Geopolitics
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday joined hands to tackle the territorial claims that China makes on the nearby waters, media reports said on Wednesday. more
China is growing influence on Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Beijing/Kabul: China is currently working to manage Afghanistan's foreign relations in a bid to help the Taliban-ruled country to escape its current state of isolation on the world st ...

NATO expansion into Asia undermines peace and stability in region, warns China

Beijing: China has warned that NATO's ''continued incursion'' into the East Asia-Pacific and its ''interference'' in internal affairs will ''in ...

Japan strengthens diplomacy to avoid 'losing' Global South to China

Tokyo: With the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima just a month away, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is all set to embark on a multi-country trip in a bid to compete against China ...

China 'hopes and believes' Germany will support its 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan

Beijing: Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, in a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry on Saturday, said China "hopes and believes" that Germany will support its “ ...

Beijing ‘advises’ Philippines to ‘unequivocally oppose’ independence of Taiwan

Beijing: China has “advised” the Philippines to oppose the independence of Taiwan instead of offering the United States access to its military facilities near the Taiwan strai ...

Red Lantern Analytica alerts Bhutan that siding with China will cost it huge losses like Sri Lanka and Pakistan

New Delhi: Red Lantern Analytica, a New Delhi-based international affairs observer group, has released a statement alerting Bhutan that sliding with China will cost it huge losses like Sr ...

USD 842 bn budget proposal for US defence driven by competition with China: US Secretary of Defence

Washington, D.C.: The United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III said that the USD 842 billion budget proposal for the fiscal year 2024 for the US Department of Defence is a st ...

Taiwan displays growing clout with its top diplomat's United States visit

Taipei: With the first publicized visit of the Taiwanese foreign minister to Washington since the United States switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, Taiwan has ...

Germany decides to reevaluate relationship with China, Beijing irked

Munich: Germany has decided to reevaluate its relationship with China after the outcome of the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and on numerous issues including ...