President Xi Jinping will set off on a tour of three Southeast Asian countries next week as Beijing urgently seeks to strengthen ties with its neighbours amid an intensifying tariff war with Washington. Confirming an earlier report by the Post, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that Xi would visit Vietnam on Monday, followed…
China has opened a “joint logistics and training center” in Cambodia, which is its second publicly acknowledged overseas base, to sustain its military power in the contested South China Sea. The United States has previously expressed serious concerns over China‘s involvement in construction at Ream naval base, warning this could endanger Cambodia‘s sovereignty. Newsweek has…
In recent years, Nike ad campaigns have depicted a series of previously unthinkable scenes: Saudi girls studying, driving, and even playing sports—alone, unaccompanied by male guardians. While Nike may be in the business of selling sneakers, its partner in Riyadh was selling something far more consequential: Mohammed bin Salman, the prince-engineer of Saudi Arabia’s social…
A United States aircraft carrier was leaving the Western Pacific Ocean on a redeployment order to the Middle East, while a Chinese aircraft carrier participated in large-scale drills near the self-ruled island of Taiwan, staging a show of force to the U.S. security partner. Newsweek‘s weekly update maps aircraft carrier movements in the Indo-Pacific region….
China said on Thursday that it had detained three Philippine nationals on suspicion of spying a week after five Chinese people were arrested by Manila on espionage charges. It is unusual for China to give details of countries suspected of spying, but on Thursday state news broadcaster CCTV published images of the three being questioned…
For nearly two hours on a windy Sunday in February, Henry Hurren took a beating in the waters off a largely uninhabited island in Hong Kong, trying to surf a short wave for a few moments at a time. The half-hour ferry ride there from the Chinese territory’s main island was bustling with day trippers….
China continues a second day of war games and military drills around Taiwan, including simulated attacks on key targets. China’s military said it has simulated attacks on high-value targets in Taiwan, including ports and energy facilities, as it carried out “live-fire” military drills around the self-ruled island on the second day of war-game exercises. The…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Beijing moves drills closer to Taiwan, with Shandong carrier in ‘response zone’ The People’s Liberation Army launched joint exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, marking Beijing’s latest warning to the…
President Xi Jinping is expected to embark on a swing around Southeast Asia next month as Beijing accelerates its efforts to deepen neighbourhood ties amid regional anxiety about US foreign policy during Donald Trump’s second administration. Diplomatic sources said that Xi would be likely to set off in mid-April, with stops in Vietnam, Malaysia and…
BEIJING (Reuters) – The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has discovered an oilfield in the South China Sea with proven reserves exceeding 100 million tonnes, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The newly found Huizhou 19-6 oilfield is not in a disputed part of the South China Sea and lies within China’s Exclusive Economic…