The top Democrat on a key US House committee argued for closer Sino-American cooperation amid strategic competition, the latest in a series of rare public instances of a lawmaker calling for a more measured approach to the bilateral relationship. “We should be a little bit more sophisticated, a little bit more nuanced, a little bit…
With South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment looking more likely, analysts say there is a higher chance of the main opposition party rising to power – and it could take a more “conciliatory approach” to China. But they had mixed views on how Seoul’s foreign policy and its relations with Beijing – which are in…
Chinese defence minister Dong Jun has been placed under investigation for corruption, according to British newspaper the Financial Times. The reports, if confirmed, would make him the third defence minister in just over a year to fall foul of a sweeping crackdown in the country’s military. Analysts say corruption may have eroded Chinese combat readiness…
Washington should aim to avoid a full-scale nuclear war if Beijing takes military action against Taiwan, experts say, but they disagree on how to achieve that goal, according to a US think tank report. The report presents the responses of five academics to “strategic deterrence failure” scenarios involving nuclear strikes against US allies by Beijing…