In a pre-recorded video address on Thursday to a CEO summit on the fringes of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Xi warned that “attempts to draw ideological lines or form small circles on geopolitical grounds are bound to fail.” The Asia-Pacific region cannot and should not relapse into the confrontation and …
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Speaking on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian claimed the nations of the Asia Pacific were losing faith in the United States after Washington failed to expand on its report of the incident. “To this day, what we have seen are only short, vague statements made by the US …
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The USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, struck the unidentified object while submerged on October 2, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet said on Thursday in a statement. Nearly a dozen crew members were reportedly hurt, but none of the injuries are considered life-threatening. “The submarine remains in safe and stable condition,” the …
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Taking the podium at the United Nations General Assembly in New York for the first time as president, Biden painted the US’ disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan as a success, given that the two-decade war was finally brought to an end under his watch. “We’ve ended 20 years of conflict in …
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The training is taking place in international waters and will also be supported by around 20 planes, including long-range anti-submarine aircraft and high-altitude interceptors. The exercises, led by Pacific Fleet commander Sergey Avakyants, are taking place around 4,000km away from the ships’ home bases in the Far East of Russia, …
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The long-discussed agreement, officially known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), was signed on the sidelines of the annual ASEAN summit on Sunday. The meeting was virtual this year due the coronavirus outbreak. “The signing of the RCEP Agreement is a historic event as it underpins ASEAN’s role in …
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Few people in the west are likely to have heard of a nation called Palau, an archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean. Located close to Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, it boasts a population of only 17,000 people, less than the average small town. Do not let its size …
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Japan has debated what to do with the rapidly increasing store of radioactive wastewater for years, and now the decision to release it into the ocean could be confirmed by the end of the month. Currently, Japan houses the water in more than 1,000 tanks, but with 170 additional tons …
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America intends to reflect a possible attack Russia and China on the distant approaches. For this the US army will deploy in the Pacific Islands of special forces, equipped with long-range and precision weapons, including hypersonic missiles. On this January 10, reported Bloomberg, citing the head of the Federal Agency, …
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Moscow will take symmetrical measures in connection with the U.S. withdrawal from the Treaty on the elimination of intermediate and shorter-range missiles (INF Treaty) only after the U.S. side will begin to deploy new missiles in Europe and Asia. About it in interview to TV channel “Russia 24” said Russian …
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