BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand and China kicked off a joint air force exercise on Sunday, the kingdom's military said, the first such drills in years following a pause forced by Covid-19. This screen grab made from video released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows a Chinese military jet flying...
BEIJING, China -- Dozens of people in China have fallen ill with a new virus that is also found in shrews, a report has said, but there is so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission. The infections were found in China's eastern Shandong and central Henan provinces, affecting 35 people,...
Discussions among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China over the Code of Conduct (COC) in the South China Sea are not yet over. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for ASEAN Affairs Daniel Espiritu gave the update on Thursday as he said matters...
The Department of National Defense (DND) is prepared to repatriate the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos in Taiwan should its tension with China escalate. During the organizational meeting of the Senate Committee on National Defense on Wednesday, DND Officer-In-Charge Jose Faustino said the...
BEIJING, China -- China on Wednesday vowed zero tolerance for "separatist activities" in Taiwan and reaffirmed that it would take the self-ruled island by force if necessary. A man reads a newspaper about China's military exercises encircling Taiwan, along a street in Beijing on August 8, 2022....
The Philippines is committed to address concerns related to the South China Sea ​with​ its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors and other countries from outside the bloc as it asserted again its position over the disputed waters. During the 55th ASEAN Foreign...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Taiwan will hold live-fire military drills this week simulating a defence of the island against a Chinese invasion, officials said Monday, as Beijing carries out fresh exercises around its neighbour. Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's...
The Philippines and the US will probably have more joint military activities in the coming years under the Marcos administration. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez on Monday, August 8, raised this possibility, which could include joint maritime patrols, as he said the US...
BEIJING, China -- China on Sunday shortened its suspension period for inbound international flights carrying Covid-positive passengers, signalling that Beijing could soon ease its strict border controls. general view of Hongqiao International Airport during the sunset, in Shanghai, on August 2,...
BEIJING, China -- Over 80,000 tourists are stranded in a resort city popularly known as "China's Hawaii" after a Covid flare-up led authorities to impose strict travel restrictions. This photo taken on August 1, 2022 shows people using umbrellas as sun shade on a beach amid hot weather in Qingdao,...
BEIJING, China -- China's largest-ever military exercises surrounding Taiwan were drawing to a close on Sunday following a controversial visit last week to the self-ruled island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. This screen grab from a video by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian denounced the comments made by United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on China’s “countermeasures” against the US and Taiwan in the latest round of verbal clashes that underscored the simmering tensions between the two superpowers....
