More warships are ‘raising the risk’ of misfire in South China Sea
Tag: Southeast Asia
Laos: From Landlocked to High-Speed Rail-Linked
October 19, 2021 (Brian Berletic – NEO) – For anyone who travelled through the rugged landlocked Southeast Asian country of Laos years ago, they will remember the twisting mountain roads and the many days by bus it would take to traverse the terrain from China’s border with Laos at Boten to the Laotian capital of Vietniane across the Mekong River from Thailand’s city of Nong Khai.
Laos: From Landlocked to High-Speed Rail-Linked
US-Singapore Relations: Being of Use vs. Being Used
Mekong-US Partnership: Promoting Poverty, Driving Sinophobic Hostility
September 2, 2021 (Joseph Thomas – NEO) – It’s no secret that the US is engaged in heated competition with China and openly aspires to “contain” China’s rise as a global power and its otherwise inevitable surpassing of US primacy.
Mekong-US Partnership: Promoting Poverty, Driving Sinophobic Hostility
US Regime Change Creeps Forward in Myanmar
Senior US officials kick off ‘unusually frequent’ visits to SE Asian countries
Senior US officials kick off ‘unusually frequent’ visits to SE Asian countries
Trips expose Washington’s anxiety on marshaling regional states against China: analysts
[2014] China and the Middle East: More Than Oil
China and the Middle East: More Than Oil
While China’s heavy dependence on Middle Eastern oil is an established fact, less is known about China’s early efforts to establish broad energy ties with the Middle East. Back in 1983, before the Chinese economy really took off, the overseas construction arm of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) moved into the Kuwaiti market and later won an oil storage reconstruction project in 1995. Beijing also signed the Strategic Oil Cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia in 1999, which laid the foundation for Saudi Arabia to become and remain China’s largest oil supplier. In exchange for stable crude supply, China has courted Saudi investment for expanding its refining capacity. One example is China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation’s (SINOPEC) meeting with Saudi Aramco to discuss a stake in a $1.2-billion refinery in the Chinese city of Qingdao. The two sides further joined hands in a $3.5-billion venture in Fujian province that included greater refinery capacity.4
US biolab transparency urged after smearing China over weaponizing COVID-19 & The Rand Paul, A. Fauci Exchange: What Rand Leaves Out
Global Times | May 10, 2021
It is the US that is conducting biological warfare and bioterrorism using genetic engineering technology, rather than China, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday in response to a media report accusing China of weaponizing COVID-19.
US biolab transparency urged after smearing China over weaponizing COVID-19
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The Rand Paul, A. Fauci Exchange: What Rand Leaves Out
New data leak from the Pentagon biolaboratory in Georgia (archived)
Defense Secretary Miller Pledges to Enhance Peace and Stability in the ASEAN Region
Defense Secretary Miller Pledges to Enhance Peace and Stability in the ASEAN Region
This week, Miller, who was appointed as Pentagon Chief in November, has visited the Philippines and Indonesia during his Asia tour. A transfer of $30 mln in defense articles was announced following the results of the meeting between Miller and his Philippine counterpart on Tuesday. The US also pledged to provide Manila with $23.4 mln in COVID-19 assistance and disaster relief.
It’s just a smokescreen!
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