jun 2025 - 2:06AM
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United States
Trump’s military parade ends, protest tensions in Los Angeles – as it happened
15 Jun 2025 - 11:56AM
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India-Pakistan tensions
Crypto, China, critical minerals: inside Pakistan army chief’s US visit
South Asian country’s most powerful figure seeks bilateral reset after armed conflict with India and as US concern rises over its China ties.
13 Jun 2025 - 6:52AM
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General Asim Munir, Pakistan’s army chief, prays after laying a wreath during a ceremony in Rawalpindi. Photo: AFP/Pakistan’s Inter Services Public Relations
US-China relations
US military faces ‘readiness crisis’ to modernise as China advances: Pentagon
Top brass eye speeding up integration of manned and unstaffed systems to overcome shortfalls in shipbuilding, other areas.
21 May 2025 - 9:34AM
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Taiwan
Taiwan more likely to face economic warfare from Beijing than invasion: panel
Still, witnesses testifying before influential US House committee urge America to prepare for all scenarios.
16 May 2025 - 6:19AM
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US-China trade war
Trump’s tariffs, China targeting in focus as House lawmakers fret over alliances
US defence officials pledge to deepen cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners while America’s top trade envoy faces pointed questions again.
10 Apr 2025 - 7:26AM
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US President Donald Trump holds an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AP
US-China relations
Western sanctions on China, Russia do little to change their minds: analysts
Punitive measures have neither led Beijing to slow its civilian-military integration nor convinced Moscow to roll back its war on Ukraine.
22 Mar 2025 - 2:26AM
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US-China relations
Trump vows direct talks with Xi, rules out Musk from China strategy
American president makes clear he does not want ‘potential war’ with Beijing as he touts his ‘great relationship’ with Chinese leader.
22 Mar 2025 - 6:58AM
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US-China relations
China’s observatory in Chile in doubt as US raises military concerns
Washington’s unease over ‘low-orbit satellites’ deployment could scuttle US$80 million project for Beijing’s astronomical research institute.
17 Mar 2025 - 12:02AM
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US-China relations
US adds Tencent, CATL to list of Chinese firms said to help Beijing’s military
Chipmaker Changxin Memory Technologies and drone-maker Autel Robotics also included among companies Pentagon says threaten national security.
7 Jan 2025 - 7:53AM
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A man walks past the Tencent headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Photo: AFP
US-China relations
New Chinese fighter jet seen over Chengdu tacitly confirmed by military
Mysterious aircraft bearing triangular tailless design sparks speculation it has cutting-edge stealth and endurance capabilities.
27 Dec 2024 - 7:41PM
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US-China relations
Biden signs Pentagon budget bill that extends sanctions on Hong Kong officials
US National Defence Authorisation Act, annual omnibus bill, also includes extension of China sanctions in Tibet and Uygur legislation.
26 Dec 2024 - 6:58PM
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US-China relations
US lawmaker says China or its citizens could be tied to recent drone sightings
Pentagon and Homeland Security’s claim that no evidence of foreign entity or criminal activity ‘means they don’t know what it is’, he adds.
19 Dec 2024 - 12:13AM
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US-China relations
Trump’s export controls hurting China could rankle US allies: analysts
Sanctions targeting Beijing’s hi-tech progress anticipated as report finds Washington has increasingly used such mechanisms in recent years.
6 Dec 2024 - 5:55AM
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The American and Chinese flags adorn a microchip, symbolic of the sensitivity around semiconductor companies in the US-China tech war. Photo: Shutterstock
US presidential election 2024
Trump’s China policy could pit deal makers against ideologues: analysts
Hardline appointees and nominees may curb his transactional impulses on issues like trade, technology and Taiwan, US-based analysts say.
13 Nov 2024 - 10:03AM
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China’s coastguard
US coastguard eyes China, Russia in making Indo-Pacific a ‘top’ priority
Geostrategic importance and criticality to global trade cited amid ‘active’ cooperation this year between Beijing and Moscow in Arctic Ocean.
26 Oct 2024 - 4:50AM
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Taiwan
Beijing could elaborate law for ‘non-peaceful’ Taiwan reunification
Cautionary remarks by former US envoy, Taipei lawmaker come after PLA unleashes blockade drills over speech by island’s ‘separatist’ leader.
16 Oct 2024 - 7:16AM
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Taiwanese soldiers display the self-governed island’s national flag during Taiwan’s National Day celebration in Taipei on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Taiwan
US urges restraint from mainland China, Taiwan ahead of island leader’s speech
Concern swirls that William Lai Ching-te’s remarks at annual celebration could prompt Beijing to justify taking cross-strait military action.
10 Oct 2024 - 9:24AM
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US-China relations
China quickly outpacing US in preparing for next war, Congress hears
Pentagon’s red tape and its slowness to embrace new technologies leave allies like Britain, Australia, Japan and South Korea in the lurch.
19 Sep 2024 - 6:18AM
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Taiwan
Taiwan getting US$228 million in F-16V fighter jet parts: State Department
Proposed sale said to boost self-governed island’s security and help maintain ‘political stability, military balance and economic progress’.
19 Sep 2024 - 2:01AM
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China’s military
US, Chinese troops taking part in joint ‘Formosa’ exercise in Brazil
Annual training operation staged since 1988 this year draws about 3,000 military personnel from ‘forces of friendly nations’.
10 Sep 2024 - 6:16AM
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The joint military exercise is being staged near the central Brazilian city of Formosa. Photo: Brazilian Navy
US-China relations
Eyeing China, US plans to deploy satellites to track targets by 2030s
Senior Space Force official describes Beijing and Moscow as ‘pacing challenges’ that can ‘target and destroy space systems’ in all orbits.
5 Sep 2024 - 5:55AM
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Taiwan
Pro-Taiwan group says US undercuts island’s ability to defend against Beijing
A Trump administration could adopt a clearer policy towards Taipei sooner and be more open to arms sales than a Democratic one, leader adds.
29 Aug 2024 - 11:05PM
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US-China relations
Biden approved secret nuclear strategy focusing on ‘China threat’: New York Times
The highly classified plan for the first time reorients Washington’s deterrent strategy on China’s expansion of its atomic arsenal.
21 Aug 2024 - 11:21PM
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