South China Sea

Australia & Oceania 09/21/21, 02:42

A submarine deal between the United States, Britain, and Australia offended a French official so deeply he called off a high-level military meeting. Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly canceled his bilateral meeting with British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The pair was supposed to discuss the two-day Franco-British Council with defence chiefs ...

U.S. 08/24/21, 16:04

Vice President Kamala Harris accused Beijing of using coercion and intimidation to support illegal claims in the South China Sea on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Harris criticized the Chinese regime during a trip to Southeast Asia, which she described as crucial to U.S. security. Harris' seven-day journey to Singapore and Vietnam, only ...

Asia & Pacific 07/20/21, 17:46

In a show of support for its allies, the UK Defense Secretary announced plans to send warships to the South China Sea region permanently. They will have to sail in international waters that the Chinese communist regime claims as its own. According to Daily Mail, Ben Wallace, British Defense Secretary, confirmed ...

U.S. 07/16/21, 17:13

The United States is discharging more than 20 F-22 fighter jets from Hawaii and Alaska to the Western Pacific amid growing tensions with China, said Pacific Air Forces in Hawaii on Monday, July 12.  Nearly 25 F-22 Raptors will relocate to Guam and Tinian islands in the Northern Mariana Islands of ...

U.S. 07/12/21, 16:38

Joe Biden's administration will reject Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea, and continue to back Philippine defense. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the declaration on July 11, ahead of the fifth anniversary of a ruling by an independent arbitration tribunal. That ruling supports the Philippines's claim against Chinese ...

World 06/05/21, 18:00

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia has once again caused a stir for its left-leaning bias. However, this time, it went too far, as it attributed to the Chinese regime a sea that does not belong to it. The issue surfaced in a discussion on the Wikipedia Reddit community when a user shared ...

U.S. 01/14/21, 10:56

In a rare action the Trump administration declassified documents containing the strategy to defeat the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in its claims to dominate the important western Pacific region, with the goal of achieving "a free and open Indo-Pacific," they said from Washington. The basic objectives of the strategy are to ...

U.S. 08/29/20, 15:24

After the United States disapproved of the provocations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, which raised tensions over the South China Sea after it fired ballistic missiles, Beijing responded to the United States by claiming that it was a "troublemaker." As Express UK indicated, during military exercises carried out in the ...

Politics 08/29/20, 14:59

According to the U.S. Department of Defense, Secretary Mark Esper received Japanese Defense Minister Taro Kono today to reaffirm the strength of the U.S.-Japanese alliance and to discuss ways to deepen and expand bilateral defense cooperation. Esper and Kono exchanged views and reaffirmed their shared position of a free and open ...

U.S. 08/24/20, 17:14

The military pressure exerted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on the South China Sea and the countries in the middle of the territorial dispute is intensifying. The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to these threats by warning the CCP not to underestimate its defense capabilities. Through a video, Taiwan ...

U.S. 08/15/20, 12:29

This week, several sources reported that Chinese pilots and officers were ordered to act moderately toward U.S. planes and warships in and over the waters of the South China Sea, raising concerns about the position of both countries regarding the tensions in that area. As Newsweek reported, in July two U.S. ...

Politics 08/07/20, 13:59

In a recent telephone conversation between U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and CCP Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, the Chinese Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) activity in the South China Sea near Taiwan was described by Esper as "destabilizing," according to Reuters. "Secretary Esper also communicated the importance that the PRC (People’s Republic ...

Australia & Oceania 07/25/20, 15:42

On Thursday, July 23, Australia declared before the United Nations that there is "no legal basis" for the territorial and maritime claims made by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the South China Sea, thus aligning itself with the position of the United States. "Australia rejects China’s [the CCP's] claim to ...

U.S. 07/22/20, 12:57

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper reaffirmed the purposes of the U.S. naval force in the South China Sea, saying it was "not going to be stopped by anyone" in relation to the pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that threatens stability in the region. Esper asserted that the CCP continued ...

U.S. 07/15/20, 17:44

The Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed Washington's rejection of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims to the South China Sea. According to a Taiwan News press conference, the Taiwanese government accepted the U.S. position on the South China Sea and expressed interest in being included in a multilateral dispute resolution ...

2022 Campaign 07/15/20, 01:26

President Trump has signed into law an executive order that will impose sanctions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials involved in the suppression of Hong Kong people. He has also signed legislation that will put an end to preferential U.S. treatment for Hong Kong, as tensions between the United states ...

Washington 07/15/20, 00:40

In its annual defense review for 2020, Japan makes strong accusations against the Chinese regime for mishandling the outbreak of the CCP Virus (Chinese Communist Party Virus) and for taking advantage of the global chaos to advance its territorial claims. Japan published last Tuesday its annual defense review, known as "white ...

U.S. 07/14/20, 09:13

The numerous incursions of the Chinese Communist party (CCP) into the South China Sea, without any legal basis, infringe on the sovereignty of several countries in the region, to the extent that the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, spread the word the claim was illegal. "Beijing’s claims to offshore resources ...

U.S. 07/07/20, 20:31

The U.S. Navy said the carriers—USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan—are conducting exercises in the region to "support a free and open Indo-Pacific, according to a Daily Mail. Analysts said the U.S. show of power was in response to recent threats the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) made through one of the ...

U.S. 07/04/20, 18:33

The conflict between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is growing, following a U.S. military exercises in the South China Sea. The South China Sea is a marginal sea in the Pacific Ocean, stretching from Singapore to the Taiwan Strait, the islands of Borneo, and the Philippine archipelago. ...