POLITICS
According to a July 21 Reuters report, diplomatic tensions between China and the Philippines escalated sharply after a clash between their personnel at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, known in the Philippines as Ayungin Shoal, prompted the two countries to summon each other's ambassadors. On the same
How China Is Learning From Iran’s Coercive Use of Strategic Waterways
Commentary by Tang Ming-hui, Up Media. The Singapore-flagged container ship Ever Lovely, operated...
China Tests Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile During US-Led RIMPAC Exercise
A nuclear submarine of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy test-fired an intercontinental...
China Deploys Record 110+ Vessels Along First Island Chain as Taiwan Restores Anti-Communist Military
China has deployed more than 110 vessels along the First Island Chain, setting a new record high. According...
Trump Condemns Communism in Speech Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary
As the United States kicked off celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of its founding, President...
Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activist Lam Wing-Kee, Who Fled to Taiwan After Defying Beijing, Dies
Lam Wing-kee, founder of Hong Kong's Causeway Bay Books, recently passed away in Taiwan. The sequence...
After Lam Wing-kee’s Death, Reporters Without Borders Urges Sweden to Free Gui Minhai from China
Eleven years have passed since the Causeway Bay Books incident. Lam Wing-kee, the bookstore's founder...
Taiwan to Open Representative Office in Phoenix, Strengthening Taiwan–US Partnership
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced on July 3 that, as cooperation between Taiwan and...
Russia’s Top Leadership Approved Secret Training Mission to China, Sources Say
Russia secretly sent military personnel to China last year for military training, according to a report...
Courting Beijing, Bangladesh Backs Xi’s ‘Community With a Shared Future’ Slogan
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman met Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday, June 24, during a...