South East Asia

On 26 October 2021, US President Joe Biden attended a virtual US–ASEAN summit meeting — the first time in four years that the United States engaged at the highest level with the 10-member bloc. During his speech, Biden said that Washington is committed to the central role ASEAN has in …

China’s Huawei has come to dominate the 5G rollout in Cyprus, with risks for data security and independent policymaking that go far beyond the island’s shores, experts warn. In October 2015, two years after a banking crisis left Cyprus in desperate need of new financing, President Nicos Anastasiades visited China …

Australia has formed the anti-China AUKUS (Australia, UK and US) and Quad (Australia, India, US and Japan) Alliances to contain a supposedly aggressive China. In reality a US lackey, nuclear terrorist, climate criminal, serial invader and subversive Australia violates ALL Indo-Pacific countries. A detailed and documented analysis of Australian violation …

Xi Jinping savored the moment. Speaking before China’s annual gathering of nearly 3,000 representatives to the National People’s Congress in Beijing in March 2021, the Chinese president took a post-pandemic victory lap, proclaiming that his country had been the first to tame COVID-19, the first to resume work, and the …

Die USA wollen die Olympischen Winterspiele in Peking mit Verweis auf die Menschenrechtslage in China boykottieren. Ein richtiges und wichtiges Zeichen, kommentiert Andrea Schültke. Ebenso wichtig findet sie aber, dass es bei einem politischen Boykott bleibe. Die Sportlerinnen und Sportler sollten nicht darunter leiden. Mit dem politischen Boykott der Olympischen …

Chinese diplomats sent a congratulatory message to Olaf Scholz on his election as German chancellor, saying China-Germany ties are one of the world’s most important bilateral relations. On Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for promoting China-Germany relations to a new level in a congratulatory message to Olaf Scholz on …

Principal Findings What’s new? Amid China’s increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea, and the deepening involvement of the United States and its allies, Vietnam is navigating a steadily thornier set of policy challenges. As the disputes intensify, the risk of armed conflict in the Sea is growing. Why does it …

China intends to establish a permanent military presence on the Atlantic Ocean in the tiny Central African country of Equatorial Guinea, according to classified US intelligence reports cited by US officials. A report published in Wall Street Journal said Chinese intention to establish its first permanent military presence has raised …

A historical analogy may be necessary to fully understand the looming conflict between Chinese authoritarianism and the uneasy democracies of the world. In the run up to the First World War, Germany pursued a combination of militarism, overbearing diplomacy, nationalism and brinkmanship in order to achieve policy goals, despite the …

Intensifying Russian and Chinese joint military activities around Japan are intended to cow Tokyo into timidity. They are likely to have the opposite effect. The Russian heavy bomber’s propellers whipped up snow from the runway at the Ukrainka base in Russia’s Far East as it took off to join its …