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Cambodian officials say renovation work on a naval base in the coastal city of Sihanoukville is nearly complete, but U.S. officials have voiced suspicions the facility, being upgraded by China, will be used exclusively by China's military. Suspicions about China’s intentions for the Ream naval base were raised after satellite imagery showed that a major…

Ousting of Qin Gang could shift US-China dynamics but is unlikely to change the overall trend towards warming ties.

Satellite images confirm China-backed Ream upgrade is almost complete.

BEIJING--China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi its new foreign minister on Tuesday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job.

Hong Kong (CNN) — Five weeks ago, the world watched as China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing for high stakes talks between

China and the U.S. are finally talking after a monthslong freeze, but the two sides still agree on little.

The ministry has said Qin Gang was off work for health reasons without giving details, sparking speculation and drawing attention to the secrecy often surrounding China's Communist leadership and decision making

In Cambodia, a Chinese naval base, which could accommodate an aircraft carrier, is nearly done. Satellite images released by BlackSky show significant infrastructure development.  The US-based company provides real-time geospatial intelligence in the form of satellite imagery and released a collection of images capturing a near-complete Chinese military naval station in Cambodia. The images date from August 2021 to July 2023. 

BlackSky released a ten-image collection captured over Ream, Cambodia, showing the rapid pace of development of a large Chinese military naval station from August 2021 until July 2023. The high-resolution, electro-optical images are part of a collection of more than 520 images captured from October 2019 until the now and contains time-diverse imagery taken as

China and the U.S. are finally talking after a monthslong freeze, but the two sides still agree on little.