China is keen to beef up its armed forces amid territorial disputes in the South China Sea and escalating tension with the United States over issues ranging from trade to the status of Taiwan. read more

Vietnam has been bolstering its military capabilities in the face of aggressive moves by China in the South China Sea. India and Vietnam have robust defence cooperation dating back almost two decades, including exchange of visits, supply of equipment,... read more

China and US are currently locked in a trade war slapping billions of dollars of tariffs on each other’s export products. read more

During the operation, a Chinese destroyer approached the American warship in “an unsafe and unprofessional manoeuvre in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South China Sea”, US has said. read more

China’s claims in the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes each year, are contested by Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. read more

Song’s colleague, Chen Jingyuan, head of health at the Logistics Support Department, said the conference had improved relationships between the doctors and militaries of different nations. read more

Swaraj will visit Vietnam on August 27 and 28, following which she will begin her two-day trip to Cambodia on August 29. read more

Xi Jinping stood firm on the Beijing’s occupation of small islands in the center of Southeast Asia, where it has installed modern weapons systems, runways and aircraft hangers. read more

Like how it occupied Aksai Chin in the 1950s and what it is doing in the South China Sea, China is slowly altering the landscape at the Doklam Plateau in its favour read more

At least in the short term, the most likely trajectory of Sino-American relations is toward “transactional conflict,” characterised by frequent economic and diplomatic spats and the occasional cooperative manoeuvre read more

A Washington Post report says some 614 gigabytes of material were taken in the breaches that occurred in January and February. read more

Jim Mattis said Beijing had deployed a range of military hardware across the South China Sea. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting three countries in Southeast Asia this week as part of an “Act East” policy of strengthening relations in the region amid concern over China’s rising maritime influence, in particular in the disputed South China... read more

Noting that both India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours and sea faring nations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo issued the Shared Vision of the two countries on Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. read more

Critics of the operations, known as a “freedom of navigation,” have said that they have little impact on Chinese behaviour and are largely symbolic. read more