Again, China has resumed military demonstrations near the coast of Taiwan, crossing the Taiwan Strait in display of power. Supposedly, up to 45 Chinese military aircraft and four Chinese warships sailed into the Taiwan Strait, and some aircraft even flew into Taiwan’s air defense zone. These displays of power are only furthering tensions between Taiwan and China, furthering the possibility… Read more »
South Korean officials and Washington officials plan on increasing the number of joint military exercises in response to increased demonstrations of aggression from North Korea, who is testing an increasing number of inter continental ballistic missiles (ICBM). These ICBMs have the capability to reach far inland of the United States, further concerning Washington officials of the intentions of the North… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/dutch-export-rules-china-focus-ahead-asml-results-2023-01-20/ The Dutch Government is expected to further limit chip equipment giant ASML Holding NV sales to China. The order for these semi-conductor machines going forward between the Dutch and the Chinese. The Chinese being major consumers of microchips serves the U.S a problem being the rapid modernization of the Chinese military. Thus the U.S put an… Read more »
link: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-increase-number-anti-ship-missiles-japan-sources-2023-01-11/ The US and Japan have announced a greater and revamped security cooperation against the PRC in regards to China’s hostility towards Taiwan “We agree that the PRC is the greatest shared strategic challenge that we and our allies and partners face,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. This revamped defense is more about increasing capabilities rather than a… Read more »
Link: https://apnews.com/article/china-vietnam-philippines-ferdinand-marcos-jr-business-883efa6748d2bff93b6ccfba5d06e4c7 The Philippines Supreme Court ruled that a pact was made between Vietnam, China, and the phillipines to explore the South China Sea for oil. This came as the current president of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he was open to negotiations for joint oil exploration with china. The reason the agreement was ruled unconstitutional was due to… Read more »
Last Updated 1/12/23 Block 6 Following the events that have occurred in the recent months in the Asia Pacific region, Japan met with members of the G7 to discuss the plan for containing China. The plans set out bringing in several new players in the security pileup in the Asian Pacific region in the case of an invasion of Taiwan…. Read more »
Last Updated 1/12/23 Block 6 In context to the recent increase of Chinese hostility and threats towards Taiwan, Japan and the US have agreed upon increasing their joint Asian Pacific security. These talks have resulted in a number of ideas, one of the most important being the bolstering of the U.S Marine Corp. presence in Japan. Resulting from this action… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/23/n-korea-denies-arms-supplied-for-russian-mercenaries-in-ukraine In a recent discovery from the White House National Security Council, North Korea has been accused of shipping rockets and missiles to Russia to support the war in Ukraine. The export of North Korean weapons is banned under the UN’s regulations placed on the country due to their continuing manufacturing of nuclear weapons. The weapons have apparently been sent… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2022/12/26/rohingya-land-on-indonesian-beach-after-weeks-at-sea After continuing attacks upon the Rohingya people in Myanmar, a recent vessel lost at sea, holding a group of 58 Rohingya men, has landed in Indonesia near the Aceh Besar district. Those on the boat had been stuck at sea for more than a month. It has also been presumed that another boat, holding nearly 180 Rohingya people, including… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/25/china-defends-ukraine-stance-to-deepen-ties-with-russia Since the beginning of the was in Ukraine, China took a more neutral stance neither condemning or supporting the provocation from Russia. That is, until recently. Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in a recent conference at the Chinese Capital, stated that China plans to deepen ties with Russia, and make “historic strides forward” in Chinese-Arab relations. Joint naval drills have… Read more »