Washington demands Tokyo pay more for U.S. troops in Japan
Japan is said to be proposing to increase the budget in areas that contribute to Japan’s security, such as improving the training environment for U.S. forces in Japan
Geopolitics
Japan envoy pulls out of US news conference over islet dispute with S. Korea
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman was left to answer questions on her own in the absence of South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun and Japanese Vice…
Hong Kong lashes out at US government’s report on National Security Law
In a statement, the HKSAR govt said it strongly opposed the report released by the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Tougher U.S. stance on Taiwan urged by Congressional advisory body
Urgent measures are needed to strengthen the credibility of U.S. military deterrence of any potential Chinese aggression against Taiwan, the advisory body said
China, US to ease restrictions on each other’s journalists
The agreement represents a degree of progress on an issue that has long aggravated relations
Sino-US tensions over Taiwan could result in regrettable ‘mishap’, says PM Lee Hsien Loong
Things as they stand now warrant concern, he told the Bloomberg New Economy Forum
China to deepen relations with Israel
President Xi Jinping proposed cooperation in areas such as science, technology, agriculture and healthcare, culture, education, tourism and sports
Sino-US talks ‘good signal for world’, say experts
US-China should move on from the past to focus on the future, they said
Biden sparks fresh confusion over US policy towards Taiwan
Taiwan "makes its own decisions," and that the self-governing island is "independent", he told reporters in New Hampshire
Australia to protect critical technologies, in challenge to China
The top nine technologies on a list of 63 include quantum technologies that apply quantum physics to access, transmit and process vast quantities of information