The poorly constructed Pokhara airport, which has engulfed Nepal in massive debt, illustrates the risks of importing China's infrastructure-at-any-cost model.
The Japan-Italy talks focused on global and regional security issues and their joint development with the UK of a next-generation fighter aircraft.
Restoring the power balance in Asia is key as the geographical pivot to the Indo-Pacific and Western Pacific is reframed around containing Chinese expansionism.
In a rousing speech, Frank Hsieh warned that China's invasion of Taiwan would be a major defeat for democracy and cause irreparable harm to the global...
China did little on its BRI pledges to Manila but the immediate provocation was its aggressive attacks near the Second Thomas Shoal in the Philippines EEZ.
With 20% of its coast controlled by a Chinese firm and a key naval base renovated with Chinese funds, Cambodia has become Beijing's chief regional extension.
Like Japan, the Philippines is part of the "first island chain" and strategic terrain for defending the region's small democratic bloc from an aggressive China.
"Right now, there are changes, the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years, and let's drive these changes together"— CCP leader Xi to Russia's...
The rise of the renminbi will only give China more power to control the financial transactions of other countries and meddle in their economic sovereignty.
The move comes as China and Russia seek to turn the Israel-Hamas war to their advantage, creating dilemmas for Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The white paper is all about what China is not. But if China truly embraces this vision instead of hiding its dirty hands behind it, the...