The purpose of the communication channels will be to “deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise,” Hegseth said in a post on X.

Sanae Takaichi posted photos of herself meeting adviser Lin Hsin-i on the sidelines of Apec summit in South Korea.

Beijing expresses concern the Japanese PM “deliberately met” the Taiwan region and “hyped it on social media”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

With a $175 million daily import bill and storage tanks now 60% full, Beijing is rapidly filling its reserves to shield itself from supply shocks as new US sanctions hit Russian crude.

India must position itself more carefully and strategically in a neighbourhood that is becoming increasingly volatile with political shifts—something the Chinese are adept at exploiting ...

The move could provide a lift for South Korea’s pop culture industry. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

In the past three years, Beijing has installed barrier-free facilities in 336,000 places, built 100 wheelchair-accessible ...

On November 1, 2025, PL-Universe Robotics, an emerging Chinese embodied intelligence company, held its Robotics 2025 Launch & JD.com Deep Collaboration Inauguration at JD.com headquarters in Yizhuang ...

Asharq Al Awsat US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communications channels, adding that bilateral ties between the countries ...

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth says Washington DC and Beijing will open military communication channels as relations ‘have ...

Canada and the Philippines, both staunch critics of China’s increasingly coercive actions in the disputed South China Sea, ...

The Chinese government promised on two prior occasions to crack down on fentanyl precursor chemicals, only to allegedly subsidize their manufacture and route trade through Mexican cartels.