Japan rejects ‘new militarism’, says China is rapidly arming

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Japan accuses China of lacking military transparency and stresses the importance of dialogue for regional stability.

Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech

editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales) , Jowi Morales, Tom's Hardware UK

Huawei's current Rotating Chairman thanked the United States for its export bans, which boosted the progress of China's semiconductor industry. He made the comment after unveiling the groundbreaking LogicFolding chip architecture, when reporters asked him how…

QUAD to build Fiji port: A new US-China flashpoint?

Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera English

Quad kicks back to life in Asia Pacific, looking to develop ports in Fiji, in a counter to China's rise.

Asia defense summit opens amid doubts over U.S. priorities

The Associated Press, NPR

The Shangri-La Dialogue, hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, will also address tensions in the Middle East and Russia's war on Ukraine.

Exclusive-China is building launch pads near its nuclear missile silos

By Greg Torode, Laurie Chen and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa, Yahoo Entertainment

By Greg Torode, Laurie Chen and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa May 29 (Reuters) - In a remote Chinese desert, a vast military complex is taking shape that some...

Comparison of Trump and Putin visits to China

Nathan Yau, Flowingdata.com

Trump visited China, and then Putin visited a week later. Reuters compared the two visits from various angles. There are more important differences in this piece, such as the airport welcome and th…

Taiwan monitors ‘unprovoked’ Chinese combat patrol near island

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Taiwan reports second Chinese 'joint combat readiness patrol' in a week, says its forces responded to the situation.

As Trump woos China, the Quad grouping drifts towards irrelevance

Urooba Jamal, Al Jazeera English

As Washington shifts military focus away from Asia, analysts say the Quad is struggling to define its purpose.

Cuba thanks China for rice shipment amid worsening humanitarian conditions

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

The Caribbean island has faced a fuel blockade that has cut off essential supplies, as Trump seeks regime change.

Navy chief undercuts Trump and Hegseth on Taiwan, Iran

Yahoo Entertainment

Why has the US arms delay rattled Taiwan?

Al Jazeera English

Taiwan fears a US pause on a $14bn arms package could weaken its defences and shake confidence in Washington’s support.

US pausing $14bn arms sale to Taiwan due to Iran war, navy chief says

Erin Hale, Al Jazeera English

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao's remarks come as US President Donald Trump gives mixed signals on the sale.

Trump says he’ll speak to Taiwan’s leader: Why that is significant

Nils Adler, Al Jazeera English

Analysts say the remarks are less a sign of closer US-Taiwan ties than another example of Trump’s unpredictability.

China says US should stop 'threats' against Cuba after ex-leader charged

BBC News

It comes after the US charged Cuba's ex-leader with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime.

Taiwan’s President Lai says he would be happy to speak with Donald Trump

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

US and Taiwan leaders have not spoken since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979.

What’s the significance of the Russian president’s visit to China?

Al Jazeera English

Xi Jinping hosts Vladimir Putin a week after Donald Trump was in Beijing.

China secretly trained Russian troops, and some have since fought in Ukraine

Séamus Bellamy, Boing Boing

China has done a lot to appear impartial whenever Russia's invasion of Ukraine comes up. Maybe "impartial" is the wrong word: the People's Republic of China has even talked up the idea of finding a peaceful outcome to the war. But it looks like all that has b…

Trump to speak with Taiwan's president in a new challenge for US-China relations

By Bo Erickson, Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt, Yahoo Entertainment

By Bo Erickson, Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S.

Trump’s Iran War: America Loss Is China’s Win

David Frum, The Atlantic

Phillips O’Brien on the global fallout of Putin’s war in Russia, Trump’s war in Iran, and MAGA’s indifference toward Taiwan. Plus: Trump’s new slush fund and What Science Says About Astrology.

Xi basks in spotlight as he hosts Putin days after Trump

BBC News

Two presidential visits days apart is how Xi Jinping wants the world to see him: talking to everyone, tied to no-one.

China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US

Simone McCarthy, CNN, CNN

Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force of “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, which comes...

Chinese supertankers exit Hormuz as Trump, Vance talk up Iran deal

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Oil prices ease amid the latest comments from the White House, but experts warn they will stay high even after any deal.

Taiwan’s president says future will not be decided by ‘external forces’

Erin Hale, Al Jazeera English

President Lai says Taiwan's future is up to its people as the island faces Chinese and US headwinds.

China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin hold talks just days after US President Donald Trump made an official visit to China.