china

China under pressure at Asia summit over sea row

  by Martin Abbugao and Karl Malakunas VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP)  -- Beijing came under pressure at an Asian summit Wednesday…

South China Sea tensions take center stage at Asia Summit

Beijing's "illegal" island building in the South China Sea moves centre stage at an Asian summit after the Philippines produces…

South China Sea: facts on a decades-long dispute

VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) -- The disputed South China Sea was in focus Wednesday at a regional summit in Laos, the…

US to give Philippines military planes: govt

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- The United States is giving the Philippines two used military aircraft, the coast guard said Wednesday,…

Ahead of summit, Philippines shows images of Chinese boats at disputed shoal

  (REUTERS)  The Philippines' defense ministry released pictures on Wednesday showing what it said were Chinese boats near a disputed…

Philippines releases photos of China’s alleged secret island building

VIENTIANE, Laos (AFP) -- The Philippines released photos Wednesday to back its claims that China had secretly begun work to…

Hanjin to spend $90 mn to ease shipping crisis

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's Hanjin Group said Tuesday it would provide its debt-ridden shipping unit with 100…

Tricky last G20 summit for Obama

by Andrew BEATTY HANGZHOU, China (AFP) -- From the moment Barack Obama touched down in China, his last G20 summit seemed…

Five things to take away from the G20 summit

HANGZHOU, China (AFP) -- This year's most exclusive and closely-watched diplomatic party –- the G20 summit –- saw presidents and…

Obama meets Putin on G20 sidelines: White House

HANGZHOU, China (AFP) -- Presidents Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin met Monday on the margins of the G20 summit in…

China’s Xi and Japan’s Abe to meet at G20

HANGZHOU, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in China Monday, Tokyo said,…

North Korea fires three ballistic missiles into sea: South Korea

  (REUTERS)  North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Monday, said South Korea,…

This website uses cookies.