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Chinese Colonel Confronts U.S. Defense Secretary About Whether Washington Plans to Build a “NATO-like Alliance” in Asia

Chinese concerns about the U.S.' vast alliance network in the Asia-Pacific region were on full display at this weekend's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Chinese military officers at the event appeared convinced that the United States plans to establish a "NATO-like ...

Mounting Concern in India About Chinese Deployment of Stealth J-20 Fighter Jets Near the Border in Tibet

Newly released commercial satellite photos of a People's Liberation Army-Air Force (PLAAF) base in Tibet is prompting alarm in India over the deployment of a fleet of advanced fighter jets and communications aircraft. The photos were taken on May 27th at ...

Philippine Soldiers Point Weapons at China Coast Guard Patrol, Claims Chinese State Media

Chinese state media published a video on Sunday that purportedly shows at least two Filipino soldiers pointing weapons towards the crew of China Coast Guard patrol that approached the decrepit World War II-era warship ground on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea.

Lots of Happy Talk, Not so Much Substance at Recent China-Arab Summit, Says Leading Scholar

The 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) closed late last week with the adoption of the "Beijing Declaration along with a two-year "execution plan" that runs through 2026. While there was a lot of ceremony surrounding the announcement ...

U.S., China, Indonesia’s Nickel Gridlock: A Perspective From Below

“Without Indonesia’s nickel, have no future in America,” declared Indonesia’s coordinating minister of maritime and investment affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan in Foreign Policy last month. A bold statement from Indonesia’s top minister. He blasted Washington’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for ...

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...