TAIPEI, Taiwan—China is “accelerating” its military preparations to achieve its goal of forcibly seizing Taiwan by 2027, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te warned on Nov. 26, while announcing a special defense budget of $40 billion to confront the Chinese

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Beijing’s Economic Coercion Fails to Intimidate, Fuels Japan’s De-risking: AnalystsThe United States is countering the Chinese Communist Party’s deceptive actions in the Indo-Pacific by accelerating the integration of regional allies into a collective deterrence network, experts say. Washington and Beijing held their second Military Maritime

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3 Academics ‘Cancelled’ for Dissenting Views, Warn Intellectual Freedom Still at RiskThe Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Indian resources company Lloyds Metals and Energy, hoping it is the first step on a path that will lead to the reopening of the Panguna mine. The move also aims to

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