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No doubt the visit, the 2nd visit in fact of US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, underscores the strong partnership between the United States and the Philippines, coming as it is on the heels of the previous high-level visits of top-ranking US government officials that include Vice President Kamala Harris, State Secretary Antony Blinken and a congressional delegation led by Senator Ed Markey in just a little over six months since President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took office.

China’s Coast Guard maintained near-daily patrols at key features across the disputed South China Sea last year, ramping up its presence as tensions over

BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s Coast Guard maintained near-daily patrols at key features across the disputed South China Sea last year, ramping up its presence as tensions over the waterway with South-East Asian neighbours remain high, new tracking data shows.

China’s Coast Guard maintained near-daily patrols at key features across the disputed South China Sea last year, ramping up its presence as tensions over the waterway with South-East Asian neighbours remain high, new tracking data shows.

China is allegedly making behind-the-scenes moves in Argentina to secure permission for establishing a new naval base in the city of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, which would effectively grant Beijing access to Antarctica.

This was a deliberate attempt by Thailand to prop up the Burmese military, analysts say.

This was a deliberate attempt by Thailand to prop up the Burmese military, analysts say.

Beijings denial comes after a media report said that China had occupied new and previously unoccupied land features to lay new claims in the region.

A Bloomberg News article stated China was building up several unoccupied land features in South China Sea.

The United States has an "unwavering" commitment to the Philippines, US Vice President Kamala Harris told the country's president Monday during a visit aimed at countering China and rebuilding ties that were fractured over human rights abuses in the Southeast Asian nation.