International Relations

The Dutch frigate is on a mission aiming to promote free passage and keep strategic waterways safe, according to the Dutch Defense Ministry.

The deep-sea port could be used by the Chinese military as a hub to extend its influence in the Middle East and Central Asia, analysts say.

The GCHQ director warned that Beijing has gained advanced capabilities across cyber and military domains.

The Taiwan president tied America’s founding, Taiwan’s first direct presidential election, and semiconductor cooperation to the future of U.S.-Taiwan relations.

Censorship equipment has been imported from China, according to a member of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace.

The Geneva-based watchdog says earmarked funding raises conflict-of-interest concerns in a U.N. system built on expert independence.

The talks took place alongside the Japan-Australia-India-United States Quad foreign ministers’ meeting hosted by India.

Ministers called for unity and open trade amid imbalances between major economies.

Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Lithuania are pressing Brussels for faster tools against unfair trade and Chinese overcapacity.

‘We think [the United States has] a China problem here, they got a real China problem there,’ said the chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.

The CCP intends to use the UN meeting as a platform to criticize the United States and use the visit to put a wedge in U.S.–Canada relations, analysts said.

Taiwan’s coast guard also reported separate incidents involving a Chinese coast guard ship near Pratas and 41 research vessels near Taiwan.

Amid sluggish demand and low profit margins at home, Chinese companies favor exports over direct investment in the continent, a report finds.

‘Too few businesses in Europe integrate the geopolitical risk of supply chain risk into their thinking,’ an EU official said at a council press conference.

The G7 sees China’s export of overcapacity and its economic model as a systemic challenge to Western industrial security and the global order, an analyst says.

Matthew Wale has been critical of Beijing in the past, but will this stance continue?

Lai delivered the address amid Beijing’s pressure, uncertainty over U.S. arms sales, and a narrowed defense-spending package.

A lack of clear benchmarks outside China is holding back European investment in the essential materials, the CEO of EIT RawMaterials says.

‘We’ll do everything in our power to defend that matter,' said Richard Marles, Australia’s defence minister.

Russia’s president left Beijing without reaching a deal on the proposed major gas pipeline project that ships natural gas from Russia to China.