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The Ministry of State Security kept a secretive presence for years, but now it is on social media and creating a more high-profile public image. It has every reason to expand its public reach, but it must be more mindful of the potential impact of its daily musings on political and economic matters.
Abuse and constant references to Chinese Communist Party by senator right out of McCarthyite era and reason for world to be wary of America.
Beijing and Washington need each other’s support or cooperation to address key global issues such as securing vital international shipping routes
- Kurt Campbell’s selection for the position reflected the importance of the US-China relationship
- His most recent roles include coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs on the National Security Council
Israel said it was examining Hamas’ response to a plan to halt nearly four months of fighting in Gaza.
The Dutch intelligence agency said it uncovered a Chinese-state-backed attempt to use malware to spy on a computer network that’s used by the country’s armed forces.
The 81-year-old US president confused his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron with France’s long-dead former leader Francois Mitterand, who died in 1996.
New Zealand is sending a small defence team to the Middle East to join an international alliance against Houthi militants targeting civilian ships in the Red Sea.
While the Catholic leaders stood with the Philippines’ fishing folk, they stressed that armed conflict over the hotly-contested sea was not a “moral option”.
Chinese-Australian writer Yang Jun was sentenced to death on Monday, with a two-year suspended execution, after being found guilty of espionage.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Riyadh at the start of his first trip to region since Washington brokered an offer, with Israeli input, for first extended ceasefire of the war.
The UN agency responsible for delivering aid to Palestinian refugees is under fire over accusations by Israel that 12 staff members were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Wu Sike, special envoy for the Middle East from 2009-14, says China can bank on ‘long-standing friendly’ ties to provide strategic support in the region.
China’s commitment to defence or investment ‘comes with a high cost’, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma said in Australia, calling on Papua New Guinea to choose arrangements with ‘countries that play by the rules’.
Proposal would pause fighting for an initial six weeks as Hamas frees hostages seized on October 7 in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, according to a Hamas source.
A South Korean minister warned Russia’s decision to criticise President Yoon Suk-yeol’s Pyongyang policy was corrosive to bilateral relations.
The island nation has been struggling with an economic crisis since declaring bankruptcy in April 2022 with more than US$83 billion in debt.
It comes amid an increased number of flare-ups with the Philippines in the hotly contested waterway.
Vietnam also has the ability to isolate maritime issues from bilateral ones, analysts say, ensuring fewer confrontations with China compared to the Philippines.
China Coast Guard says Philippine boat supplied an ‘illegal’ vessel but Manila says it has the right to resupply its troops stationed there.
‘It’s true, every time we talk with our partners, the issue of how we perceive the situations in Gaza and Ukraine appears,’ top EU diplomat Josep Borrell says at EU-Indo Pacific summit in Brussels.
The US, EU and 15 others have suspended funding for the UNRWA over allegations that 13 of its workers took part in the October 7 attack by Hamas.
A top Japanese business delegation has failed to get Beijing to address Tokyo’s concerns such as China’s anti-espionage law and seafood ban.
Mediators presented Hamas with the first concrete proposal for an extended ceasefire, which the militants ‘received positively’ but have not responded to.
Attacks against Palestinian civilians in the area are on the rise amid Israel’s separate military campaign against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
