Since 2010, China has been converting uninhabited islets into artificial islets to bring them under UNCLOS. China has been changing the size and structure of the reefs by modifying their physical land features. It has also established airstrips on Parcel and Spratly.
"A year ago, I predicted a stronger Xi Jinping and a weaker Joe Biden in my forecast for 2022. I was almost correct, but the reality turned out a little differently than I expected," the editor-in-chief said.
China has opened the backdoor channel for assessing ties with US as Washington is "proactively making preparations for a conflict in the Taiwan Strait when it happens," reported The HK Post.
The demise of Jiang Zemin illustrates the shrinking number of voices within the Chinese Communist Party who can speak opposing views to leader Xi Jinping, paving way for Xi's supremacy over the CCP.
China's President Xi Jinping warned against Cold War tensions in Asia and stressed the need to reject confrontation in the region ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bangkok.
US President Joe Biden on Sunday said that he is "coming in stronger" to his first in-person meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday after US voters returned control of the Senate to his party with the re-election of Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto.
US President Joe Biden will meet China's President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit coming Monday in Bali, Indonesia and neither side is expecting any coolants to douse the fire of mutual distrust and anger.
Australian High Commissioner Strahan said today's handover represented another landmark in the longstanding security and policing partnership between the Solomon Islands and Australia.
Hong Kong, October 10 (ANI): China's most important political event of 2022, and indeed of the coming five years, will kick off on October 16 when the 20th National Congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its 90 million members convenes.
Beijing [China], October 9 (ANI): To counter China's growing influence in the Pacific, the United States has dialled up every effort and made attempts that would reduce the possibility of other countries in the Pacific region getting into China's orbit, Global Strat View reported.