https://www.scmp.com/rss/519163/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Donald Trump says he is imposing universal tariffs, he really means it. The US president is not just targeting most trading partners of the United States, which are by and large nations and economies made up of humans. He is, as confirmed by the White House, also going after territories full of penguins, seals, seabirds, crustaceans or other wildlife, but with few or no humans. There may be ecology but no economy to speak of. Seriously, I am not making this up. Call those poor animals... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3305266/donald-trumps-tariff-madness-targets-not-only-allies-animals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3305266/donald-trumps-tariff-madness-targets-not-only-allies-animals?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:00:09 +0000 An Australian MH-60R Seahawk helicopter was 8,535km from home and flew close to China’s northeastern coasts. So a Chinese warplane shot flares to warn it off. Suppose a Chinese military aircraft flew 8,535km to loiter off Australia’s northern coastlines, how would you think the Australian military, or for that matter, American military stationed in the vicinity, would respond? So far, the patriotic hand-wringing of the Australian media and political class has been over the top. It would have... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3262197/playing-defence-mini-me-us-will-cost-australia-dearly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/article/3262197/playing-defence-mini-me-us-will-cost-australia-dearly?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 10 May 2024 13:00:16 +0000 There are many straits and passages with unfamiliar names across the Indo-Pacific. Some are potential flashpoints in the event of a regional war. The Taiwan Strait is the best known. Others are more obscure but nevertheless strategically important for military access and supply as well as hi-tech spying such as penetrating undersea internet cables. That’s why the United States has been busy fortifying what some Pentagon strategists have called the first, second and even third island chains of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243795/how-western-allies-subvert-international-law-and-norms-contain-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3243795/how-western-allies-subvert-international-law-and-norms-contain-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Dec 2023 13:00:09 +0000