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Pacific Islands

Guam halts vacation-and-vax tours as cases rise

by AT Contributor September 3, 2021September 3, 2021

‘Buffs’ could rain death on the Taiwan Strait

by Dave Makichuk July 24, 2021July 24, 2021

Missile mayhem: Army, Air Force in budget fight

by Dave Makichuk June 9, 2021June 11, 2021

AT+

The case for restoring US nukes in East Asia

by Stephen Bryen May 6, 2021May 7, 2021

AT+

Can a US war with China be limited?

by Stephen Bryen April 13, 2021April 14, 2021

Pacific Islands

US Air Force eyes Tinian Island as alternate airbase

by Dave Makichuk December 3, 2020December 7, 2020

US military spending to skyrocket over China Sea ‘footprint’

by Dave Makichuk June 25, 2020June 29, 2020

Message to China: The ‘Bone’ is back on Guam

by Dave Makichuk May 14, 2020May 17, 2020

Why the US withdrew its bombers from Guam

by Stephen Bryen April 28, 2020May 7, 2020

US Pacific carriers face virus crisis

by Dave Makichuk March 31, 2020April 2, 2020

World

Virgin Orbit to launch in Guam by year end: Branson

by DM Chan September 17, 2019February 18, 2020

A naval vessel at Papua New Guinea's Lombrum naval base. Photo: Facebook

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, South Asia, World

New Cold War arrives in Papua New Guinea

by Alan Boyd November 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Two Taiwan servicemen stand in front of US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters during a commissioning ceremony at an military base in Taoyuan on July 17, 2018. Photo: AFP / Sam Yeh

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Improving regional security by resetting US-Taiwan relations

by Stephen Bryen September 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Meg Taylor, left, secretary-general of the Pacific Island Forum, and Nauru's President Baron Waqa, right, attend the 'Small Islands States' meeting ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum on Nauru on Sept 3. Talks at the 18-nation Forum have focused on the threat from climate change and China's rising influence in the region. Photo: AFP / Mike Leyral

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, World

Beijing’s great game to win over Pacific’s small island states

by Grant Newsham September 7, 2018February 18, 2020

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

AT 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

American Aircraft Carrier with destroyers and a cruiser in the Pacific Ocean towards North Korea. 3d rendering. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam, World, Wuhan

How China-consciousness defines Malabar 2018

by Swaran Singh June 5, 2018June 5, 2018

The DF-26 missiles were first seen during a PLA parade in 2015. Photo: Xinhua

Beijing, China, Taiwan

‘Guam Express’ DF-26 missiles in service with PLA

by Asia Times staff April 27, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo of a B-52 bomber. Photo: AP

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, World

US B-52 bombers fly close to Guangdong coast

by Frank Chen April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) is welcomed to New Zealand's Government House by a Maori elder during a welcome ceremony in Wellington on March 27, 2017. Photo: AFP/ Marty Melville

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, South Asia, World

China scare spreads to New Zealand

by Alan Boyd February 22, 2018February 18, 2020

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testifies to the House Armed Services Committee on "The National Defense Strategy and the Nuclear Posture Review" on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia

Mattis says US will strengthen Guam against North Korean missile threat

by Asia Times staff February 7, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, China, Iran, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Obvious – and less so – signs of impending new Korean War

by Danny Lam February 3, 2018

A file photo of a PLA H-6K bomber flying above the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's Yushan Mountain is in the background. Photo: PLA Daily

Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

Old Soviet warhorse fills the gap as H-20 is delayed

by Asia Times staff January 29, 2018February 18, 2020

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (C) standing beside missile tubes on deck while touring the guided missile frigate Changchun berthed at the Davao international port on May 1, 2017. Photo: AFP/Simeon Celi

AT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, World

China eyes Philippines’ strategic eastern shores

by George Amurao January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

A file photo shows a B-2 Spirit bomber taking off behind another B-2 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Photo: US Air Force via Reuters.

Beijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Taiwan

B-2 bombers in Guam lay bare PLA’s weak underbelly

by Frank Chen January 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo: US Department of Defense via AFP

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

US deploys 3 B-2 bombers to Guam

by Asia Times staff January 13, 2018February 18, 2020

A Chinese TV grab with a headline "PLAAF various warplanes fly past Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait". Photo: CCTV

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

The year air power in Asia took off

by Todd Crowell December 25, 2017February 18, 2020

A photo released by the PLAAF shows warplanes above the Bashi Strait.

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan

Busy week for PLA as it sends more warplanes above Pacific

by Frank Chen November 24, 2017February 18, 2020

People's Liberation Army H-6K strategic bomber. Photo: Xinhua

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Guam the latest hotspot in Sino-US military race

by Frank Chen November 1, 2017February 18, 2020

People watch a television broadcasting news of North Korea firing a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean. Photo: Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea practicing ‘Guam siege’ plan with bolder missile launches

by Asia Unhedged September 15, 2017February 18, 2020

Former US president Barack Obama delivers a speech in Montreal. Photo: Reuters/Dario Ayala

China, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, World

Obama will rue the day he made the Iran nuclear deal

by Todd Royal September 1, 2017