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Posted inSecurity

Japan wades into China-Solomon Islands pact panic

by Andrew Salmon April 25, 2022April 28, 2022

SEOUL – It is “game on” in the battle for influence in the South Pacific as Japan dispatched Vice-Foreign Minister Kentaro Uesugi on a three-day trip to the Solomon Islands on Monday, according to reports from Tokyo. The move follows the surprise signing of a China-Solomon Islands security deal last week, a pact that grants […]

Posted inChina

China builds a mega-fortress on the Horn of Africa

by Dave Makichuk May 18, 2020May 30, 2020
Posted inMiddle East, Saudi Arabia

Devil in Djibouti: Migrants’ rough road to Arabia

by Jonathan Gorvett February 3, 2020February 18, 2020
Posted inBahrain, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Seoul to send destroyer to Strait of Hormuz

by Andrew Salmon January 21, 2020February 18, 2020
The DDG-167 Shenzhen missile destroyer returns to port in Zhanjiang,, Guangdong Province, after an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden in this file pic from August 2009.Photo: AFP
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Middle East, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, World

Chinese Navy makes waves, spreads wings over Gulf, Indian Ocean

by Emanuele Scimia December 22, 2018February 18, 2020
Djibouti hosts a growing number of foreign military bases. Map: Wikimedia
Posted inAustralia, Beijing, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Risks bubbling beneath Djibouti’s foreign bases

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2018February 18, 2020
بلدة جيبوتي الأفريقية صعدت ك"كازابلانكا" معاصرة تضج بالمؤلمرلت الجيوبوليتيكية. صورة أرشيفية لهمفري بوجارت في الفيلم الكلاسيكي الذي صدر في 1942. صورة: YouTube
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, United Kingdom, World

Djibouti: the Casablanca of a new Cold War

by Bertil Lintner November 28, 2018February 18, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde insist that Beijing reveal details of its commercial loan terms under the joint China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Pakistan lifeline fears Chinese creditor tug

by Gary Kleiman October 26, 2018October 28, 2018
Beijing, China. March 29th, 2013. A group of Chinese military marching across Tiananmen Square.Photo: iStock
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Beijing, China, India, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, World

A sleeping dragon rises: China’s military buildup

by Jon Connars September 10, 2018September 10, 2018
Chinese Marines stand at attention prior to a welcoming ceremony at the start of the ship's stop in the port of Papeete French Polynesia, on October 23, 2015. Photo: AFP/Gregory Boissy
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, France, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

China’s plan for conquest of the South Pacific

by Kerry K Gershaneck September 7, 2018February 18, 2020
People hold Chinese and Djiboutian national flags as they wait for Djibouti's President before the opening of a 1,000-unit housing construction project in Djibouti on July 4, 2018. The project was financially supported by a Chinese company. Photo: AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba
Posted inBeijing, China, Egypt, India, Middle East, Shanghai, South Asia

It’s Africa’s choice: AFRICOM or the New Silk Roads

by Pepe Escobar September 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Hambantota port in Sri Lanka has been taken over by China for 99 years. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, India, Iran, Maldives, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World

China’s base in Sri Lanka part of its dominant Indian Ocean presence

by Prakash Katoch August 6, 2018
Local residents' houses in front of buildings of a Chinese oil pipeline project (pink roof) on Madae island, Kyaukpyu township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. The wider project, part of China's One Belt, One Road initiative, envisions twin oil and gas pipelines, a deep sea port and special economic zone. Photo: Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Myanmar risks falling into a China debt trap

by Bertil Lintner June 5, 2018February 18, 2020
A Chinese amphibious assault vehicle in the Seaborne Assault 2017 international competition held at Klerk training area of the Pacific Fleet. Photo: Sputnik via AFP/Vitaliy Ankov
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, World

China’s amphibious ambitions emerge in South China Sea

by Kerry K Gershaneck May 31, 2018February 18, 2020
The China Maldives Friendship Bridge, which is being built near the city of Male. This shot was taken on February 8. Photo: AFP
Posted inAustralia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Maldives, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia

China plans network of Indian Ocean bases: security analyst

by Bertil Lintner May 16, 2018February 18, 2020
China still needs to concentrate on debt problems. Illustration: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, European Union, Laos, Maldives, Middle East, New Zealand, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

China’s ‘debt-book diplomacy’ comes under fire

by Gordon Watts May 16, 2018February 18, 2020
A C-130 transport aircraft. The Pentagon has alleged that Chinese lasers injured two airmen piloting a C-130 in recent weeks. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP/Seung-il Ryu
Posted inChina, World

US issues complaint with China for injuring airmen in ‘laser attacks’

by Asia Times staff May 4, 2018February 18, 2020
Djibouti is located between the Gulf of Adan and the Red Sea. Photo: Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Japan, Laos, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, South Asia, Sri Lanka, World

Djibouti the latest to fall victim to China’s ‘debt trap diplomacy’

by Jon Connars March 27, 2018
Bizerte port in Tunisia. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, France, Italy, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, World

Great Game struggle for control of strategic port

by PK Semler March 13, 2018March 13, 2018
A female soldier is seen at the PLA's base in Djibouti. Photo: PLA Daily
Posted inBeijing, China, World

‘Significant’ consequences if China takes over Djibouti port, says US general

by Asia Times staff March 8, 2018February 18, 2020

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