It is clear that India once again plays a balancing act at the G20 summit. The question is how long it can continue this balancing act against the backdrop of increasingly fierce geopolitical competitions.
On November 26, Xinhua News Agency published an official report on the development of China’s third aircraft carrier. Aircraft carriers are one of the most powerful weapons in today’s modern navy. They are not only a take-off and landing platform for aircraft, but also a fleet data collection and command and control center. For any country, the aircraft carrier is a symbol of its comprehensive national strength. China’s first aircraft carrier Liaoning has been officially commissioned and sea trials of the second carrier have been successfully launched. Now the third aircraft carrier has come into the spotlight, drawing the world’s attention. An aircraft carrier is the dream of soldiers across generations On November 11, 1940, the carrier-based air force of the British Navy’s Mediterranean Fleet attacked the Italian naval base Taranto. Since this major victory, mankind has witnessed Pacific War, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Midway, Falkland Islands War (Malvinas War), Gulf War, Iraq War, Libya War, Afghanistan War and Syria War, where aircraft carriers have played a significant role. During the 1996 general elections in Taiwan, the US aircraft carrier strike groups swaggered through the Taiwan Strait in support of those who advocated independence of Taiwan. The Chinese navy, at that time, was unable to resist US intervention and defend its national sovereignty due to lack of long-range […]
Although some White House officials are playing down the likelihood of the meeting producing a positive outcome, Trump appears to have toned down his intransigence and cracked the door open to a possible deal.
A growing chorus of hyperbolic commentary in the region describes the Pacific as a battleground for influence between China and Australia. It doesn’t have to be this way.
This dialogue achieved positive results in four main aspects — creating a positive atmosphere, controlling the crisis, confirming the intentions of each side and expanding cooperation.
China and PNG have strengthened their cooperative stance and pushed forward the process of cooperation by signing the Memorandum of Understanding under the Belt and Road Initiative in June this year.
To conclude, there are motives from both the US and China to improve their relations, particularly trade relations, in coming months.
On October 22, 2018, China and India signed a comprehensive internal security cooperation agreement. This scenario was inconceivable only a year ago when troops from both sides were locked at the India-Bhutan-China border tri-junction in a stand-off for more than two months. However, both nations realized the importance of cordial relations and thus many steps have been taken since to defuse the tense situation, and to improve relations as part of confidence-building measures. There has been a strong willingness to go beyond defense exchange and cooperation, and to take a step further to include other transnational counter-crimes in the agreement. To achieve this objective, the October 22 agreement was signed by the Union Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh and China’s State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi. This cooperation includes areas such as counter-terrorism, organized crime, human trafficking, drug control and the exchange of security-related information. Notably, New Delhi and Beijing signed a Memorandum of Understanding back in 2005 to broaden and deepen defense exchanges between the two countries. The current internal security cooperation agreement is said to be the revised version of the previous MoU, which was valid only until 2015. It is expected that the consummation of this security cooperation may lead to a future Sino-India agreement on the exchange of sentenced persons. Currently, the […]
At this national expo, President Xi made clear through his speech that China is taking concrete actions to open wider to the outside world.
On October 22-28, 2018, more than 1,200 China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) military personnel held joint maritime exercises in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China — the headquarters of China’s South China Sea Fleet. These exercises marked the first time that ASEAN has conducted a joint military drill with a single country and also the first time that China has held maritime exercises with ASEAN. Δ Observers of participating countries and participating officers attend the opening ceremony of the China-ASEAN “Maritime Exercises 2018” which was held in Zhanjiang’s military harbor on the morning of October 22. China and ASEAN decided to establish a strategic partnership heading for peace and prosperity as early as 15 years ago, and they have made practical progress. China has been ASEAN’s largest trading partner for nine consecutive years, and was the first to establish a free trade area with ASEAN. However, the China-ASEAN relationship in areas of military and security is not as good as the relationship that exists in trade and economy. More Frequent Military Communication As early as in 2015, China officially proposed joint military drills with the 10 members of ASEAN, but ASEAN responded ambiguously at first. With improvements in China-Philippines relations and the alleviation of the South China Sea issue, in particular in regards to the substantial progress of the Code of […]
The China International Import Expo presents a golden opportunity to promote African exports.
On October 20, 2018，Trump also stated that the United States will withdraw from the US-Soviet Treaty on the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles signed with the Soviet Union 30 years ago.
