The United States is deploying around 9,000 troops to the Philippines for this year's joint military exercises, as the allies ...

The Balikatan drills verge on "a full battle test, which means we are now treating the exercise as a rehearsal for our ...

The annual drills will include training on the Nmesis anti-ship missile system. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Philippines voiced concerns on the South China Sea, including incidents that endangered its vessels and personnel, during ...

BRI serves as both an economic and geopolitical strategy for China to expand its global influence through infrastructure ...

But whatever his own views, one thing seems increasingly clear: conventional China hawks, whether primacists or prioritisers, are losing ground in the battle for influence.

The Philippines ... South China Sea, which it asserts through a fleet of coast guard and fishing militia that some neighbours accuse of aggression and of disrupting fishing and energy activities ...

Vanuatu, site of a major U.S. naval base in the Pacific War, was also a vital venue for China's "undercover infrastructures," ...

(Photo: CNA/Melody Chan) Chinese retirees are also settling down in other parts of the region like the Philippines ... influence. "ASEAN-10 countries are divided in their trust toward China ...