Too many questions surround the abrupt U-turn on cooperation with the International Criminal Court, from sovereignty to political persecution.

Gregory Copley, president of the International Strategic Studies Association, told me that “South Africa’s political leadership, under heavy pressure from the People’s Republic of China ...

From left: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul gather for the Eleventh Japan-China-ROK Trilateral Foreign ...

That came after China waived visas for South Korean visitors to the country in November. Thursday’s K-pop event followed a visit by Twice, another South Korean girl band, to Shanghai last month ...

(AP Photo/Aaron Favila, file) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China’s expansive claims in ...

A Philippine Air Force Sokol helicopter hovers above BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) at Second Thomas Shoal. Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro on Monday laid out Manila’s plans ...

This brought Vietnam’s current total dredging and landfill in disputed areas to the South China Sea to approximately 3,319 acres, nearly three-quarters of the 4,650 acres reclaimed by China.

In 2024, the US increased troops in the South China Sea despite being confronted with challenges of global tensions and limited naval resources. A Chinese think tank report noted fewer "freedom of ...

Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno reported from Tokyo. When China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts in Tokyo last weekend, he said China saw “great ...

Occupied by Vietnam since the 1980s, the reef in the Spratly Islands is claimed by several countries, in a dispute that has intensified as China and the United States vie for influence in the ...

The first brief gave an overview of South Africa’s debt situation, how the loans from China fit into this, and why we need to look at the experiences other countries have had with Chinese debt. The ...

There was no immediate comment from Chinese officials, but in the past they have repeatedly asserted that Beijing has had sovereign control over the Scarborough Shoal and most of the South China ...