The U.S. government is preparing evacuation plans for American citizens living in Taiwan, three sources told The Messenger.
The planning has been underway for at least six months and “it’s heated up over the past two months or so,” said a senior U.S. intelligence official who spoke on the condition...
WASHINGTON, June 12: The United States has made its concerns known to the Cuban government about Cuba hosting Chinese spy operations on its territory, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday.
Kirby said the bilateral relationship with China was tense at the moment, but President Joe Biden was committed...
TEHRAN, Jun 12: China increased its nuclear arsenal by 60 warheads to 410 in the 12 months to January 2023, an international security think tank said Monday.
Including retired warheads awaiting dismantlement, the overall nuclear inventories of the nine countries fell to 12,512 from 12,710, the SIPRI think tank estimates...
TOKYO: In the more than two years since -- Myanmar's military took control of the government, China has clearly become the biggest backers of the generals who now hold power.
While many saw China becoming heavily involved in Myanmar to gain access to strategic points in the Indian Ocean, there...
The People’s Liberation Army disrupted a radio call between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the island’s air force, sparking a discussion about secure communications.
Tsai was visiting southern Taiwan on Friday to boost morale among service personnel ahead of next week’s Dragon Boat Festival and spoke to two female officers...
China was walloped by Covid-19 resurgence in May, with a positive test rate nearing the peak seen during the tsunami wave at the end of 2022, according to government data released over the weekend.
The proportion of people diagnosed with Covid at hospitals across the country has risen more than...
TOKYO: An increasing number of Japanese scholars are filling research posts at universities and laboratories in China. In the past, China had mainly welcomed engineers from Japanese companies, but it is now looking to attract academics in astronomy and other basic fields of science.
This trend contrasts with Japan, where...
US lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress that would grant priority refugee status to Uyghurs fleeing persecution in China.
If passed into law, it will designate Uyghurs and other persecuted ethnic groups as Priority 2, or P-2, and expedites their ability to apply for asylum in the United...
China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said on Saturday, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island.
China had reached a secret deal with Cuba to establish an electronic eavesdropping...
Taiwan sent up fighters and deployed ships and land-based missile systems to keep watch on Chinese aircraft on Sunday after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line, which separates the two sides, of the Taiwan Strait.
The island’s defence ministry said four Chinese warships also carried out combat...
