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China's state-backed Global Times newspaper, citing an unnamed Chinese military source, reported late on Saturday that "the Chinese People's Liberation Army carried out full-process tracking, monitoring, and alert operations throughout the transit." US warships traverse the strait every few months, enraging Beijing, and some US allies, such as France, Australia, Britain and Canada, have also made occasional transits. China has ramped up its military presence around Taiwan and staged its latest war games around the island in late December. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only the island's people can decide their future.

China urged the United States on Monday to cancel unilateral tariffs announced by President Donald Trump after the US Supreme Court struck down many of his measures. The court ruled six to three on Friday that Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 law he has relied on to impose sudden levies on individual countries, upending global trade. Trump reacted furiously, announcing first a new 10 percent global duty on imports under a different legal authority, before raising it to 15 percent on Saturday. China's commerce ministry said on Monday it was conducting a "comprehensive assessment" of the ruling's impact, and called on Washington to lift the tariffs. "China urges the United States to cancel its unilateral tariff measures on its trading partners," the ministry said in a statement. "There are no winners in a trade war and that protectionism leads nowhere." The new 15 percent global duties are due to kick in on Tuesd...

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US and Chinese fighter jets briefly faced off above waters near the Korean Peninsula this week, Yonhap News reported, marking a rare confrontation in that area between the two superpowers. (Feb 20): US and Chinese fighter jets briefly faced off above waters near the Korean Peninsula this week, Yonhap News reported, marking a rare confrontation in that area between the two superpowers. Around 10 US fighter jets on Wednesday departed an airbase in Pyeongtaek for drills above international waters off South Korea's western coast, the news outlet reported citing military sources it didn't identify. While the US planes didn't enter China's air defence identification zone, Beijing scrambled planes as they neared that region, according to the report. "The Chinese People's Liberation Army organised naval and air forces to monitor and effectively respond to the activ ities throughout the process, in accordance with laws and regulations," the...

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THITU ISLAND, Philippines: A Philippine senator called for deepening defence relationships and "continuous" pushback against China's claims in the South China Sea while visiting one of Manila's tiny possessions in the disputed waterway on Saturday (Feb 21). Thitu Island, known as Pag-asa in the Philippines, is home to about 400 Filipinos, mostly fishermen and their families, who China accuse of living there illegally. It lies about 450km west of Palawan within the disputed Spratly island chain, a group of more than 700 islets, reefs and atolls believed to sit above vast natural resources. Senator Risa Hontiveros, an outspoken critic of China, told AFP on Saturday she believed Filipinos were not ready to give up "any portion of the West Philippine Sea", using Manila's favoured term for the waters off its western seaboard. "We need continuous diplomatic and political pushback," Hontiveros said after a plane journey of more than two hours wi...

TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned of growing Chinese "coercion" in her first post-election speech to Parliament on Feb 20, and pledged to overhaul defence strategy, ease curbs on military exports and strengthen critical supply chains. Ms Takaichi's four-month tenure has been marked by a diplomatic dispute with China, after she said Japan could deploy military force to counter any attack on Taiwan that also threatened Japanese territory. After turning a fragile majority into a landslide victory in February's Lower House election, Ms Takaichi outlined an agenda aimed at countering what she sees as a growing economic and security threat from Chin a and its regional partners. With more than two-thirds of seats now controlled by her ruling coalition, she faces little resistance to her plans. "Japan faces its most severe and complex security environment since World War II," Ms Takaichi said, pointing to China's expanding military activ...

BEIJING – China is expected to put boosting domestic demand – especially spurring consumption – at the core of its economic agenda in 2026, with policymakers likely to roll out stronger fiscal support and structural reforms to further unlock the potential of household spending, a senior expert said. Dr Wang Wei, senior researcher and former director of the Institute of Market Economy at the Development Research Centre of the State Council, said that to ensure stable economic growth during the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) period, China needs to achieve a notable increase in final consumption as a share of its gross domestic product. "That means China's future e conomic growth will need to rely more on domestic demand – particularly on the sustained, steady growth and innovation of consumption – to provide effective support for overall growth," Dr Wang said during a recent exclusive interview with China Daily. She said China has finished the "from nothing to so...