Asia & Pacific

Experts say now that China is strapped for funds, it is concentrating on investing in more ‘friendly counties’ amid trade war with the West.

‘Despite these historic clashes in Europe and the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific has remained our priority theater of operations,’ says US Secretary of Defense

The US ambassador to China described ‘a battle of ideas’ between democracy and authoritarianism.

The package includes standard ($220 million) and non-standard ($80 million) spare and repair parts for F-16 fighter jets from the U.S. government.

The trans rights activist who poured tomato soup over British women’s rights campaigner Posie Parker in Auckland last year has pled guilty to assault.

Despite a defection of a large number of government MPs to the Opposition, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister survives four botched no confidence motions.

Experts say the move has more political significance for the CCP than any actual effect on the West.

Drones, sophisticated fighter planes, surveillance aircraft, and possibly even a British aircraft carrier will now play a role in joint exercises.

Beijing uses its long arm to stifle people from speaking out about its atrocities.

South Korea is ending a landmark military agreement with North Korea following a campaign of harassment that included refuse-carrying balloons.

The incident is the latest development in a series of confrontations between the two nations in the region.

One expert says it won’t lead to a ‘big diplomatic dispute’ because China is Iran’s largest trading partner.

Human rights defenders keep memories alive of 1989 Tiananmen massacre, in defiance of Chinese regime’s censorship.

France has sent both ballots for the European Union elections and a new armoured vehicle, with tear gas and machine gun capability, to troubled New Caledonia.