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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te continues to lead in the polls. A Taiwan News Poll of Polls released on December 20 showed Lai with 34.34% support, Hou with 30.01%, and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) candidate Ko W

Philippine foreign minister said he had “frank and candid exchange” during phone call with his Chinese counterpart.

Relations between Manila and Beijing have soured under Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, with Manila pivoting back towards the United States which supports the Southeast Asian nation in its maritime disputes with China. Here is a timeline of key events in 2023 that have escalated tensions between the Philippines and China: JAN 3-5 - Marcos holds three-day visit to Beijing where he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agree to set up direct communications between their foreign ministries on t...

A report by the non-partisan Congressional Research Service comes as China ramps up pressure to get the Philippines to abandon a disputed reef.

Manila could be putting its own interests in the South China Sea at stake in its reenergised cooperation with Washington, says Wu Shicun.

At a Track 2 conference (former officials and academics) with China on U.S.-China relations, convened after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference in San Francisco, one of the subjects discussed was the need to avoid war and military confrontation.

Preisdent Marcos says he and PM Kishida want visiting forces deal ‘ASAP’ Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

‘China is escalating’ as its vessels make show of force near disputed reef where rusty second world war ship serves as Philippine outpost, but Beijing must calibrate actions to avoid drawing in the US, observers say.

TOKYO: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday said that his administration is exerting all efforts to respond to the increasing presence of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

U.S. forces in the Pacific are increasing multinational military exercises over mounting fears among regional states over Chinese aggression, according to the admiral in charge of the Navy's largest fleet.