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TAIPEI: Taiwan's defence ministry said Thursday it had detected 66 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a record-high this year, a day after it said Beijing was conducting exercises in nearby waters.China which maintains a near-daily military presence around Taiwan, claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring it under its control.
WASHINGTON — Global views toward China appear to be divided between high-income and middle-income countries, and the gap apparently is the widest among China's neighbors in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a newly released poll from the Pew Research Center that surveyed people in 35 countries.
MANILA: The Philippines and Japan have signed a reciprocal access agreement (RAA) allowing them to deploy their forces on each other's soil, a milestone in their security relations amid rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific, an official said on Monday. Philippine defence minister Gilberto Teodoro and Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa signed the deal in a ceremony in Manila witnessed by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, presidential communications secretary Cheloy Garafil said in a message.
Taiwanese semiconductor titan TSMC briefly joined a rarefied club of companies valued at more than $1 trillion on Monday.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A Chinese military drone hovered near an airport on a remote Taiwan island causing delays to flights, Taipei's military and local media said Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines — The landmark ruling in 2016 by an international court that upheld the Philippines’ maritime entitlements and invalidated China’s massive claims in the South China Sea should be commemorated every year as “West Philippine Sea Victory Day,” Sen. Risa Hontiveros said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — On the eighth anniversary of a landmark arbitral court decision that invalidated China’s massive sea claims, the 27-member European Union (EU), the United States, Australia and Japan called on Beijing to abide by the ruling.
MANILA, Philippines — After four straight weeks of increases, fuel prices are expected to go down by as much as P1.15 per liter next week, according to the Department of Energy (DOE).