US lawmaker calls for end of double taxation for Taiwan
“The US should be disincentivising investment from Communist China while encouraging investment from democratic Taiwan, not the other way around”, he said.
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Australia to buy five US nuclear submarines in ambitious new pact
As Biden stressed, Australia, which joined a newly formed alliance known as Aukus with Washington and London 18 months ago, will not be getting nuclear weapons.
A ‘Balikatan’ first: Philippine-US drills to sink boat in West Philippine Sea
The US Army will also hold its first Patriot missile air-defence exercise in the country as part of a coastal defence live-fire exercise.
South Korea-US kick off longest running ‘freedom shield’ military exercise amid North Korean missile threats
The Freedom Shield exercise covers every stage of war on the Korean Peninsula, including crisis management, transition to war and defending the peninsula from North Korean…
Xi’s direct rebuke of US signals that China is braced for rockier relations
After 10 years in power, Mr Xi has not turned out to be the liberal his late father was, dashing US expectations that decades of engagement would turn China into a liberal…
China, US need cooperation, not conflict: Premier Li
Premier Li Qiang also noted that two-way trade between the two countries rose to a record high of nearly US$760 billion in 2022, citing statistics from the Chinese side.
US-Philippines kick off biggest joint drills till date, using lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
About 3,000 soldiers from the Philippine Army and the US Army Pacific are taking part in the annual exercise, which was first held in 2014.
Eyeing China, Biden and allies unveil nuclear-powered submarine plan for Australia
Under the deal, the United States intends to sell Australia three US Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines in the early 2030s.
Has the US run out of options with North Korea?
Over the years, Washington has tried various approaches, including grand bargains. The Biden administration looks to have calculated that it could live with a stable but scary…
Australia, US, Britain leaders to meet, submarine deal expected
The last update two years ago was billed as the most comprehensive since the Cold War era, and crafted as London recalibrated its post-Brexit foreign policy.