China has called Australia’s complaint over a dangerous incident between two warships “vague and one-sided” and has accused HMAS Toowoomba of “posing a threat” to China’s fishing boats, “provoking” Chinese warships and intruding on Chinese territorial waters. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controlled Global Times issued Beijing government’s first obliqueContinue Reading
After a decade of slow but steady escalation, it’s crunch time in the South China Sea. As the world is distracted by the horrors in the Holy Land and the valiant struggle by Ukraine against Russia’s invasion – Beijing is “making mischief” in Philippine territory. And fears are soaring thatContinue Reading
China has erupted in anger after Tokyo deployed air defence missiles to a remote island, labelling Japan as a “dangerous country” that could launch an attack on the region within the decade. Beijing-based Institute of Modern International Relations official Liu Jiangyong told the Communist Party’s Global Times that Japan wasContinue Reading
Last year, an Australian P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft was forced to dodge a Chinese fighter that had dumped a load of metal foil in its path. Now Canberra’s set to up the tempo of its South China Sea patrols to help the Philippines stand against Beijing’s escalating aggression. The listContinue Reading