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Work to Resume at India iPhone Plant After Factory Fire
An Indian factory producing iPhone components was resuming work on Thursday after a fire halted production. This is the third blaze to disrupt Apple's local supply chain since the start of last year. India has pitched itself as an emerging manufacturing ...
Vietnam Condemns China’s ‘Brutal Behavior’ in Fisher Attack
Vietnam's foreign ministry condemned on Wednesday China's "brutal behavior" during a violent attack on Vietnamese fishers in the disputed South China Sea. The ten fishermen were reportedly beaten with iron bars and robbed of thousands of dollars worth of fish and ...
China Conducts Air, Sea Patrols Near Flashpoint Reef
Chinese naval and air forces conducted patrols around a flashpoint reef in the South China Sea on Saturday after a slew of tense encounters with the Philippines in the disputed waterway in recent months. The patrols coincided with joint exercises carried ...
Japan Warship Asserts Right to Sail Through Taiwan Strait: Media
By Kyoko Hasegawa A Japanese warship cruised through the Taiwan Strait for the first time to assert its freedom of navigation, local media said Thursday, just a week after a Chinese aircraft carrier sailed between two Japanese islands near Taiwan.
Philippines Military Backs Permanent Stay of U.S. Missile System
Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner on Wednesday backed the permanent stationing of a U.S. missile system in his country after China had warned deployment of the weapon was destabilizing the region. The U.S. Army said in April it had deployed ...
Biden Says China ‘Testing Us,’ in Hot Mic Remarks to Quad Allies
By Brendan Smialowski with Danny Kemp in Washington U.S. President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic Saturday telling the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan that an aggressive China is "testing us," in remarks that risked undercutting a summit ...
Chinese Autos and Energy Drive Chinese Overseas Investment With Asia as the Top Destination
Chinese companies announced $9.5 billion worth of investments in Asia in the second quarter of the year, more than any other region, led by big bets on energy, automotive, and mining, according to new data from the Rhodium Group. The Chinese ...
U.S. Backs Philippines Over China Despite Reef Pullout
The United States said Monday it backed Manila's freedom of navigation in the South China Sea after a Philippine ship left a flashpoint reef, leading Beijing to declare "indisputable sovereignty." "There's no legal basis for the PRC's maritime claims in the ...
Philippines Says ‘We Have Not Lost’ South China Sea Reef After Pullout
The Philippines insisted on Monday that it had not given up a disputed South China Sea reef, two days after it pulled out a ship stationed there following a months-long standoff with rival claimant China. "We have not lost anything," Philippine ...
Philippine Ship in Standoff With China Leaves Flashpoint Reef
A Philippine vessel that spent months anchored at a disputed reef in the South China Sea has left the area, the national maritime council said Sunday. The Philippine Coast Guard ship BRP Teresa Magbanua had been anchored inside the Sabina Shoal ...
China to ‘Crush’ Foreign Encroachment in South China Sea: Military Official
By Ludovic Ehret China will "crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory, including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said Thursday on the sidelines of a defense forum. Washington and ...
China, Philippines Hold ‘Candid’ Talks on Disputed Shoal
China on Wednesday said it held "candid" high-level talks with the Philippines on South China Sea issues, particularly over a disputed reef that has been the scene of recent bilateral clashes. Chinese vice foreign minister Chen Xiaodong met with his Philippine ...