Category: International Relations

Honduran President Headed to China in First Trip After Ties Established

TEGUCIGALPA—Honduran President Xiomara Castro is set to travel this week to China, her foreign minister said on Monday, the leftist leader’s first visit to the Asian giant after establishing formal diplomatic relations with it in March. Castro’s trip marks the latest step in the two nations’ new relationship, after her government ditched ties with Taiwan…


White House Decries Chinese Military’s ‘Growing Aggressiveness’

The Biden administration is condemning a series of aggressive sea and air intercepts by China’s military, characterizing them as unjustified and unprofessional. A Chinese fighter jet aggressively intercepted a U.S. aircraft over the South China Sea last week. That incident was shortly followed by a similar encounter between U.S. and Chinese warships in the Taiwan…


BC’s Eby Says Asia Trade Mission Aims to Reduce Risks Amid International Unease

British Columbia Premier David Eby says his trade mission to Asia is part of an effort to grow trade and reduce the risks that come with international uncertainties. The premier and his delegation have not visited China, B.C.’s second largest trade partner, during the two-week trip but instead focused on Japan, South Korea and Singapore…


Japan, China Agree on ‘Reliable’ Operation of Military Hotline Amid Tensions

The defense ministers of Japan and China agreed Saturday to ensure the “reliability” of their military hotline operation in order to prevent potential clashes amid rising tensions in the East China Sea. Japan’s Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada met with his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore to discuss…


Dissidents Change Tack, Call on People of Justice to Overthrow the CCP

Dissidents gathering to remember the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the fourth anniversary of Hong Kongers’ resistance have called on the forces of justice, both inside and outside China, to overthrow the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) dictatorship. This is a step away from their previous rallies, which called on the CCP itself to…


UK Moves Ahead With Indo–Pacific Strategy to Contain CCP Threat

The UK has taken a series of measures to reduce the threat posed to Taiwan by the regime in Beijing and its expansionist ambitions in the Asia–Pacific region, with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) an “epoch-defining and systemic challenge.” On March 13, the British government updated its foreign policy document,…


Taiwan and Tuvalu Sign Agreements to Strengthen Technical, Diplomatic Cooperation

Taiwan and the Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu signed cooperation agreements on Friday, with deals focusing on the training of diplomatic personnel, technical cooperation, and mutual criminal justice. The three agreements were signed by the two nations on June 2. The Agreement on Diplomatic Personnel Training and Exchange Cooperation was signed by Taiwan Foreign Minister…


Pentagon Snubbed, China’s Defense Minister Meets With Australian Counterpart

Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles met his Chinese counterpart, Li Shangfu, on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore after Li refused to meet U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Marles confirmed the meeting on Twitter, calling the meeting another “important step” towards stablising the relationship between the two countries. In a speech to…


Harmful to Assume War Is Inevitable: Aussie PM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has warned that assuming that “war is inevitable” is just as harmful as the idea that “conflict is impossible” amid tensions in the Indo-Pacific. “We sometimes hear our region described as a potential ‘theatre’ for conflict,” Albanese said during a major foreign policy speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore…


Albanese Visits Vietnam Amid Frustration Over China

The impact on Australia and Vietnam of China’s approach to the South China Sea and disputed islands is expected to feature in diplomatic talks over the weekend. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make his first visit to Vietnam as leader on June 3, amid concern in Hanoi over Chinese ships operating in its exclusive economic…