Beijing is unhappy with the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War and is monitoring developments, a Communist Party newspaper said Wednesday.
India and Vietnam are expected to sign an agreement for a line of credit from the former worth $500 million that will go toward building capabilities through Vietnam’s defense industry.
China’s defense budget will rise this year as the country prepares to launch its second aircraft carrier, integrate stealth fighters into its air force, and field an array of advanced missiles.
China has no desire to overturn the existing international order and its increasingly powerful military does not constitute a threat to others, the spokesman for the country’s ceremonial legislature said Sunday.
President Trump summoned steel and aluminum executives to the White House and told them that next week he will levy penalties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
A Chinese company's news release, which has since been modified, has revealed plans to speed up the development of China’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Pakistan’s Navy has kicked off a major exercise as it tries to modernize and expand to counter growing Indian naval power, as well as protect its maritime economy and trade links.
China’s no-first-use policy was reiterated by Chairwoman of China’s National People’s Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Fu Ying, who expressed puzzlement at the U.S. characterization of China in the Nuclear Posture Review, noting that there “is no reason whatsoever for China to threaten the United States.”