A plummeting Chinese property market is dragging down the price of iron ore and putting the federal government at risk of an unforecast $3 billion (US$2 billion) budget hole. The sale value of new houses across 70 of China’s largest cities fell by almost
Philippines Coast Guard spokesperson Commodore Jay Tarriela on Aug. 17 defended Philippine vessels’ right to be in the Escoda Shoal, an atoll belonging to the Spratly Islands, after the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement accusing the
A House Democrat is calling on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to release a Chinese human rights lawyer who has now spent his fifth birthday in prison. “Today is Ding Jiaxi’s birthday,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote in an X post on Aug. 17.
U.S. and French naval forces conducted joint exercises to support free navigation in the Indo-Pacific region, the U.S. Navy announced Aug. 15. These bilateral operations, carried out by the U.S. and French Navy, took place against the backdrop of escalating