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China envoy confirms delivery of Sinovac vaccines in PH 'as early as next month'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 15 06:32 PM

COVID-19 vaccines developed by China-backed pharmaceutical company Sinovac may arrive "as early as next month," Beijing's envoy confirmed Friday, as he cited "new era of partnership" between the two countries amid the pandemic.  Read more »

Geopolitics made pandemic far worse: expert

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 03:10 AM

GENEVA - Geopolitical tensions in play before the COVID-19 pandemic colored the international health response, dramatically deepening the crisis, a renowned political scientist and global health expert told AFP. Read more »

Japan, US to boost defense ties with Europe in Indo-Pacific

Ko Hirano, Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 05 02:16 PM

Japan and the United States have welcomed planned naval deployments this year by major European countries to Indo-Pacific waters, as China's rapid military modernization and maritime and territorial ambitions prompt moves to increase deterrence.   Read more »

With little ado, a divided United Kingdom casts off into the Brexit unknown

Guy Faulconbridge and Kate Holton, Reuters
Posted at Jan 01 10:01 AM

After years of Brexit vitriol, one of the most significant events in European history since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union passed with little fanfare: The United Kingdom slipped away, serenaded by the silence of the COVID-19 crisis.   Read more »

NATO report says China could pose military threat to Europe and US

Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 12:26 PM

Member nations are called on to ‘increase capacity to anticipate and react to Chinese activities that undermine allies’ security’. The report was written by 10 independent experts appointed by Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Read more »

German politicians call for US, Europe to form united front on China

Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 27 01:48 PM

Germany's Defense chief Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer suggests a ‘newly strengthened Western trade alliance’. And top diplomat Heiko Maas says future of transatlantic relations will be ‘determined by the right way of dealing with Beijing’. Read more »

US-China rivalry: is the Quad on track to take on Beijing?

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Oct 08 02:49 PM

As the United States seeks to formalize a four-nation alliance to counter China’s growing influence in the Asia-Pacific, Chinese foreign policy observers are asking whether Beijing’s assertiveness has pushed its regional neighbors closer to Washington. Read more »

France, Germany, UK reject China's sweeping claims in South China Sea in joint note verbale

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 09:09 PM

France, Germany and the United Kingdom filed a joint note verbale, dated Sept. 16, with the United Nations in New York, rejecting China’s sweeping claims over the South China Sea. Read more »

Scaled-down U.S.-led Pacific naval drill starts amid pandemic

Kyodo News
Posted at Aug 18 08:01 PM

The exercise, known as RIMPAC, is being held amid heightened tensions over China's rising assertiveness in the South China Sea, while Sino-U.S. ties are also tense over Beijing's military activities in and around the Taiwan Strait. Read more »

Japan, U.S., Australia express "deep concern" over H.K. security law

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 08 12:51 PM

Japan, the United States and Australia on Wednesday expressed "deep concern" over China's recent implementation of a sweeping security law in Hong Kong that is feared will restrict human rights and freedoms in the territory. Read more »

Taiwan warns off Chinese fighters which approached island

Reuters
Updated as of Jun 09 03:48 PM

Taiwan's air force warned off several Chinese fighter jets that briefly entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone to its southwest on Tuesday, Taiwan's defense ministry said.   Read more »

Oil surges after Gulf tanker attacks, stocks claw higher

Marc Jones, Reuters
Posted at Jun 13 05:38 PM

Suspected attacksSuspected attacks on two tankers off the coast of Iran saw oil markets erupt out of their recent slump on Thursday. on two tankers off the coast of Iran saw oil markets erupt out of their recent slump on Thursday. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga posibleng talakayin sa ika-4 na pagbisita ni Duterte sa China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 08:04 PM

Sa ika-4 na pagkakataon sa kaniyang termino, biyaheng China muli si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte para daluhan ang ika-2 Belt and Road Forum sa Beijing. Read more »

'New era': 3 Chinese warships in Manila for goodwill visit

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 10:16 PM

The visit is only the second ever port call of China in the Philippines. Both visits were under Duterte's administration.  Read more »

US-China 'truce' won't end trade tensions: Moody's

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 04:13 PM

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed that there would be no further escalation to their tit-for-tat tariffs on goods worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Read more »

Friendship 'only right choice' for PH, China, says Xi on Manila arrival

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 01:12 PM

Friendship is "the only right choice" for China and the Philippines, a traditional US ally, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday upon arrival here.  Read more »

House probe on China missiles sought

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 02:02 PM

House Committee on National Defense vice chair Ruffy Biazon has asked his colleagues to mount an inquiry into China's reported installation of missiles on artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea.  Read more »

Robredo slams Beijing 'missiles' in West PH Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 03:19 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday hit China's reported installation of new missiles on artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

Record number of US Marines to train in Australia in symbolic challenge to China

Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 11:23 AM

The United States will deploy a record number of Marines to train in Australia, the Australian defense minister said on Friday, as Washington seeks to counter what it describes as Chinese aggression in the region. Read more »