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WEEK IN REVIEW: China Defense Minister Dong Jun Faces Corruption Investigation

Singapore's Senior Minister and former Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong began a six-day visit to China on Monday that will include meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The visit, Lee's first since stepping down as PM, is widely seen as an effort to stabilize heightened geopolitical tensions in ...
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[WEEK IN REVIEW] China’s Role in Africa’s Energy Transition and Biden’s Angola Trip

The Sirexe “Salon International des Ressources Extractives et Energetiques”  conference took place this week in the Ivory Coast and brought together ministers, policymakers and corporate leaders from across the continent to discuss Africa's energy transition. ...

Chinese Military Sends ‘Patrols’ Around Contested South China Sea Shoal

Beijing said on Thursday that it was conducting air and naval patrols around a contested shoal in the South China Sea to "resolutely defend" its national sovereignty. The so-called "combat readiness patrols" were to strengthen "vigilance in the sea and air ...

Indonesia’s Prabowo to Visit China, U.S. on First Foreign Trip: Report

Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto will set off on his first foreign tour next month, with stops in China and the United States, local media reported Tuesday, as the new leader seeks a more prominent position for Jakarta on the world stage. ...

As Myanmar Nears the Brink, Worries Mount in China

Myanmar’s ruling military junta is under increasing pressure from several ethnic militias. The military government, which took power in a coup in 2021, kept its grip on the country through advanced firepower, partly due to support from Russia and China. However, 
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A pedestrian reads a sign at a petrol station in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on March 30, 2026. Photo by MARLON TANO / AFP
In response to Iran’s partial closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United States has begun implementing a counter-blockade—leveraging naval patrols, sanctions enforcement, and selective interdictions to constrain Iranian oil exports and raise the costs of Tehran’s strategy. Rather than restoring stability, however, this tit-for-tat dynamic is accelerating fragmentation in global ...

Quad ‘Seriously Concerned’ About Situation in South China Sea

By Léon Bruneau The foreign ministers of the United States, Japan, Australia and India on Monday expressed "serious concern" over the situation in the South China Sea in a veiled rebuke to Beijing. U.S. Secretary ...

The Philippines Turns off the Cameras in the South China Sea

This weekend dashed any hopes that tensions between China and the Philippines over territorial disputes in the South China Sea would ease following an agreement reached last week. The deal, which concerned resupply missions to the ageing World War II-era warship ...

China Congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro on Re-Election

China on Monday congratulated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on his re-election, after a vote whose official results were immediately rejected by the country's opposition and key regional nations. "China congratulates Venezuela for smoothly holding its presidential election and congratulates President Maduro ...

Chinese Coast Guard and Navy Ships Look On But Don’t Intervene in Latest Philippine Resupply Mission

Under the close watch of at least nine China Coast Guard and PLA Navy warships, the Philippines said it carried out a resupply and rotation mission to troops on a South China Sea reef on Saturday without any “untoward incidents” more than a month after a violent ...

Antony Blinken’s Busy Weekend Pushing Back Against China’s Growing Influence in Asia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spent the past few days crisscrossing Asia, from Laos to Vietnam to Japan, in a concerted effort to challenge Chinese territorial claims in the region and bolster Washington's formidable alliance network. The Secretary arrived ...
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