Control of Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka would provide military advantages, including vital logistics support for China's naval deployments in the Indian Ocean.
An alignment of Beijing, Moscow, and Pyongyang could escalate tensions in Northeast Asia to a tipping point, ushering in an era of Cold War bloc politics.
Its hypocrisy over the Fukushima water release is an example of how China uses a colossal information warfare network to advance its technology-enabled tyranny.
Confucius Institutes, of which there are 14 in Japan, target academic freedom and intellectual property in the garb of enhancing "Chinese culture and history."
Wang Yi is trying to divide the West's Asian allies in racially charged speech. The real clash, however, is between free democracies and revisionist states.
Having received massive ODA from Japan, China turned its growth story into a coercive economic arm-twisting policy instead of fostering stability in Asia.
The CCP runs China's foreign policy — the new Foreign Relations Law ensures that from being an all-pervasive, unwritten understanding, it is now a hard law.
According to reports, China could be pursuing a politico-military advantage in Tibet to enhance its capacity for swift military deployment in border regions.
By rejecting the proposal, Cambodia hampers ASEAN maritime security unity, aiding China in influencing member states for its regional agenda.
After granting huge loans to poorer countries in dire need of developmental funds, China offers to relax loan terms in exchange for "strategic concessions."
France has rejected a proposal for a NATO liaison office in Japan. But is it setting a good example as a G7 democracy and one of...
The African Union, as a collective, needs to tread cautiously while dealing with China and its clasping economic, political, and military/security influence.
